The story of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair begins with Michael Lang, a kid out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, who liked to smoke a joint and listen to jazz. He would find his way to Florida, open a head shop, and produce his first festival - Miami Pop, featuring Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and others - then travel to Woodstock, where, after meeting Artie Kornfeld, his vision for a festival where folks could come and stay for a few days amid the rural beauty of upstate New York would become a reality. With Artie, new partners John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, and his handpicked crew, Lang booked talent, from Janis Joplin and the Who to Santana and Crosby, Stills and Nash; won over agents, promoters, and townspeople; took on fleets of volunteers; built a festival site from the ground up; and, in the end, created the landmark cultural event that defined a generation.
The Road To Woodstock - from the man behind the legendary festival
Holly George-Warren
Harper USA
2010
256 páginas
8h 32m
ISBN-13: 9780061576584
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Holly George-Warren
Holly George-Warren foi indicada duas vezes ao Grammy e é autora premiada de 16 livros, entre eles duas biografias: A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton e Public Cowboy #1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry, além do best-seller do New York Times: A Estrada para Woodstock (com Michael Lang). Ela já escreveu para diversas publicações, incluindo The New York Times, Rolling Stone e Entertainment Weekly, tendo atuado também como consultora em documentários como Muscle Shoals, Nashville 2.0 e Hitmakers. Holly faz parte da comissão de indicação do Rock & Roll Hall of Fame e leciona na Universidade Estadual de Nova York, em New Paltz.
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