Woodstock 69

Woodstock, the Festival of the Flower Children, has had a huge impact upon the world that we live in now. Not only did it cause so much happiness and pain in 1969, but even in today's society, there are no signs of it fading away. The music of that generation began to fell music as a deeper thing; to them, it was wild, and its wildness freed them from cultural restraints, from the everyday strains that are placed on human beings. It took them to a point where people were free to be naked in public, to talk about having sex, to smoke grass openly with friends, drop acid, have long hair, dress anyway they chose, to experiment and explore life freely.

The bands that were scheduled to play at Woodstock and the bands that actually played at the Festival were different. There were some minor changes, but changes were done non the least. For example: The Jeff Beck Group were canceled from the Festival; Iron Butterfly failed to appear; and It's a Beautiful Day was rejected (Woodstock.com). But some of the more noteworthy bands that did play were: Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin, Santana, Sweetwater, and The Who. Originally, the performances were scheduled to go from seven o'clock till about midnight

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The local police seemed quite friendly, it wasn't unusual to see 5-6 people sitting atop a police car that drove slowly toward the concert ground. Most stores in the neighboring towns

were shut down and/or sold out. An unfortunate thing happened to that hotel, however, the night before the festival, someone set the hotel on fire (Makower, 85-86). The Hog Farmers were vital for setting the right tone for the festival. The mountains of garbage became socked in mud. So the Festival coordinators started running around asking all the bands that already played if they can go back on for a second set. But later, as everyone seemed to realize, that the people in the crowds weren't going to go to sleep after all that, no way. It almost instantly went from incredibly hot to incredibly wet. They wore orange armbands

showing a hog sitting on the neck of a guitar, they ran the free-food kitchens, organized camping grounds, and also oversaw cleanup. Not only did they have their own "mind-expanding" drugs and the side effects from that, but they also had to worry about their stay at the concert; where would they sleep, bath, and what would they eat. There were community announcements made about water, people who lost other people, about bad drugs-as well as cheery poetry readings. But every night you could hear and see people having sex in there. The commission rented out basically whole hotels, the artists had helicopter rides to and fro as they pleased, and lots of food too.

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