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Such Small Portions: A Saturday in the Catskills, 1969

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bethel, Jefferson Airplane, New York State Thruway, NY, The Grateful Dead, The Keef Hartley Band, Woodstock 1969

A personal reflection from the thick of the Woodstock weekend 50 years ago

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CONCERTS: John Fogerty at the Rockland Trust Bank Pavillion in Boston, MA on August 13, 2019

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bad Moon Rising, Boston, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Son, John Fogerty, Woodstock 1969

The CCR survivor prefaces his return to Bethel with a stacked performance in Beantown

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Played a Set for Everyone: Creedence Clearwater Revival at Woodstock

August 13, 2019August 22, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, Woodstock 1969

Talking Bethel ’69 with CCR rhythm section Doug Clifford and Stu Cook

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‘We Just Have One Thing To Say To You Fuckin’ Hippies…’

August 12, 2019September 8, 2022 Tim Sommer 13 Comments 1969, Arlo Guthrie, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dr. Feelgood, Hot Rods, MC5, Roxy Music, Sha Na Na, Ten Years After, The 101ers, The Manson Family, Woodstock, Woodstock 1969

Sha Na Na were the most important act at Woodstock, and I’m not fucking kidding

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Music Journalism

Bonfire of the Vanities: A Look Back at Woodstock ’99

July 27, 2019July 30, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, Elvis Costello Woodstock, Head like a Hole, Iggy Pop Goose Lake 1970, Kid Rock full Woodstock concert, Metallica full concert woodstock, Michael Lang, Nine Inch Nails, Rome NY, Tori Amos, Woodstock 1969, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

Michael Lang still can’t shake the spectre of 20 years ago when “3 Days of Peace, Love and Music” devolved into something worse than Altamont

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Santana Speaks

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1999, Carlos Santana, Concord Records, Rick Rubin, Santana, Supernatural, Woodstock 1969

A conversation with the celebrated guitarist and bandleader on the occasion of some momentous anniversaries

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Dear Rock ‘n’ Roll: It Is Time To Act

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Bob Dylan, Mississippi, Mississippi Burning, Nina Simone, Phil Ochs, Woodstock 1969

The vote needs to be rocked again, now more than ever

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Something’s Coming On: The Rise of Joe Cocker & the Grease Band

May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 1969, Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Grease Band, Joe Cocker, Woodstock 1969

In honor of his 75th birthday, we look back at the late singer’s pivotal 1969

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