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WOODSTOCK 3 DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC and facts Part 1
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Woodstock Patch
Woodstock Ticket
Performers who declined to play Woodstock: The Beatles--The Doors--Led Zeppelin--Jethro Tull--The Byrds--Tommy James and the Shondells--Bob Dylan--Spirit--Moody Blues and Joni Mitchell--Jeff Beck Group and Iron Butterfly
3 vinyl records, Woodstock--Woodstock II and Woodstock Diary 1994 also Jimi Hendrix at
Woodstock--in 2009, Sly and the Family Stone, Santana, Johnny Winters and Jefferson Airplane released complete performances on the Sony label.
Salaries--- Jimi Hendrix Experience, $18,000; Janis Joplin 15,000 The Who, $12,500; Jefferson Airplane, $12,000; Creedence Clearwater Revival, $11,500; Grateful Dead, $7,500; Santana, $1,500
Memorable quotes: It was chaos wasn't it! What was going on off the stage was beyond comprehension--stretchers and dead bodies and people throwing up and people having bad trips...I thought the whole of America had gone mad---Pete Townshend of The Who
If you can remember Woodstock, you probably weren't there---Wavy Gravy
This columnist funniest observation--some nude guy carrying a sheep during Santana Soul Sacrifice---isn't that illegal in most states hahahahaha
Facts sheet:
O Collection bins anywhere within eye shot of the festival site
1 case of pneumonia
1 Diabetic coma
$1 Price of a loaf of bread or a quart of milk (in dollars)
$1.30 Minimum wage paid to workers preparing the site (in $$ per hour)
2 hours required to wait in line to make a phone call
2 festival births
2 ticket gates with 30 entrances each
3 deaths (one each from heroin, ruptured appendix and being run over by a tractor
3 tracheotomies performed
3:16 running time of Michael Wadleighs film Woodstock (in hours)
4 miscarriages reported
6 months of preparation time before the festival
7 minutes after 6 pm when Richie Havens kicked off the musical proceedings on Friday august 15th
8 hours to drive from New York City to While Lake, a distance of 98 miles
10 millions of yards of blue cotton twill and striped t-shirting of the festival
15 miles walked by large number of festival-goers who abandoned their cars due to extreme traffic conditions
15 price for an ounce of marijuana (in dollars)
17 miles of bumper -to-bumper traffic along route 178
18 price for admission to three days (in dollars)
18 number of doctors who treated 6,000 patients
20 Amount of bail bond for those held for possession of LSD (in thousands of dollars)
33 number of people arrested on drug charges
36 number of nurses who treated 6,000 patients
40 shortest waiting time between music acts (in minutes)
50 number of additional doctors flown in from New York City on august 16th
50 cents required to purchase a hot dog at inflated prices at luncheonettes near the site
50 miles between Bethel and Woodstock
51 number of cauldrons of rice-carrot-raisin combo made at the Hog Farm Commune by 3 am Sunday
60 approximate number of public telephones
This weeks youtubes, of course Woodstock goodies of my personal Top 3 diddies--I think this crafty group of blues players stole the whole show "Ten Years After" with "Goin Home" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpMRVv...K2GV0 Jimi Hendrix with "Star Spangled Banner" too bad there were only a few people left to see his performance (not always exciting to go on last) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX516djJsPo and lastly one of most exciting drumming exhibitions of the year "Carlos Santana" with Soul Sacrifice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HXGTgNGUPw
Hope you enjoyed this weeks column and see you in 2 weeks---contact me at bluesslider88@yahoo.ca or at cktimes with any comments you would like to make about classic vinyl
Allan Day----long time acquaintance of John Gardiner----I presently live in Goderich Ontario, retired (oh yeah) and live for the sound of music, especially from the 60's music explosion---I hope you enjoy some of my articles and they bring back some lost memories of bands gone by. Now I have to let you know that I am a HUGE Rolling Stones fan, collector, historian and I hope to hear any stories you might have on this GREAT Band from the 60's----email me at CK Times and let me know what you have or memories you have of this group. I will include stories and short stories on The Stones each week.
