Post by Rhonda on Aug 18, 2007 5:57:18 GMT -5
In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.
August 15, 16, and 17
Richie Havens (opened the festival - performed 7 encores)
Swami Satchidananda - gave the invocation for the festival
Country Joe McDonald, played separate set from his band, The Fish
Ravi Shankar, with a 5-song set, played through the rain
Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital
Baez Source: Arthur Levy, annotator of the expanded editions of the 12 Joan Baez CDs on Vanguard
[edit] Saturday, August 16
The day opened at 12:15 pm, and featured some of the event's biggest psychedelic and guitar rock headliners.
Quill, forty minute set of four songs
Mountain, hour-long set including Jack Bruce's "Theme For An Imaginary Western"
Janis Joplin (Performed 2 encores; Piece of My Heart and Ball & Chain
Sly & the Family Stone started at 1:30 am (3 encores. Actually played just before The Who)
Grateful Dead's performance was plagued by technical problems, including a faulty electrical ground (which their roadie insisted on being fixed prior to the band's performance) and members Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir reported getting shocked every time they touched their guitars. While bootleg footage and audio of this performance exists, the Dead called it their worst performance ever and they were left out of the movie. At one point, Jerry Garcia appears in the film holding a joint, saying, "Marijuana. Exhibit A."
The Who began at 3 AM, kicking off a 24-song set including Tommy
Abbie Hoffman Incident (see section below)
Jefferson Airplane began at 8 a.m. with an eight-song set, capping off the overnight marathon.
[edit] Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18
Joe thingyer was the first act on the last officially booked day (Sunday); he opened up the day's events at 2 PM.
After Joe thingyer's set, a storm disrupted the events for several hours.
Country Joe and the Fish resumed the concert around 6 p.m.
The Band - Set list confirmed via Levon Helm's book "This Wheel's On Fire"
Blood, Sweat & Tears ushered in the midnight hour with five songs.
Johnny Winter featuring Edgar Winter, his brother, on two songs.
Mean Town Blues
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young began around 3 a.m. with separate acoustic and electric sets.
Jimi Hendrix. The full list of Hendrix's Woodstock performance:
Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction