The Woodstock Festival started this week in New York. It was a week of music and everything else.
The organizers sold 186,000 tickets and expected 200,000. Eventually, they opened the gates and almost 500,000 showed up. To say the least, the overflow of people created some serious traffic jams and logistical problems.
They eventually released a 3-disc LP of the event.
My favorite song about the events was Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", a song released months later by Matthews Southern Comfort Band.
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