How many bands performed at woodstock

Feel me. Touch me. Heal me. Townshend capped off the performance by bashing his guitar on the stage and then tossing it into the crowd. Jefferson Airplane, a popular San Francisco act fronted by the inimitable Grace Slick, was next to take the stage around 8 a. The soulful British rocker Joe Cocker released his debut album, named for his cover of the famous Beatles song, just four months before Woodstock.

Cocker physically embodied the music, scream-singing in his guttural bluesy voice while completely reinventing the Beatles song as a gospel refrain. He then kicked into his anti-war folk anthem with its famous chorus:. Not everybody at Woodstock came for the music. Toronto native Linda Goldman was there to experience the scene—camping with hippie families from the Hog Farm, swimming in the pond—and to catch the occasional performance.

There were stops and starts aplenty as the band started receiving shocks aplenty. After a long, drawn out jam, full of in-jokes and incoherent humour, the band finally stepped up a gear to finish with a blistering version of Turn On Your Lovelight. Frontman Jerry Garcia was philosophical about the near disaster. For many music fans too young to have wallowed in the mud, Hendrix was the embodiment of Woodstock.

His closing set — taking place at 8am on the Monday, long after the festival was supposed to have finished — was played to a much smaller crowd than many of the other performers. Many fans had already started their long journeys home. The band only lasted three gigs, and rehearsals had been uneven.

If you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc. Music Music festivals. Share using Email. By Stephen Dowling 16th August Richie Havens — first act at the festival Folk artist Richie Havens had been recording well-received albums since the mids, but his star really went ascendant after Woodstock. Is the Woodstock site nationally recognized?

Can I see pictures and film from Woodstock? Performers on August Bert Sommer. Tim Hardin. Ravi Shankar.

Arlo Guthrie. Joan Baez. Country Joe McDonald. John Sebastian. Keef Hartley Band. The Incredible String Band. Canned Heat. Grateful Dead. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Janis Joplin.

The Who. Jefferson Airplane. Joe Cocker. Ten Years After. The Band. Johnny Winter. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.