Woodstock Turns 40
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Mud-covered moshers cavort in front of the stage at the Woodstock '94 festival in Saugerties, N.Y., shown in this Friday Aug. 12, 1994 photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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A New Dawn Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 1969. (AP Photo)
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Country Joe and ... circa 1968: Group studio portrait of American rock band Country Joe and the Fish. The band featured 'Country Joe' McDonald (seated, second from left) and Barry Melton (standing), and became infamous at Woodstock for their anti-Vietnam War anthem, the 'Fixin' to Die Rag.' (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Jefferson Airpla... 1969, Singer Grace Slick performs with the American rock group Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock music festival. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Woodstock View Visitors to the Woodstock pop festival in New York State climbing the sound tower to secure a better viewing point. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Too Much Fun Two festival goers that found Woodstock too much lay passed out on the bonnet and roof of their Volkswagen Beetle. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Boho Hobo Torrential rain and thick mud at the Woodstock music festival result in some people removing their shoes to allow them to dry. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Peace Car A music fan at Woodstock pop festival in his car covered in anti-war slogans for love and peace. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Woodstock Hitch... August 1969: Two young men in the boot of a car after hitching a lift home from the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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John Sebastian August 1969: American folk-rock singer John Sebastian strums an acoustic guitar before a microphone while performing at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York. Sebastian was the former lead singer of the band The Lovin' Spoonful. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Dueling Guitars August 1969: Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana (right) and bassist David Brown perform with the group Santana at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York. (Photo by Tucker Ransom/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Woodstock Picnic August 1969: A group of friends sitting by their car at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, one of them is giving a peace sign. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Relaxing At Wood... August 1969: A man walking past a car notices the feet sticking out of the window during the Woodstock Music And Arts Fair. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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Miss McLean August 1969: Pat McLean from Brighton Massachusetts, hangs her head as she waits beside a car at the Woodstock music festival. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
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On The Road To W... Members of the American youth subculture generally termed 'hippies' walk, or get rides on the the trunks of cars, as they move along roads choked with traffic on the way to the large rock conert called Woodstock, Bethel, New York, August, 1969. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Great Seats Concert-goers sit on the roof of a Volkswagen bus at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair at Bethel, N.Y., in mid-August, 1969. The three-day concert attracted hundreds of thousands of people, and became a landmark cultural event of the late '60s. (AP Photo)
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Joe Cocker Musician Joe Cocker performs for the thousands of people attending the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Musik at Bethel, New York August 1969 (AP-Photo)
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Joan Baez Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 1969. Joan Baez. (AP Photo)
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Woodstock Love The summer of '89 heralds the 20th anniversary of the landmark Woodstock Festival of Peace and Music, and Warner Bros. extensive plans to celebrate this major musical, cultural, and social phenomena are underway. Integral to the many Woodstock commemorative activities is a remarkable cache of previously-unseen footage recently discovered in Warner Bros film vaults. These heretofore "lost" treasures feature show-stopping performances by rock superstar Creedence Clearwater Revival; Jefferson Airplane. Janis Joplin; The Band; Richie Havens; and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; among others. (AP-Photo)
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Havens Opens At ... American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens opening the Woodstock Festival at Bethel, New York, 15th August 1969. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Festival Fashion A young woman in a fringed buckskin top at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York, 15th-17th August 1969. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Canned Heat Bass... Bassist Larry Taylor performing with American rock group Canned Heat at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York, 16th August 1969. (Photo by Tucker Ranson/Pictorial Parade/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Woodstock Multit... View of the massive crowds at the Woodstock music festival where someone is holding up an umbrella, Bethel, New York. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Grace Slick At W... American singer/songwriter Grace Slick with psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, 17th August 1969. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Mud-Covered Mosh... Mud-covered moshers cavort in front of the stage at the Woodstock '94 festival in Saugerties, N.Y., shown in this Friday Aug. 12, 1994 photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Red Hot Chili Pe... Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea on stage at Woodstock 94 in Saugerties, New York on August 14, 1994. (Photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect)
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Chris Barron of ... Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors on stage at Woodstock 94 in Saugerties, New York on August 14, 1994. (Photo by Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect)
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Everlast Everlast performs at Woodstock '99 in Griffiss AFB in Rome, New York. They are among over 45 bands performing on four stages July 23-25. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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Michael Lang Michael Lang, founder and producer of the original Woodstock Festival in 1969, and Woodstock 99 scheduled to take place at Griffiss Park in Rome, New York on July 23,24, and 25th. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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Woodstock '99 Fa... Woodstock '99 fans get there bodies painted by vendors while enjoying music from over 45 bands at Griffiss AFB Park for the 30th Anniversary concert in Rome, New York July 23-25. (Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect)
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East Stage at Wo... Fans at the East stage at Woodstock 99 in Rome, New York. The Woodstock 99 festival will feature over 45 bands on four stages on July 23,24,and 25th. Crowd estimate for the first day was 250,000. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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Trent Reznor Trent Reznor, lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, performs covered in mud Saturday, Aug. 14th 1994, at Woodstock '94. An afternoon downpour made the concert site look like Max Yasgur's muddy farm 55 miles to the southwest where the original Woodstock took place 25 years ago. (AP-Photo/John Gaps) 14.8.1994
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The "Woodstock" ... The new "Woodstock" stamp is unveiled Thursday, July 8, 1999, in New York by the United States Postal Service marking the 30th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair of 1969. (AP Photo/United States Postal Service)
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James Brown James Brown performs on the east stage at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York at Griffiss AFB Park for the 30th Anniversary Concert July 23-25. They are among over 45 bands performing on one of four stages. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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Woodstock West S... The sun sets behind the west stage on the former Griffis Air Force Base, site of Woodstock '99, in Rome N.Y., Tuesday July 20, 1999. The three-day event on the 30th anniversary of the original concert begins Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Duprey)
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DMX "DMX" performs during Woodstock '99 Friday, July 23, 1999 on the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 200,000 music fans streamed into town for the festival, a three-day celebration of love and peace. (AP Photo/Peter R. Barber)
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Dave Matthews Dave Matthews sings as Boyd Tinsley, left, plays the acoustic violin during Woodstock '99 Saturday, July 24, 1999 at the site of the former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. More than 225,000 people flooded the abandoned military base in upstate New York to hear acts like Limp Bizkit, Korn, Metallica and Sheryl Crow. (AP Photo/Steve Chernin)
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Ed Kowalczyk Ed Kowalczyk of the rock band Live performs on the east stage at Woodstock '99 in Rome, New York at Griffiss AFB Park for the 30th Anniversary Concert July 23-25. They are among over 45 bands performing on one of four stages. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
