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The Hippie Movement and Woodstock 69’

The Hippie Movement and Woodstock 69’. The Beat Generation. Before hippies there were products of the Beat generation known as “Beatniks” Mainly started by post WWII writers such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac.

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The Hippie Movement and Woodstock 69’

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  1. The Hippie Movement and Woodstock 69’

  2. The Beat Generation • Before hippies there were products of the Beat generation known as “Beatniks” • Mainly started by post WWII writers such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac. • These writers were the main focus of obscenity in the late 1950’s from Ginsberg’s Howl and Burroughs’s Naked Lunch.

  3. The Beat Generation • These writings portrayed a new side of a counter culture sought out as being “Beat” • The authors portrayed lifestyles of non-conformity such as • experimentation with drugs, alternative forms of sexuality, an interest in Eastern religion, a rejection of materialism and the idealizing of exuberant, unexpurgated means of expression and being.

  4. Hippies • The original “Beat” authors meet in New York after allegations of obscenity • Then they went to San Francisco and became close with figures of the San Francisco Renaissance, which in turn lead to the ideology of the Hippie counter-culture. • This is what made San Francisco such a hot spot for hippies. • Hippie derived from “Hipster”

  5. Woodstock 1969

  6. The Set Up • John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, and Mike Lang were the producers of Woodstock. • John Robert was an heir to his father’s pharmaceutical fortune and his friend Rosenman were trying to find a way to make more money.

  7. The Set Up • Roberts and Rosenman placed an ad in The New York Times that stated: "Young men with unlimited capital looking for interesting, legitimate investment opportunities and business propositions," they met Kornfeld and Lang soon after for a business meeting.

  8. The Set Up • The original idea from Kornfeld and Lang was to create a recording studio for rock musicians such as Bob Dylan who lived in Woodstock, NY • This morphed into a 3 day concert to raise money for the studio with an anticipated 50,000 person attendance. • This was very underestimated….

  9. The Venue • The festival was to be held at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre farm in Bethel, New York. • It was to be $7 for one day, $13 for two days, and $18 for three days, which could be purchased in select stores or via mail order.

  10. Just a few bands that played. Day 1 Aug.15th: Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald Day 2;16th:CCR, The Who, Janis Joplin. Day 3;17th:The Band, Jefferson Airplane. After Midnight: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Jimi Hendrix

  11. What went wrong • Attendancechanged from expected50,000(2 days before) to 500,000 on the first day. • This in turn caused concession shortages, over ran security, blocked roads, massive drug usage, and 3 deaths(one heroin overdose, 1 appendix rupture, and 1 tractor fatality)

  12. The Aftermath • One of the greatest music festivals had been conceived. • Mass crowds still remained (Police removed) • An incredible debt (over $1 million) and the 70 lawsuits that had been filed against them. • After all of the money made and paid there was still $100,00 in debt.

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