Vietnams Influence on 1969 Woodstock Powerpoint for 2007

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Vietnams Influence on Woodstock

• By Sean Lawrence

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Main Idea

• 1969 Woodstock Festival
• was a protest to pull soldiers
• from the Vietnam War
• Although the main idea was
• pointed toward the support
• of love and peace

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Vietnam War Draft

• The U.S. called upon a draft of Americans who
  were of the age of 18, because they needed more
  troops
• They drafted hippies and draft-dodgers more
• And Woodstock was their biggest party
• Even James Marshall Jimi Hendrix, an American
  guitarist and singer was a veteran from the army

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What was Woodstock?

• An Aquarian Exposition 3 Days of Peace Music
• Held at Max Yasgurs Dairy Farm consisting of
  600-acres in Bethel, New York
• On August 15th until the 18th, 1969
• 32 acts were performed with 500,000 fans

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Woodstock Performers

• Richie Havens
• Country Joe McDonald
• John B. Sebastian
• Incredible String Band
• Sweetwater
• Bert Sommer
• Tim Hardin
• Ravi Shankar
• Melanie
• Arlo Guthrie
• Joan Baez
• Quill
• Keef Hartly
• Santana
• Canned Heat
• Mountain
• Janis Joplin
• Sly The Family Stone
• Grateful Dead

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Country Joe McDonald( the Fish)

• A famous Country, Folk, Rock, Psychedelic Rock
  Singer
• Lead singer of Country Joe the Fish
• Enlisted in the Navy at 17 y/o, discharged for 3
  years
• Famous songThe "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin
  '-To-Die Rag a black comedy novelty song and was
  a big Anti-War Protest song about the Vietnam War
• He got 500,000 people to do his F--K
  Cheer(originally supposed to be the Fish Cheer)
  then sing the song about the Vietnam War
• Worked with groups of Vietnam Veterans Against
  the War
• Later on created an album in 1988 Vietnam
  Experience

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I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixing-To-Die-Rag (live 1969)
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v9HVACPv_KFwfeature
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Jimi Hendrix

• American Guitarist Singer of Psychedelic Rock
  more
• Considered the greatest electrical guitarist in
  musical history
• Got into trouble for riding in 2 stolen cars,
  given choice of spending 2 years in prison ot
  enlist in the Army, he chose the Army
• Machine Gun song had to do with the Vietnam War
• Chosen to close the festival
• Hendrix played an improvised version of The Star
  Spangled Banner, using his guitar he played the
  sounds of bombs helicopters from the criticism
  of U.S. action in the Vietnam War

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Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix

• Song told by the perspective of a soldier trapped
  in war (sort of like Hendrix was)
• Inspired by the Vietnam War
• Introduced this song by dedicating it to all the
  troops fighting in Harlem, Chicago, and the
  Vietnam
• Use a Univibe Pedal to make the beginning of the
  song mimic the sound of a machine gun

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Why Woodstock Occurred?

• Woodstock was a protest to pull soldiers from the
  Vietnam War
• Since It supported love, peace, freedom it made
  hippies objected to war discrimination
• This is why, a lot of love happened at Woodstock

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THE END!
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Works Cited

• http//www.calebrossiter.com/chapter1b.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Joe_McDonald
• http//www.woodstockstory.com/bandsperformerssetsp
  laylists1969.html
• http//factoidz.com/woodstock-the-most-important-r
  ock-festival-in-history/
• http//www.answers.com/topic/country-joe-mcdonald