Featuring such headliners as The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead, FTP, what was this 1969 festival in upstate New York billed as "three days of peace, love, and music"?
Taking place about fifty miles southwest of its namesake, Satchidananda opened it by proclaiming that music is "the celestial sound that controls the whole universe." Its first act was Sweetwater and it was attended by over 400,000 people who camped on a Bethel dairy farm owned by Max Yasgur. Featuring such headliners as The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and the Grateful Dead, FTP, what was this 1969 festival in upstate New York billed as "three days of peace, love, and music"?
Taking place about fifty miles southwest of its namesake, Satchidananda opened it by proclaiming that music is "the celestial sound that controls the whole universe.
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