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This week marks the 40th anniversary of woodstock. The watershed moment of music in the 60's and beyond.
Three videos from that festival are here.  Santana-soul sacrifice,  Jimmy Hendrix-Star spangled banner, Arlo
Guthrie-Coming into Los Angeles. A new DVD release  of the Woodstock  movie adds 3 hours of previously unreleased
material ,of which 2 hours are musical performances. Many events are planned around the world to commemorate the
historic 40th ,here is a link for info :http://www.woodstockstory.com/woodstock40thanniversary.html
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was
a historic event held at Max Yasgur's
600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of
Bethel, New York from August 15 to
August 18, 1969. Bethel (Sullivan County)
is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town
of Woodstock, New York, which is in
adjoining Ulster County.
To many, the festival exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era."
Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend.
Although attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original event has
proven to be unique and legendary. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in music
history and was listed on Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
The event was captured in a successful
1970 movie, Woodstock, and Joni
Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which
memorialized the event and became a major
hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

A plaque has been placed at the original site
commemorating the festival. The field and
the stage area remain preserved in their
rural setting. On the field are the remnants
of a neon flower and bass from the original
concert. In the middle of the field, there is
a totem pole with wood carvings of Jimi
Hendrix in the middle, Janis Joplin on top,
and Jerry Garcia on the bottom. A concert
hall has been erected up the hill, and the
fields of the old Yasgur farm are still
visited by people of all generations