Woodstock - - 40 years later

[Guest]

Wow olger, you've got that Uncle Fester thing down pat.

[olger]

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[olger]

waiting...............

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[Liz]

[Guest]

That looks more Travolta than Woodstock.

[Guest]

But it looks good on you though.

[olger]

Whew...

[Bravus]

I was only 5 years old, and at the wrong end of the earth, so no. One of the jokes, though, is that there were only a few (hundred) thousand people who were actually there but a few million who claimed to have been.

Would love to have seen Hendrix live at some point in his short life, but I'm not sure there's a huge amount else of the music that would have moved me much.

You can't possibly be dissing Miles Davis, though, olger. C'mon, an awesome career of musical innovation. 'Kind of Blue' is a classic, as is 'Sketches of Spain'. Even 'Bitches Brew' has its moments.

(Oops, kinda far afield from Woodstock...)

[Zeta]

HOLBROOK, IS THAT YOU IN THE GREEN SUIT???????????????????

[Guest]

No that's olger. He does it justice don't he.

[Guest]

did you see uncle Fester?

[Zeta]

SOMEWHERE OUT HERE IN THE SOUTH..

[Guest]

dgrimm is from the south

[Dr. Shane]

Woodstock was a disaster. They ran out of water and there were not enough restrooms. The only ones that enjoyed it were so high on drugs they didn't care about water and sanitation facilities. There have been many other rock festivals since that were better organized and more enjoyable. The reason Woodstock became famous is because so many more people showed up than the event's organizers were expecting which is itself the result of poor organization. Its also was the last great rock and roll event of the 1960s but many of the great 60s bands continued to make music in the 70s.

[Bravus]

I'm in the Deep South(ern Hemisphere)

[Bravus]

I wonder - is Santana the only band that played at Woodstock that is still out there gigging 40 years later?

[John317]

I wonder - is Santana the only band that played at Woodstock that is still out there gigging 40 years later?

Crosby, Stills, &Nash. They're playing this week not too far from where I live.

Teach Your Children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pphVs8bF0&feature=related

Live At Woodstock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WGF5sA-3c

[Kountzer]

I was in the 8th grade. I vaguely remember some of my long haired classmates talking about a big music festival, but it didn't register with me. I wasn't into that type of music then. I had heard about weed, and stuff, but I was naive, and sheltered. I listened to soul music on the radio. My cousin was learning to smoke cigarettes. My unce would take me to sabbath church, or to a tent effort. That was it.

I had heard some music by groups like Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, but I wasn't into it. By the time figured out what woodstock was, it was all over, and so were ther '60s. I remember that day well. It was September of 1970. I was then a freshman in high school. I came home and turned on the cbs news and Walter Cronkite told me that Rock Guitarist, and superstar Jimi Hendrix had died of an overdose. Wow! I felt a sense of loss. I really didn't know who he was; I hadn't really paid attention to his music. Up until then if it wasn't soul music, it was on the periphery of what I knew.

So, Hendrix was gone, and woodstock was long gone, but I set out to find out who Hendrix was. I became friends witht the long haired hippie wanna be caucsasion kids I went to school with. The black kids knew less about Hendrix than I did. The long hairs told me about the woodstock album, which I bought and listened to. The woodstock movie was out, and I eventually went to see it.

Even though it was only a year later, the movie was old. That stuff wasn't gonna happen again, I thought, especially not in South East Texas. and it never did happen again. Anyway basically that is how I found out about Woodstock.

DB

[Kountzer]

I was a big Hendrix fanatic for the next 10 to 15 years. I heard all the albums, read most of the biographies, and have seen all the movies, and documentaries. As a result I became diverse in my music appreciation, and in general. I've listened to all the great musicians, especially guitarists: santana, clapton, zappa, mark bolin; I've seen all those folks in concert. It got old though. Rock heroe/idols are just humans. when they die they don't get up 3 days later, but Jesus did. hard to explain but that is how I used to rationalize it, and I still do.

As a result of all that I am flexible to all types of contemporary christian music. I can listen to a christian band with amps and guitar, or I can listen to a urban gospel choir like Hezekiah Walker. A lot of folks on either side can't do that.

DB

[Zeta]

Kountzer, you've got taste. I also like urban gospel and I like blues.

GOD FIRST!

[Kountzer]

In the hendrix biographies I found out that he and Miles davis were good friends. That, along with the fact that Miles made some great music, led me to become a Miles Davis fan. Kind of blue is a classic. along with green dolphin street, milestones, green dolphin st., seven steps to heaven, etc. I've been able to sync with bitches brew.

[Zeta]

WoW, now that was historical flashback, Bitches Brew' was released in the 70's. Really great sounds, and yes, Milestone was a an evolution of feelings in musics. He was a great artist. Unfortunately, like so many of the artist during that era, made deadly decisions. Their understanding of life was to indulge their desires. They never learned

that life has boundaries and there is always a better way. GOD FIRST.

[John317]

Yes, but remember that it was Janis Joplin who died first, then Hendrix, then soon after that, it was Jim Morrison (July 3, 1971). All from drugs and alcohol.

Jim M.-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFoJuRcjHU&feature=related

Janis-- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlzwk_woodstock-1969-janis-joplin_music

[Guest]

I can play all the old Hendrix tunes on my guitar, but not left handed.

[Bravus]

Thanks all for sharing those reminiscences - it's great to be able to live some life vicariously! And that's very cool, John317, that CSN are still playing.