Woodstock at 50
by Aidan Prewett
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Pub Date Aug 10 2019 | Archive Date Aug 16 2019
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Description
A collection of interviews with Woodstock performers, crew, and a host of entertainment icons from the sixties and beyond. What did it feel like to be there? At Hendrix’s feet during the Star Spangled Banner. Standing on stage between Pete Townshend and Abbie Hoffman. In Mick Jagger’s dressing room after Altamont. Alone in the Oval Office with JFK. Ours friends throughout this book know exactly what these situations feel like. These events formed major turning points in their lives. And our lives too. These interviews offer perspective from the sixties for today’s bizarre political landscape.
It’s now been fifty years since the 1960’s drew to a close. Woodstock defined that moment in history. The world has never seen anything quite like it since.
This gathering of truly epic proportions redefined the world of music and politics over the course of a single weekend. But for many of the attendees, their thoughts were with their friends and family posted overseas, awaiting their own version of the apocalypse.
The interviews in this book were conducted because I wanted to know what it felt like to be there. At Hendrix’s feet during the Star Spangled Banner. In Mick Jagger’s dressing room after Altamont. Alone in the Oval Office with JFK. Ours friends throughout this book know exactly what these situations feel like. These events formed major turning points in their lives. And our lives too.
Perspectives from the 60’s for today’s bizarre political landscape.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781895131383 |
| PRICE | CA$19.95 (CAD) |
Featured Reviews
Librarian 431790
I found this book interesting and well researched. I love reading the interviews and learned something more about Woodstock.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
Earl M, Reviewer
Woodstock at 50: Anatomy of a Revolution by Aidan Prewett is about what the music event meant, both then and in the years since, to those involved and society as a whole. There are plenty of light fare books that just offer a rehash of the festival and some gossip. Those are certainly fun books and apparently what some people with reading comprehension issues with book descriptions prefer. But if you want to think about the effects going forward from that weekend then this book is an excellent starting point.
Yes, the Woodstock festival is indeed front and center in the book, but just as much for what it means as for simply who played when and under what hardships. The interviewees range all over the board with what direction they take when discussing this pivotal event and what came after (and to some extent what came before). And yes, some of the comments do serve as a precautionary tale for our troubled times. At times optimistic, at times pessimistic, but unless you drank the MAGA Kool Aid you will be able to appreciate the range of ideas and comments.
I would recommend this to both those of us who remember Woodstock very well and for those too young to remember it but are curious about why it is still referred to so often. Okay, maybe the people my age who wear red ball caps might not appreciate looking at it as anything more than a music festival, but those of us who are more evolved and think about opportunities lost and ideas faded from the headiness of the period will appreciate the reflections both musical and cultural the interviewees offer.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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