What Was Woodstock questions
Which band was the first to say yes to playing the festival?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
What made other bands agree to play at Woodstock?
Creedence Clearwater Revival said they would be there
Which musicians said no to Woodstock?
Doors, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, and Bob Dylan
What was the group many were waiting to see perform?
Grateful Dead
Who was hired to set up the campground?
Hippie commune, Hog Farm
What was the ticket cost?
$18 for three days; $13 for two days; $7 for one day; or $24 at the door
Who was Max Yasgur?
1919-1973; Bethel, New York; dairy farm business
What is a dashiki?
African-style shirt
Who did Artie and Michael meet in February of 1969?
Businessmen or Joel Rosenman and John Roberts
Who was the highest paid Woodstock performer?
Jimi Hendrix - $18,000 - back then would have bought six new cars
Who did Lang consider the high point of the day?
The Who
What was the Vietnam War?
United States was fighting a war to prevent North Vietnam, communist, from taking control of non communist South Vietnam; 58,000 died
What good news came just days before the festival began?
Warner Brothers would pay to make a documentary film of the concert
What was the audience nicknamed because of its size?
Woodstock Nation
How long did Woodstock Ventures have to make the concert happen?
approximately five months
What does 'out of sight' mean?
awesome in the 1960s
What does it mean to be drafted?
become a soldier even if not want to be a soldier
What was Michael Lang's idea?
build a recording studio in Woodstock
What did Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld hope an outdoor concert would pay for?
built a recording studio
What was the peace symbol?
combination of flag symbols N and D - nuclear disarmament
What did the four men form?
company called Woodstock Ventures Incorporated
Who was Michael Wadleigh?
director that captured the concert on film
What were the two deaths of Woodstock?
drug overdose and tractor ran over a teenager
What did they do when the toilets started to overflow?
dug big holes or buried the mess
Who was Martin Scorsese?
famous film director
What was a big danger during the storm?
fans were climbing seventy foot equipment towers
Who played on Friday?
folk music - mellow start
What was the only known act of violence at Woodstock?
food truck was burned in protest of their high prices
Why was Max paid?
for damage to his land
What site was chosen for Woodstock?
forty miles south of Woodstock; Wallkill, New York
What was a tragedy in the 1960s?
four important leaders were killed; John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy
What kind of policeman were wanted?
friendly; handle peacefully
What is the National Guard?
government soldiers
What is a commune?
group of people that live and work together; share everything equally
Why were big plastic bags passed around?
help with clean up
What does 'a happening' mean?
hippie slang; super exciting event for cool people
What was the job of the director of operations?
in charge of building, landscaping and coordinating the details
Who were baby boomers?
increase in births in 1945; oldest boomers were about twenty three years old in 1969
What happened on the morning of the festival's second day?
kids woke to a loud "Gooood Morrrning!" from a man at a stage mic, Lawrence said outside world thought things were bad at Woodstock, members of Hog Farm commune served granola to the audience
What was the deal with Max Yasgur?
lease his property if promise farm would be left in good shape after the festival
What did John Morris tell the crowd to do?
light match so they could see each other
What did John Morris ask the kids to do that made them feel a sense of togetherness?
light matches in the darkness
When the festival was over, what did the site look like?
looked and smelled like a trash dump
Who were hippies?
movement of the 1960s; hip meant cool; against war; rejected parents ways
What did the guitar symbolize?
music
Why was it declared a free concert?
no way to make sure all paid
Who was hired as security?
off-duty New York cops
What was Michael and Artie's idea?
outdoor concert at Woodstock; sell tickets and money would pay for their recording studio
What was Woodstock?
outdoor rock festival in a small New York town
How much money did Woodstock Ventures lose?
over one million dollars
What did the dove symbolize?
peace
What did Gerald Holtom design?
peace symbol in England
What were people in the United States looking for in 1969?
peace, love and freedom
What was the "freak out" tent?
people with a bad reaction to drugs like LSD
What is meant by invest?
put their money into the idea
What did Lang and Mel Lawrence discover when they visited the Yasgur farm?
site had a hillside shaped like a giant shallow bowl
Why did they get shocked by the electric guitar and microphones?
stage was wet from the rain
Why were they forced to start over?
the town officially turned them down and they had to find a new location
What bitter fact did Woodstock Ventures have to face after the event?
they lost over a million dollars
When was Woodstock?
three days in August of 1969
How did Jimi Hendrix stun the audience at Woodstock?
turned "Star-Spangled Banner" into a rock song
What was the peace sign?
two fingers held up in a 'V'
What serious problem did the thunderstorm on Sunday cause?
water got inside the electrical cables uncovered by the rain
What was not allowed, not even for policemen?
weapons
What was the nickname for marijuana?
weed, pot, grass
Who played on Saturday?
Rock and Roll - wild
Who did Lang meet in November of 1968?
Artie Kornfeld vice president at Capitol Records
What date was Woodstock planned for?
August 15-17th
What was the most popular rock group ever?
Beatles
