Join Together: Forty Years of the Rock Music FestivalLandmark book on live music's most high-profile and historic concerts. Forty years of rock 'n' roll and rebellion, it's all here: the music, the mud, and the memories. Join Together! Forty Years of the Rock Festival takes us behind the scenes of the major rock festivals such as Monterey Pop, Woodstock, Isle of Wight, Live Aid, Lollapalooza, Ozzfest, Live8, the US Festivals, Vans Warped Tour, SARSstock, Woodstock '99, Coachella, Bonnaroo, and dozens of other international events. Over 90 artists contribute their unique memories and perspectives on the music festival and its impact on rock music and society. From the bad acid and mud of the first Woodstock to the fiasco of the later editions and beyond, this book is for everyone who was there, in body or spirit. |
Contents
Groovin | 1 |
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival | 2 |
Festival of the Flower Children | 31 |
Dance to the Music | 35 |
Denver Pop Festival | 36 |
Miami Pop Festivals | 41 |
Hyde Park Free Concerts | 45 |
Milwaukee Summerfest | 46 |
Heatwave | 150 |
Glastonbury Fayre | 152 |
Dont Stop Believin | 155 |
US Festival | 156 |
Rock the Casbah | 169 |
US Festival II | 170 |
Glory Days | 175 |
Live Aid | 176 |
Newport Pop Festival | 49 |
Come Together | 53 |
Newport 69 | 54 |
Bath Festival of Blues | 57 |
Atlantic City Pop Festival | 59 |
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair | 60 |
Texas International Pop Festival | 84 |
Isle of Wight Festival | 86 |
Toronto Rock and Roll Revival | 88 |
Altamont | 95 |
Power to the People | 103 |
Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music | 104 |
Atlanta International Pop Festival | 106 |
Goose Lake International Music Festival | 108 |
Isle of Wight Festival | 109 |
Vortex I | 121 |
Bang a Gong | 123 |
Mount Pocono Festival | 124 |
Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival | 125 |
Dream On | 129 |
Watkins Glen Summer Jam | 130 |
Ozark Music Festival | 132 |
Knebworth | 137 |
Nambassa | 140 |
Runnin with the Devil | 141 |
California Jam II | 142 |
Back to the Garden | 147 |
Woodstock 79 | 148 |
I Wanna Be Sedated | 149 |
South by Southwest | 189 |
What I Am | 191 |
Woodstock 89 | 192 |
Moscow Peace Festival | 193 |
A Gathering of the Tribes | 194 |
Smells Like Teen Spirit | 197 |
Lollapalooza | 198 |
Welcome to Paradise | 209 |
Woodstock 94 | 210 |
This Aint a Love Song | 217 |
Vans Warped Tour | 218 |
Until It Sleeps | 225 |
Ozzfest | 226 |
Lilith Fair | 233 |
Bring It All Back | 235 |
Woodstock 99 | 236 |
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival | 243 |
Anger Management Tour | 247 |
Bonnaroo | 248 |
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto | 254 |
Fix You | 257 |
Live 8 | 258 |
What Goes AroundComes Around | 269 |
Live Earth | 270 |
The Legacy of the Rock Festival | 275 |
Sources | 291 |
Acknowledgments | |
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