01/07/2011 - Max Yasgur - Hippy-rific Hero

Good morning Cats and

Kittens!! 

Please don't mistake today for a Hippy-rific Humpday, it is - in fact Friday. Congrats on that to those of you who work 'banker's hours'!! 

As I perused for today's topic, I learned the following - 

On This Day in 1970 - 

Max Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers.  It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held. 

Woodstock History from WatchMojo

Yasgur was quite in favor of the turn out of Woodstock.  In the video below Yasgur gives an amazing speech to the attendees at Woodstock.

Joan Baez Poster from Woodstock : 13" x 27 3/4"
The movie, "Woodstock: Three Days of Peace, Love & Music", was released in 1970 as the first documentary chronicling the biggest music festival of its time. 

Joan Baez Poster from Woodstock on 15 Aug 69: 18" x 24 1/2"
By August 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands of people had flocked to upstate New York to attend Woodstock, the epic 3-day music festival that was said to be the capstone of a cultural movement. The world had never seen anything like it. Sam Yasgur convinced his father Max to allow the event to be held on their 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. Most attendees didn't buy tickets, so the promoters didn't make any money until the movie and record were released. The biggest and best bands of the era played day and night to the lucky folks who made history just by being there. 20-mile traffic jams, heavy rain, mud, and insufficient food and accommodations did nothing to mar the collective, peace-loving spirit of the happening. It boasted scorching, legendary performances, like The Who's reflective "See Me, Feel Me" as the sun rose, Janis Joplin belting out "Piece of my Heart" to a crowd of half a million, and Jimi Hendrix's incendiary, distorted version of "The Star Spangled Banner" to a relatively empty field on the very last day of Woodstock. The world still hasn't fully recovered, and probably never will.

Woodstock Crowd Rolling Stone Magazine on 20 Sep 69: Magazine
Features Woodstock as the most mind-blowing, peace-loving, muddy, musical event of a generation - and then some.




   







































WoodstockPreservation.org


More About Max B. Yasgur at WorldLingo.com

Yasgur’s Farm by Patricia

As I researched, I came across a site I'd never encountered before - AmIAnnoying.com

I learned the following there about Max::

*He offered the town five acres of his farm for $1 to build a park, but the town wasn't interested in something that would bring 'more hippies.'

*He sold his famous farm in 1971 and retired to Florida but died just two years later.

*He fought with county elders, received personal threats, and a sign reading 'Don't Buy Yasgur's Milk. He Loves The Hippies' was erected.

*Seeing this as not just an attack of him but young people in general, he stated at a town meeting, 'Well, you can all go pound salt up your ass, because come August 15, we're going to have a festival!'

*He was anti-drug although told promoters he knew there would be drugs, but he had no objection to nudity and sex on his farm.

*Some drug users wrote to him after the fest to tell him they became clean after learning of his anti-drug stance, to which he commented 'to me this means everything.'

Max Yasgur on AmIAnnoying.com

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