The Road to Woodstock

Name: The Road to Woodstock
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Lang
ISBN: 9781541489967

Author: Michael Lang, Holly George-Warren

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/20/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History, Social History, Music, History & Criticism

Synopsis

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 the virtually unknown 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.

About Michael Lang

Michael Lang is the head of the Michael Lang Organization. He has produced festivals in East Berlin, the concert at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Woodstock '94, and Woodstock '99, among many other events worldwide.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Teri

This is the definitive book on the 1969 Woodstock music festival. Written by organizer Michael Lang, The Road to Woodstock details his early life, how he got into the music business, and how he came up with the idea of a massive concert. Along with partner Artie Kornfeld, Lang approached venture cap......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

As the title suggests, this book is largely about the events and dealings which led up to the iconic music festival held in upstate New York in 1969. The first two chapters deal with the author’s childhood in an Italian-Jewish neighbourhood in Brooklyn. Then we move on to his first forays into counte......more

Goodreads review by Dee

"If You Remember the Sixties, You Weren’t Really There." In regard to the above headline: Forty years after Woodstock, author Michael Lang admitted that “…doing the early interviews for this book convinced me that I was” and that “…my memories of those times remained vague.” For those not aware, auth......more