Closing Bell: Woodstock 40th Anniversary at Prospect Park?
Yes, this could really happen. NY Daily News reports that Michael Lang, who helped put on the famous 1969 festival, is hoping to put on a Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow this summer. However, he needs to find $8 million to $10 million to pay for it by the end of…
Yes, this could really happen. NY Daily News reports that Michael Lang, who helped put on the famous 1969 festival, is hoping to put on a Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow this summer. However, he needs to find $8 million to $10 million to pay for it by the end of the month. The event would be billed as a throwback to the original with bands like Crosby, Stills and Nash and Dave Matthews Band (different from the ’99 fiasco). Do you think this is a good idea? Would you go?
Photo by FlySi.
Ritchie Havens is da bomb.
Ritchie Havens is my Great Uncle. He was the first artist to take the stage. He is still performing (A LOT 🙂
I’m amazed at how many negative comments are posted here. I must be missing something.
Also, to whoever thought that nobody from the original Woodstock is still alive, you’re mistaken. We still have a handful of musicians going strong –
Crosby, Stills, Nash
Neil Young
Santana
Richie Havens
Country Joe
John Sebastian
Arlo Guthrie
Joan Baez
Most members of the Dead – (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Donna Jean Godcheaux)
John Fogerty (who still puts on a great show without Creedence)
Pete Townshend & Roger Daltry
Joe Cocker
Levon Helm (also puts on a great show without “The Band”)
Johnny Winter
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
That seems like a pretty solid group of artists to me.
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