Woodstock Question

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by icenine

The performances were really not that great except for Hendrix and the Who...

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

There weren't too many black kids at Woodstock, for a variety of reasons. Even tho the concert both opened(Richie Havens) and closed(Jimi Hendrix) with black music acts, there wasn't much in between that would draw tons of folks from New York.

I thought I might attempt to address both these comments at the same time.

The crowd, according to best estimates, was 1.5% black.

As far as the quality of the performances...One of the best recorded live performances I've ever seen was Sly and the Family Stone. And yes...I still listen to it on the iPod and I still drag out my DVD copy to watch it on the TeeVee. It still gives me the shivers. Every time.

Hendrix and the Who certainly were great. But so was Sly, so was Joe Cocker, so was Ten Years After...and Janis was spectacular.