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Etta James on Her Jazz Idols Like Billie Holiday

  By Virginia Choi • August 29, 2014 Uncategorized
Etta James on Her Jazz Idols Like Billie Holiday

American singer-songwriter Etta James talks about how she sees herself as more than just a r&b singer and discusses the female singers that have inspired her. James says she personally knew Diana Washington and Billie Holiday, claiming, “They led the life they sang about.” She unapologetically explains how her music’s … Continue reading

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Woodstock Festival of 1969
On Love: I Came to Woodstock to Die–An Angel Saved My Life

  By Patrick Colluci • August 15, 2014 Uncategorized
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Author: Patrick Colucci “I was a broken young man. One who set out to save the world only to become overcome by the waves of evil and despair, which pervaded the reality I found myself in, in 1960s America.” I knew it would happen. It’s 3 a.m. in the morning … Continue reading

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[Blog] 9 Facts About the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival

  By Witnify • July 30, 2014 Uncategorized

“Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.” -Richie Havens 1. The idea for Woodstock came from Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld who were record company executives that wanted to raise money to build a recording studio in the town of Woodstock in upstate New York. 2. The … Continue reading

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Woodstock Revisited Ten Years Later

  By hsmead • July 24, 2014 Uncategorized

Author: Howard Smead “It had become so suddenly dark that I worried as we bobbed and weaved along the black, tree shrouded road that perhaps the Pied Piper was alive and well and piping in New York, a real animal picnic…”  There were three of us: Walt and myself, and … Continue reading

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Richie Havens Stalls at Woodstock

  By Sarah Dejak • July 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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Singer Richie Havens, who was also the first performer at the original Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York on August 15, 1969, talks about his extended performance that ended up lasting two hours and 45 minutes. Because some of the bands that were supposed to come up after Havens were … Continue reading

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‘One Giant Family’

  By Sarah Dejak • July 10, 2014 Uncategorized

Susan Rodriguez, self-proclaimed hippie that was present during the first Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York on August 15, 1969, takes us day-by-day through the music festival that helped to define a generation. Rodriguez discusses such topics as how people acted in a unified and loving manner, who her favorite … Continue reading

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Photojournalist Among a Hippie Tribe at Woodstock

  By Victor Englebert • June 27, 2014 Uncategorized
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Author: Victor Englebert “I had not been a fan of hippies. I had seen them living sloppily on one or two dollars a day in places like Marrakesh. But they understood the futility, injustice, and cruelty of war. They knew that you could not buy happiness with money. They lived … Continue reading

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[Image] Woodstock’s Original Artwork Is a Riot of Color

  By David Edward Byrd • June 26, 2014 Uncategorized
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Author: David Edward Byrd  In the spring of 1969, Woodstock Ventures asked me to do a poster for the large outdoor concert they were planning for the village of Woodstock, NY. in August of that year. I based the poster on Ingre’s La Source and surrounded that image with cupids, flowers and … Continue reading

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[Text] Being There But Not There: A Journalist’s Story on Woodstock

  By Fred LeBrun • June 26, 2014 Uncategorized

Author: Fred LeBrun “One smiling, bearded long-hair was working a big bulldozer at the site, which was all hills and angles, just off a deserted and narrow two-lane country road. The same country road that in a few days, cluttered with humanity, would make the front page of every newspaper … Continue reading