We couldn’t let the week slip by without recognizing the fact that this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair. Held on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, NY; the festival featured a veritable who’s who of rock and folk – including one of the first live performances from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and The Who performing a full-on rendition of their rock opera Tommy – which started somewhere around four in the morning for those of you who think Bonnaroo invented the late night set.
Sure there were massive traffic jams, tons of mud and bad brown acid, but there were also incendiary sets of music – you’ve heard the soundtrack and seen the film. With so many spectacular moments featured in the documentary, thought we’d dig a little deeper with one of the band’s the didn’t sign off on appearing in the original film – Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Arguably one of the biggest names on the entire bill at the time, CCR’s set was sandwiched in between the Grateful Dead’s tech-plagued set and Janis Joplin’s taking the crowd to the church psychedelic blues. Taking the stage well into the late night hours on Saturday night, John Fogerty originally complained that most of the audience had gone to bed and believed their performance to be subpar – though after watching this take on Keep On Chooglin you might beg to differ…
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