![]() "There is Woodstock as a symbol of the counter-culture, Woodstock as the moment when the music business recognized the economic power of rock, Woodstock the movie, and, not insignificantly, the actual music. Music critic and Woodstock attendee Danny Goldberg told Newsweek how the festival has "accrued several symbolic meanings in subsequent years." 1969's Woodstock Festival is widely viewed as a musical watershed and historical snapshot the dusk of a decade and metaphorical end of a more open-hearted era.Īpproximately 500,000 people were eventually attracted to the legendary promotional poster billing Woodstock as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music."Īnd while Woodstock was a weekend in which Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin became immediate icons, the music was not the sole attraction.
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