Woodstock Specials

The Youngest Musician At Woodstock – Michael Shrieve

Drummer MICHAEL SHRIEVE had just turned 19 when Santana, a relatively unknown band, performed at Woodstock in 1969. Michael’s drum solo on Soul Sacrifice was one of the highlights of the movie and probably the whole show. That level of musicianship was not common or well known back in 1969. In fact, I think the [...]

My Woodstock Highlight

Of course trying to pick one highlight from something that changed your whole life is a little silly. But there is one moment from Woodstock 1969 that I will always remember… It was late Saturday night. It was the night Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead played. Now I’ve never been a big Dead fan [...]

Taking Woodstock – The Movie

There are few movies I’m as ecstatically excited for (or have ever been, for that matter), as much as Taking Woodstock, a soon-to-be-released film due out in theaters on August 14, 2009. Based on the book Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte, [...]

My Version of Woodstock by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock is really pretty melancholy when you think about it. There’s an element of hope but it’s wrapped in that refrain that we “have to get ourselves back to the garden.” I think she might have sensed that in many ways Woodstock was the beginning of the end of the dream. By the [...]

Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock

I just got my copy of  the Woodstock movie… I’m talking about the two-disc 40th Anniversary Edition. It claims to be remastered with better quality video and audio.  It’s the first time I’ve watched it all the way through in probably 35 years so it was a lot like watching it for the first time. [...]

Woodstock Stories

We’d love to hear about your Woodstock experiences. Please tell your story here. Just register by clicking on this link and you’ll be able to write your story complete with pictures, videos or whatever you would like to add. Feel free to Contact Us if you have any suggestions for the site. Of course if [...]

I Was At Woodstock…

How I Got To Woodstock Music Festival Well I had some good friends who said they were going to Woodstock but I never was able to hook up with them and get a ride. So somehow I convinced my parents that I could get there on my own (actually I’m not sure what excuse I [...]