WILKES-BARRE — It was 2009 and I was writing a few stories on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. I met a man who lived on Route 17-B, the main artery leading to Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y. The ...
BETHEL, N.Y. – The famous farm near the alfalfa field that drew 400,000 people to Woodstock for three days of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is up for sale. The asking price: $8 million. Roy Howard, the ...
Cultural institution is honored with a 6xCD box from Rhino. Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, and CSN appear. Save this story Save this story The forgotten secret of ...
In mid-August 1969, hundreds of thousands of people swarmed Max Yasgur’s Farm in upstate New York to attend the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, but Joni Mitchell sadly wasn’t one of them. Despite being ...
Fifty years ago, a Westchester teen traveled upstate to experience peace, love and music, all from his late uncle's farm. Joey Yasgur's summer of '69 was highlighted, like many others, by the ...
It's been 50 years now since Nick and Bobbi Ercoline first walked on a particular hillside in Bethel, New York. "Brings me back to the time when I was 20 years old and falling in love with this ...
I was only two months old when the now legendary Woodstock music festival was held on Max Yasgur's farm near Woodstock, N.Y. During the rainy, muddy weekend of August 15-17, 1969, 32 acts performed ...
The Woodstock Music Festival took place over three days in mid-August 1969. Here are wild stories from performers at the festival, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Grateful Dead and more.
He may not have been as hip as Jimi Hendrix, but Max Yasgur played as important a role in the original Woodstock, which took place 50 years ago, beginning Aug. 15, 1969. Woodstock’s organizers were ...