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WOODSTOCK 3 DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC the facts Part 2
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Woodstock Ticket
Woodstock Original Poster
Performers who declined: 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
Attendance: 500,000
Cost of Festival: 2.4 Million Dollars
Drug of Choice: Pot and Acid
Lawsuits after Festival: 80
65 number of buses sent from New York from The Short Line
65 amateur radios employed
80 width of the stage (in feet)
90 percentage of festival attendees smoking marijuana
100 approximate number of arrests on narcotics charges
110 days elapsed between the Woodstock and Altamont festivals
120 longest waiting time between acts (in minutes)
150 volunteer cops
346 number of off-duty New York City policemen hired, joined by 100 local sheriffs, several hundred State Troopers and deputies from 12 countries
346 number of cops who walked off their jobs on the first day of the festival
450 cows unfenced for three days with the campers
600 number of portable toilets
1,300 pounds of canned food, sandwiches and fruit ferried in by emergency helicopters
2,366population of Bethel in August 1969
2,500 1989 price of posters used to advertise the original event (in dollars)
4,062 ticket holders who received a refund check because they were unable to gain admittance
8,000 price paid in 1989 for an uncollected festival ticket, sold by an attendee (in dollars)
24,000 asking price for same uncollected festival ticket (in dollars)
30.000 number of sandwiches prepared by the Women's Group of the Jewish Community Centre of Monticello and distributed by Sister of the Convent of St. Thomas
50,000 reported price paid to lease Max Yasgurs 600 acre pasture (in dollars)
60,000 people expected to attend the festival
100,000 number of campers
186,000 tickets sold
250,000 number of people who never made it to the site
315,000 feet of film shot for Woodstock film (120 hours if shown straight through)
320,000 estimated number of people who left before Jimi Hendrix's set
400,000 estimated number of people who attended the festival
500,000 long-distance phone calls placed the first day of the festival
500,000 frankfurters and hamburgers consumed on the first day
1,300.000 dollars collected in advance sales.
Next Week, My Wrap-up Of Woodstock 1969
I hope you enjoyed some of these great Woodstock 1969 tidbits and check out this weeks youtubes from Woodstock--Joe Cocker huge version of With A Little Help From My Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySJGz38FJs CCR hit Born On A Bayou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjW_dd...jqbI and lastly, what the hell were they doing there, ranks up there with Hendrix opening up for The Monkees Sha Na Na At The Hop pretty funny balance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2OxLyts-zE&feat...ure=related
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.
