by Weston | Jun 24, 2010 | Roots Book |
In 1970, due to the impact of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, smaller events like the Woodstock Sound-Outs were increasingly shut down by New York State municipalities. The Town of Saugerties, in whose jurisdiction the Sound-Outs fell, put...
by Weston | Apr 19, 2010 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
In 1964, while I was at school in Scotland, Van Morrison and Them exploded on the U.K. charts with “Baby Please Don’t Go”—and most memorably with “Gloria.” It took everyone by surprise. Where the heck did these guys come from? Later on,...
by Weston | Mar 21, 2010 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
In 1938 D.H. Lawrence wrote in The Phoenix, a Woodstock publication, “still in America, among the Indians, the oldest Pan is alive.” This is a fitting tribute to the bacchanalian energy that was present during the Maverick Festivals in the early 1900s....
by Weston | Feb 11, 2010 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
The Woodstock Sound-Outs were mini-festivals, after which Michael Lang modeled his mega event in 1969. They were held on Pan Copeland’s farm on the outskirts of Woodstock, New York, from 1967 to 1970. The stage was inches from the ground, and the amphitheater...
by Weston | Jan 19, 2010 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Remembering Woodstock provides a fine assessment of the roots and cultural fallout of the Woodstock festival. This is accomplished via scholarly essays by a number of music and media academics from the UK and the Commonwealth. The one anomaly is the commentary from...
