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The most well known concert in the history of rock; Woodstock made an incredible contribution to rock and the era of peace, love, and happiness. Woodstock Music and Art Festival of 1969 was a true reflection of the counterculture and the beliefs of the “hippies. ... The odds against the production of Woodstock were enormous and it is truly amazing that it was so successful. ...
Despite many skeptics of Woodstock and their negative predictions, the festival was a big hit and extremely successful. The diversity of the crowd drawn to Woodstock made people think Woodstock would never work. ... With people from different extremes, Woodstock was thought to end in violence and rioting (Beverly 1). ... The organizers of Woodstock were 4 businessmen and one basically financed the whole event. ... The other two creators of Woodstock were Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang. ... He was the company’s connection to rockers that would later perform at Woodstock. ... His experience was also vital to the organization of Woodstock. ... After a few meetings, they drew up a contract and a plan to hold a festival with the hopes of raising money for a recording studio in Woodstock, NY. Woodstock had become the home of many famous musicians by the late 1960’s because it reflected the “back-to-the-land” spirit of the counterculture and the musicians wanted a recording studio. As the planning went on, Woodstock went from a small concert with about 10,000 people, costing around $500,000 to the world’s biggest rock and roll show at the time with 50,000 people. They created Woodstock Ventures Inc. ... Woodstock Ventures Inc. called Woodstock the “Aquarian Exposition” because of its allusions to the musical popular at the time, “Hair. ... Woodstock Ventures included “peace” in the slogan in order to link the event to anti-war sentiments and to avoid violence. ...
After getting the venue and doing the advertisements, Woodstock Ventures began to try and recruit artists to perform. ... Although the limit for any artist was $15,000 he requested $150,000 because he had received that much once as a one-time fee at a summer concert in California and although Jimi Hendrix would be a huge hit, Woodstock Ventures didn’t really need him because they had other big name bands. ... Bob Dylan, a renowned folk singer at the time, for unknown reasons, did not play at Woodstock. However, his back-up band, The Band, signed on but he didn’t even attend (“Woodstock” 146). ... When the townsfolk began to get a little rowdy, Woodstock Ventures hired Reverend Donald Ganoug and Wes Pomeroy; Pomeroy was the former top assistant at the Justice Department. ... Stan Goldstein was Woodstock’s campgrounds coordinator and had been one of the organizers of 1968’s Miami Pop Festival. ...
After solving the audio problem, Woodstock Ventures wanted Woodstock to be filmed. Another large festival, Monterey Pop, had been filmed and had failed at the box office, therefore, big movie studios wanted no part in filming Woodstock or any other music festival. ... When asked to film Woodstock, he was paid very little, but accepted the job because it was such a great opportunity. ...
As the concert date got closer, more things needed to be done and the next action by Woodstock Ventures was to hire the “Hog Farm.
Approximate Word count = 2659
Approximate Pages = 10.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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