182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Woodstock festival of 1969, which featured such groups and artists as the Who, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, is remembered as much for its 'bringing together' of the counter-cultural generation as for the music performed. The event represented a milestone in the use of music as a medium for political expression while simultaneously acting as a... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Andy Bennett; The three Woodstocks and the live music scene, Dave Laing; '1, 2, 3 What are we fighting 4?' Music, meaning and 'The Star Spangled Banner', Sheila Whiteley; 'This is your Woodstock': popular memories and political myths, John Street; 'Everybody's happy, everybody's free': representation and nostalgia in the Woodstock film, Andy Bennett; Reporting Woodstock: some contemporary press reflections on the festival, Simon Warner; The contradictory aesthetics of Woodstock, Allan F. Moore; 'Unsafe things like youth and jazz': Beaulieu jazz festivals (1956-61), and the origins of pop festival culture in Britain, George McKay; A public transition: acoustic and electric performances at the Woodstock festival, Dave Allen; Still picking children from the trees?: reimagining Woodstock in 21st century Australia, Gerry Bloustien; Afterword: Country Joe McDonald remembering Woodstock, Country Joe McDonald with Dave Allen. Index.
Biography
Andy Bennett
'Recommended.' Choice ’... a thought-provoking range of both questions and answers which helps to preserve the memory of Woodstock as a site of study, and starting point for further discussion.’ Popular Music
