Forty years ago this August, The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was held on Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. Max Yasgur leased his farm for $75,000 and was told about 50,000 people would attend. Approximately 500,000 people showed up. The ticket price was eighteen dollars for the three day festival but soon turned into a free concert because of the huge attendence.
Santana 'Soul Sacrifice' Woodstock '69
Carlos Santana today recalling Woodstock.
Now THAT was a party!
ReplyDeleteI just went back and re-watched the Santana clip. And it reminded me of two Santana tidbits.
ReplyDeleteThis was before Woodstock. I was walking through Golden Gate Park in SF and heard some music - mostly drums. Found the source - Santana was doing a spontaneous practice in the park I guess ... there were only a few people gathered - a totally cool experience.
And, when the first Santana album was released I stood in a long line that went outside the SF Tower Record store - we were all wanting to buy the Santana sound.
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