Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock
by Pete Fornatale
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On Friday, August 15, 1969, a crowd of 400,000 - an unprecedented and unexpected number at the time - gathered on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for a weekend of rock 'n' roll, the new form of American music that had emerged only a decade earlier. For America's counterculture youth, Woodstock became a symbol of more than just sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll - it was about peace, love and a new way of living. It was a seminal event that epitomized the ways that the culture, the country, show more and the core values of an entire generation were shifting. On one glorious weekend, this generation found its voice through one outlet: music. Back to the Gardencelebrates the music and the spirit of Woodstock through the words of some of the era's biggest musical stars, as well as those who participated in the festival. From Richie Havens's legendary opening act to the Who's violent performance, from the Grateful Dead's jam to Jefferson Airplane's wake-up call, culminating in Jimi Hendrix's career-defining moment, Fornatale brings new stories to light and sets the record straight on some common misperceptions. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, authoritative and highly entertaining, Back to the Gardenis the fascinating story of three days that changed the world. show lessTags
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Fornatale focuses a little more on the music, with back stories about many of the bands and analysis of who stopped the show (Sly Stone, Joe Cocker) and who underachieved (Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead).
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Pete Fornatale is an award-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on the New York City radio scene for the past forty years. The author of Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends, he can currently be heard in the New York area on WFUV radio's Mixed Bag.
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