Woodstock: An Encyclopedia of the Music and Art Fair

“By the time we got to Woodstock we were half a million strong” sang Joni Mitchell in her classic anthem to the festival. According to this book Mitchell never actually got to Woodstock due to a combination of traffic jams and a commitment to appear in a television programme. Although Mitchell was not there to see the crowds, her half million lyric is not far off the mark. Woodstock 1969 was one of the largest pop music festivals ever with only a few, such as the UK Isle of Wight Festival the following year, drawing similar numbers. Woodstock though, as...