Four men named Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman originally established Woodstock. The men's initial idea for the festival was to promote the idea of a new recording studio in Bethel, New York, which is where the event actually took place. Because of the extensive amount of rain that fell before and during Woodstock, the site was changed twice. This resulted in the loss of preparation time. The stage had not been entirely put up and the sound system was dangerously assembled. There were many other problems that occurred as a result of the mud produced during the rain. Most of the gates and fences were not put up which allowed many people to enter the festival for free. The mud also created a major cleanup project after the festival ended.

Woodstock gathered an unexpectedly large attendance. Only 50,000 to 100,000 people were expected to arrive at the site. These numbers seemed small compared to the 400,000 to 500,000 people who converged on the area on

Attempts at recreating Woodstock could never be mastered due to one key factor. This was simply that there was no deep purpose to the replications. The second festival entitled "Woodstock 94'" was no more than a large promotion. Despite Woodstock 69's original purpose of promotion of a studio, it became much more than that because it occurred during a time when people were looking for answers not just empty thoughts and speeches. With Woodstock 94's overexposure to the media, it lost all hope of becoming what the original stood for.

Despite people's desire to bring back the feeling of the original Woodstock, all that can remain is its affect on the people who experienced it and the affect on the culture they lived in. Its stories will be told, some good, some bad, but the desire that people feel to experience it firsthand will never be lost.

For many people the impact of Woodstock lasted much further on into their life. Men and women were given the confidence to go out into the world and make a difference despite what a few people may have thought about them. These are the people that made such an impact on America's society as they lived out their lives. They were cultural pioneers with their alternate feelings toward the definition of art, music, and the structure of society.

August 15, 16, and 17 of 1969. Many expected singers and bands could not arrive due to traffic backed up for miles along all the roads leading to the area. It was said that nearly one million people could have attended the concert if it had lasted longer. Many recognized musicians preformed at the concert such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and many others. Truly by the first day, as the musicians looked out upon the vast crowd, they must have known that Woodstock was not going to be just another concert that would be forgotten. <

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