MUCO 120 Lecture 11: History of Rock 4-4-18
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3 hour documentary on woodstock if interested. So many people highway system had to be shut down. Beat gave someone something to dance to. Carlos santana is not the singer, but his band name. Performance important to them because they were major in the san francisco scene but they had not been nationally recognized yet. Land of the free hits the highest note and then comes crashing down. Crowd would have been starkly anti vietnam and anti authority. Many people saw woodstock as a shining beacon of the decade. Culmination of ideals that went off without a hitch . Died shortly after at age 27 from drug related causes, like janis joplin. Rolling stone puts it in top 25 rock songs of all time. George harrison had a deep interest in music from india and spirituality. They became whatever they needed to to t the song. This song was only a string ensemble.
