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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Woodstock Three Days That Rocked the World by Mike Evans Woodstock Turns 40: Top 9 Books. In honor of its 40th anniversary, check out these new Woodstock books. June 24, 2009 — -- Forty years after a crowd of nearly 500,000 gathered for three days of peace, love and music, "Good Morning America" is celebrating Woodstock's 40th anniversary. The iconic pop culture event is being remembered in so many ways, including in books. We have some of the best of the bunch right here. See our nine favorite Woodstock books below, and then check out "GMA" Books for more good reads. Woodstock Revisited. 50 Stories From Those Who Were There. Edited by Susan Reynolds. Susan Reynolds was "there." As a part of Woodstock, Reynolds saw firsthand one of the most significant musical events in American culture. "Woodstock Revisited" is the first and only book to chronicle the audience experience at Woodstock. Read stories from 50 of the 500,000 attendees at the dairy farm in upstate New York, and gain new insight into three days that changed the world. The Woodstock Story Book. Special 40th Anniversary Edition. Text by Linanne G. Sackett. Photographs by Barry Z. Levine. Barry Z. Levine, part of the Academy Award-winning "Woodstock" documentary team, photographed the three-day music festival. Levine arrived before the crowds and remained after the last of the audience had gone. Levine took so many pictures that he had blisters on his index finger and thumb from clicking the shutter and advancing the film. In "The Woodstock Story Book," more than 300 of Levine's pictures are compiled to offer a new look at the performers, personalities, audience and excitement that made up Woodstock. Back to the Garden. The Story of Woodstock. By Pete Fornatale. Author and New York City disc jockey Pete Fornatale brings Woodstock to life through original interviews with Roger Daltry, Joan Baez, David Crosby, Richie Havens, Joe Cocker and dozens of headliners, organizers and fans. Back to the Garden celebrates the iconic concert's 40th anniversary through the words of the people who were there. These interviews along with beautiful black and white photos document Richie Haven's legendary opening act, The Who's violent performance, the Grateful Dead's jam and Jimi Hendrix's famous guitar solo. Woodstock Vision:The Spirit of a Generation. Celebrating The 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. By Elliott Landy. Introduction By Jerry Garcia and Commentary By Richie Havens. Elliott Landy was Woodstock's official photographer. Landy captured iconic shots of legendary performances and documented casual scenes from around the festival grounds. "Woodstock Vision" includes commentary from Landy as well as festival staff and performers including Richie Havens and the late Jerry Garcia. And among the amazing photographs in this book, readers can see shots from the sessions for Van Morrison's Moondance, Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline, and iconic shots of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Doors and the Band. Girls Like Us. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation. By Sheila Weller. "Girls Like Us" is a biography of three of America's most influential female musicians. It shows how Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon represent -- in their lives and through their songs -- the women who came of age during the 1960s and '70s. "Girls Like Us" was named one the Best Books of 2008 by Library Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and Amazon.com. It is now available in paperback. The Road to Woodstock. From the Man Behind the Legendary Festival. By Michael Lang with Holly George-Warren. In "The Road to Woodstock," readers are taken on a journey with the man behind the festival, Michael Lang, starting with his first music festival in Miami in 1968 and ending in Woodstock. Lang is a concert promoter, producer and artist manager who co-created the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Through Lang's stories and other firsthand accounts of musicians, artists and people who were just there, "The Road to Woodstock" celebrates the festival's milestone by putting readers right in the heart of Woodstock. Woodstock Peace, Music & Memories. Three History-Making Days in '69. By Brad Littleproud and Joanne Hague. "Woodstock Peace, Music & Memories" takes readers back to the historic concert and society-changing experience through the words, photos of people, places, memorabilia and legendary musical moments. Older readers can relive the festival, and younger ones can learn about the cultural phenomenon that was Woodstock. Authors Brad Littleproud and Joanne Hague were members of the Woodstock Preservation Alliance and are active in the preservation of the festival site. Woodstock. Three Days That Rocked the World. Edited by Mike Evans & Paul Kingsbury, Foreword by Martin Scorsese,In Association with The Museum at Bethel Woods. "Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World" is organized into three parts covering different parts of the music festival: origins, the event and the aftermath. A comprehensive guide to all that was Woodstock, this book is packed with memorabilia and includes never-before-seen interviews with musicians, managers, fans, photographers, organizers and technicians. Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story. By Abigail Yasgur and Joseph Lipner. "Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story" is an illustrated kid's book that tells the story of Max Yasgur who made his mark on rock and roll history when he said "Yes" to the three days of peace, love and music that was Woodstock. From the colorful illustrations to the simple, heartfelt story, the book captures the tone and attitude of one of the greatest festivals in the history of music. Review: 'Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World' To say that "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World" is the definitive text on Woodstock is a understatement in itself. The book, edited by Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury, is the definitive look at the Woodstock Nation, the events surrounding them and the aftermath of the four-day festival of peace and music in Bethel. "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World Edited by Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury Published by Sterling Publishing 288 pages. To say that "Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World" is the definitive text on Woodstock is a understatement in itself. The book, edited by Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury, is the definitive look at the Woodstock Nation, the events surrounding them and the aftermath of the four-day festival of peace and music in Bethel. A beautiful, black coffee table book, "Woodstock" opens with a foreword from one of the least sought voices of the festival: Martin Scorsese. The director - widely recognized as one of the world's greatest - spent the festival as a cameraman for Michael Wadleigh's 1970 documentary. His vantage point allowed him to concentrate on the music, and sometimes the crowd, which he referred to as threatening (at least in size) at times. An interesting choice for a foreword, Scorsese represents the voice of his time. In fact, he might be the voice of his time. So his words - as a straight observer of the festival - seem to heighten the book's purpose: To tell you everything you need to know about Woodstock, without overwhelming you, or making you take sides, or even having you debate about the festival's significance. Instead, it's a window to a nation. "Woodstock" features big, beautiful photographs from all the major festival photographers, including Henry Diltz, Barry Z. Levine and Elliot Landy. And it features the straight facts, right down to the times artists began playing their sets. In fact, it's nice to see acts such as Bert Sommer and Melanie get their due. Quotes and stories about the concertgoers - from the skinny dippers to the Hog Farmers - are interspersed in the meat of the book, rounding out impressive coverage of the festival. Even more interesting is that the festival talk is sandwiched by pages about movements and events surrounding Woodstock. These things - Monterrey Pop, Vietnam, "The Dick Cavett Show," Altamont - serve great purpose when talking about the Woodstock Nation and the baby boom generation. Everything is related. Published in cooperation with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the close of the book features a nice look at the Museum at Bethel Woods, appropriate considering that venue has helped keep the memory of Woodstock afloat. Be sure to read the whole ending - full discographies and a "where are they now" section help make this the perfect chronicle of the great landmark of a generation. Woodstock Didn't Actually Take Place in the Town of Woodstock. Here's Why. Billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” the music festival that would become the 20th century’s most famous was always called Woodstock. But Woodstock, which spanned three days in August of 1969, was not actually held in the Woodstock, NY. The place where it did end up being held, in Bethel, N.Y., wasn’t the organizers’ first choice. As Mike Evans, co-editor of Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World , tells TIME, the venue for the festival changed not once, not twice, but four times. Woodstock Ventures, the company that helped fund and organize the event, was founded by four men, one of whom, Michael Lang, had helped promote the successful Miami Pop Festival in May of 1968. Coming off the success of his last festival, Lang and his team were able to book established rock talent for Woodstock. But finding a place to hold their dream event was harder. The original hope was to hold it in Woodstock, N.Y., a town that was already known for its music culture.

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