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Clip: Season 31 Episode 6 | 1m 13s
In 1969, Joel Rosenman and his business partner John Roberts joined hands with Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang to hold a big concert in New York. This concert would eventually become the legendary Woodstock music festival.
Aired: 08/06/19
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Official Trailer | Woodstock | PBS
They came for the concert of their lives, but most experienced something far more profound
Bill Hanley made Woodstock sound system that forever shaped our collective memory.
Max Yasgur: Woodstock’s unexpected champion
Max Yasgur, a dairy farmer agreed to host Woodstock on his property.
Wavy Gravy: “Please Chief” of Woodstock
Hugh Romney, aka Wavy Gravy, was an American figure of the 1960s counter culture.
In 1969, about half a million people gathered at a farm in upstate New York to hear music.
Former slaves who battled prejudice & oppression to sing their way into a nation’s heart.
They came to hear the concert of their lives, but experienced something far more profound.
