Remembering Woodstock

Author : Andy Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351218646
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Woodstock written by Andy Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 springboard for the more expressly commercial of rock and pop events which were to follow. In the thirty years since the festival took place, Woodstock has become the subject of many books, magazine articles and documentaries which have served to mythologise the event in the public imagination. These different aspects of the Woodstock festival will be discussed in this wide ranging book which brings together a number of established and new writers in the fields of sociology, media studies and popular music studies. Each of the five chapters which will focus on a specific aspect of the Woodstock festival and its continuing significance in relation to the music industry, the rock festival 'tradition', sixties nostalgia and the cultural impact of popular music.

Author : Andy Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351218654
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Woodstock written by Andy Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 springboard for the more expressly commercial of rock and pop events which were to follow. In the thirty years since the festival took place, Woodstock has become the subject of many books, magazine articles and documentaries which have served to mythologise the event in the public imagination. These different aspects of the Woodstock festival will be discussed in this wide ranging book which brings together a number of established and new writers in the fields of sociology, media studies and popular music studies. Each of the five chapters which will focus on a specific aspect of the Woodstock festival and its continuing significance in relation to the music industry, the rock festival 'tradition', sixties nostalgia and the cultural impact of popular music.

Author : Richard Heppner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614235945
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Woodstock written by Richard Heppner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early pioneering days to the establishment of one of the premier art colonies in the nation, these are the stories of one of Americas most famous small towns. Beneath the gentle slopes of Overlook Mountain lies the town of Woodstock, a thriving community of painters, musicians and craftsmen. The towns early history of wintry hardships, courageous settlers and rebellious farmers sets the stage for a saga of spirited and creative personalities. As this energetic individualism carried over into the twentieth century, the sounds of cow horns and tin pails gave way to the bacchanalian revelry of Maverick music festivals and the wailing guitar of Bob Dylan. The first hippie came to town in 1963, and within a few years this Colony of the Arts was swept up by the counterculture movement of the 60s. In this collection of essays from the Historical Society of Woodstock archives, Richard Heppner captures the unique spirit of Woodstock, where the individual is always welcome and new and creative beginnings are always possible.

Author : Oliver Lovesey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100065365X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woodstock University written by Oliver Lovesey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodstock University addresses the educational interface of 1969’s iconic Woodstock Festival, as a number of its attendees and performers would later become academics 'with a touch of gray,' and it also considers the role of music in Woodstock’s legacy as the embodiment of 1960s countercultural idealism, escapism, and activism. A self-mythologizing event, as indicated by congratulatory stage announcements, Woodstock made a real-time claim for its own historic importance. Elevated by its remarkable (and in some cases doctored) audio, celluloid, and oral history afterlives, Woodstock would enhance the aura of rock star celebrity, and in the process expose the counterculture as a cash cow and weaponize the machinery of corporate rock. The essays in this collection are the participant observations of performers and attendees of Woodstock and related festivals, and also the reflections of cultural historians on aspects of the festival, its representation, and its ambiguous legacy. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Popular Music and Society.

Author : Elliott Landy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967247502
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Woodstock written by Elliott Landy and published by . This book was released on 1999-05-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory J. Walter
Publisher : Writers' Collective
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woodstock written by Gregory J. Walter and published by Writers' Collective. This book was released on 2008 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter's personal photographs of Woodstock, with his story of working on the crew at the festival.

Author : Andy Bennett
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137402040
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Music Scenes and Cultural Memory written by Andy Bennett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the ways in which music scenes are not merely physical spaces for the practice of collective musical life but are also inscribed with and enacted through the articulation of cultural memory and emotional geography. The book draws on empirical data collected in cites throughout Australia. In terms of understanding the relationship between music scenes and participants, much of the existing popular music literature tends to avoid one key aspect of scene: its predominant past-tense and memory-based nature. Nascent music scenes may be emergent and on-going but their articulation in the present is often based on past events, ideas and histories. There is a noticeable gap between the literature concerning popular music ethnography and the growing body of work on cultural memory and emotional geography. This book is a study of the conceptual formation and use of music scenes by participants. It is also an investigation of the structures underpinning music scenes more generally.

Author : Benjamin Halligan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136311041
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Music Documentary written by Benjamin Halligan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Music Documentary offers a wide-range of approaches, across key moments in the history of popular music, in order to define and interrogate this prominent genre of film-making. The writers in this volume argue persuasively that the music documentary must be considered as an essential cultural artefact in documenting stars and icons, and musicians and their times – particularly for those figures whose fame was achieved posthumously. In this collection of fifteen essays, the reader will find comprehensive discussions of the history of music documentaries, insights in their production and promotion, close studies of documentaries relating to favourite bands or performers, and approaches to questions of music documentary and form, from the celluloid to the digital age.

Author : Brad Littleproud
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440219273
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woodstock - Peace, Music & Memories written by Brad Littleproud and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three days that changed a generation Woodstock - Peace, Music & Memories tells a story of what Time magazine called "the greatest peaceful event in history." Celebrate the 40th anniversary of this generation-defining moment through the words and pictures of some of the 500,000 people who were at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969. Capturing the spirit of the times with its earthly look and mix of 350 color and black and white photos, Woodstock - Peace, Music & Memories features: • Foreword by festival co-creator and promoter Artie Kornfeld • Commentary by longtime peace activist and Woodstock insider Wavy Gravy • Personal recollections and never-before-seen pictures by the people who were there • Special section on Woodstock memorabilia with current values

Author : Hari Baskaran
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482814633
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hartland written by Hari Baskaran and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a moving story of the undefeatable spirit of a family that has faced repeated tragic deaths due to cancer. The strong values and integrity of the family stand out as a great testimony of traditional family bonds. The hall mark of the family is the humility, dignity and a passion to excel that each of them has displayed in their lives and professional careers. Hartland is not just a place where the family lived but the spirit that moved the family and the generations to follow.