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The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel (Sullivan County) is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, which is in adjoining Ulster County.

To many, the festival exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era." Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend. Although attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original event has proven to be unique and legendary. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in music history and was listed on Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.

The event was captured in a successful 1970 movie, Woodstock, and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which memorialized the event and became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

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Uploaded: January 21, 2008 at 1:40 pm
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mechtech104 (December 2, 2008 at 9:31 pm)

where is the woodstock held

dryapples (December 1, 2008 at 3:13 am)

If I ever become a great Nation This will be
National anthem of DryApples
LA

mountolive1789 (November 29, 2008 at 5:33 pm)

I love Ben Harper too..God bless Alternative America!!

ggman3000 (November 28, 2008 at 4:37 pm)

bellaimages your words speak so true

suzypires (November 27, 2008 at 3:12 am)

benn haper sounds a little bit like him.. dont you think guys?

sag2186 (November 27, 2008 at 2:05 am)

Richie Havens has got some soul.

bellaimages (November 26, 2008 at 3:52 pm)

The difference between "those days" and today is that these were REAL musicians who could make music with the most basic of tools. A guitar and mic.
Think about how digital and protools makes it so easy to make so called music ... that lacks soul. Most every one of the musicians that played Woodstock in 69 had more talent than the majority of todays musicians. I dare Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake to make a RAW song like this without major help! They couldn't!

neuromekanix (November 27, 2008 at 12:21 pm)

Amen to that.

allidoiswhistle (November 29, 2008 at 1:59 pm)

thats because justin and britney are pieces of shit. but there are still some who have raw talent.

WALNUTS52 (November 21, 2008 at 10:37 am)

First performer...you young folk need to watch this film and realize alot of the e not popular until after this film...such as Richie,Santana,Alvin Lee,etc.Santana didn't have a recording contract until after their incredible performance here.A year later Joe Cocker had a couple of huge hits and Santana released their first great album..Evil Ways.Carry on..and peace to all..

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