Woodstock Specials

The Summer of 1969

To put the Woodstock Music Festival in context you have to remember the summer in which it happened. It actually was an amazing summer for a lot of reasons… some good and some not so good.
And of course the summer of 1968 was as bad as 1969 was “good.” The Chicago Democratic Convention was certainly [...]

The Real Stars of Woodstock

I’ve been going through all the Woodstock videos. And there’s a lot more to watch then there used to be.

The Ultimate Collector’s Edition (3 discs total)
The Director’s Cut version of just the movie (2 discs) – 225 minutes compared to 184 for original
The VHS tape called The Lost Performances

In the Ultimate Collectors Edition you’ve got [...]

Woodstock Couple Still Together

Maybe Woodstock was magic. Or maybe the experience just brought them very close together. Whatever it is it’s something you don’t see every day.
That couple that was on the cover to the album and became an icon to a generation got married and are still together 40 years later. Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, both now [...]

There’s More Woodstock Music Than You Think

What if I told you you hadn’t seen 58% of the available performances on video from Woodstock.
I’ve been working my way through all the DVDs and videos of the recorded music at Woodstock. Now I’m just talking about the one’s on video. I haven’t started to check out all the music on vinyl or CDs. [...]

Why Woodstock Was Important

As Michael Lang, one of the founder’s of Woodstock said in his book The Road To Woodstock…
“For me, Woodstock was a test of whether people of our generation really believed in one another and the world we were struggling to create. How would we do when we were in charge? Could we live as the [...]