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Woodstock Performers
In August of 1969, a half-million concert-goers converged on Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Between August 15th and 18th, 32 performers took the stage. How many can you name?
To make it easier we give you one of the songs from their set list
Sadly, though, the reason now is because if you lived in the '60s your memory is slowly leaking out of all the eroded holes in your brain. Ask me how I know.
I always thought the who's who of the music world was at Woodstock but after only getting five of the obvious ones I just started guessing most of the biggest names at that time and they weren't there. So, as is usual for nostalgia, Woodstock's hype is bigger than it's reality. Just a bunch of drugged up idiots too stoned to get out of the rain and mud.
Maybe you are disappointed in not seeing more British acts as there were only three. But they were great: The Who, Joe Cocker and Ten Years After ("Going Home" was terrific).
It's too bad Joni Mitchell didn't make it. She saw some of it on TV and wrote the classic "Woodstock" while watching.
Please, pray tell, who was there that was not listed in the quiz? Because you said this, I googled the line up and am not seeing one act as being left out.
First, there are plenty of monster names on the list. Second, the experience was about more than just the bands. Music festivals are a dime a dozen these days, but Woodstock was unique when it happened. It was also a rare chance for the country's counter-cultural movement to come together in one place at a time when keeping contact with people cross-country was not easy. Finally, the story of how the whole thing came together is very interesting, particularly the story of Max Yasgur, the owner of the farm where the festival was held. I agree that the boomers tend to overstate the importance of everything that ever happened to them, but Woodstock was much more than just "look at lineup."
CCR, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, CSN&Y, Jimi Hendrix..."
Great quiz. I was a child of the '60s, but I never heard of some of these. I looked them up, and I'm guessing it's because the radio stations in my area didn't play much hard rock. At least one, Quill, was listed as a band that played in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states so I don't feel bad about missing that one, but there were way too many I missed that I should have gotten.
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Maybe you are disappointed in not seeing more British acts as there were only three. But they were great: The Who, Joe Cocker and Ten Years After ("Going Home" was terrific).
It's too bad Joni Mitchell didn't make it. She saw some of it on TV and wrote the classic "Woodstock" while watching.
Sorry my generation disappointed you.
CCR, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, CSN&Y, Jimi Hendrix..."
kapulani3- "meh."
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Yes.
Does that band have a name?
Yes.
Do you know the name of the band?
Yes!
So tell me the name of the band on stage.
Who.
The name of the band.
Who.
The band on stage!
Who!
The band playing on stage!
Who!
That's what I wanna know!
I'm telling you!
Who is on stage?
Yes.
Who is?
Yes.
Oh, so the name of the band is Yes.
No Aunt Slappy, Yes isn't even at this concert!
Then who is on stage?
Yes!
Who is?
Yes!
That's what I just said, Yes is on stage.
No, Yes is not here, Who is on stage!
What are you asking me for?
I'm not!
Wait. Let's try this again! Do you see the band on stage?
No I don't see The Band, that's a different group entirely!