Three days ago (March, 6th 2013) Alvin Lee, one of the best rock guitarists of all times, passed away, leaving us forever. I was speechless and felt pretty sad….I loved his music and his way of playing. His guitar solos were pure magic and I’ll be always thankful to him for giving us such good music.
According to musicians and critics one of Alvin Lee’s best performances was the one he had on the stage of Woodstock Festival, in 1969 together with his band called ‘Ten Years After’ when he literally electrified the audience with his Gibson guitar. From that year on, Alvin Lee was catapulted into superstardom and soon the band started playing stadiums and arenas around the globe.
Alvin Lee was not the only one to perform live at Woodstock Festival in 1969. Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimy Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Richie Havens, Santana, Canned Heat and many others played during the ‘ 3 Days of Peace and Music Festival’.
More than 500000 revolutionary young people headed to the small town of Bethel to show that the hippy dream was possible: a world ruled by peace, love and tolerance. Somehow the Woodstock Festival represented a small world where people perfectly coexisted, despite mud, rain and the lack of food.
Someone says that this festival was overrated; others regret those happy hippy- days. Unfortunately I didn’t have the chance to take part to it and live the whole hippy movement during the 70’s. What I know though, is that the echoes of the ‘Woodstock Generation’ have arrived to us and it would be great if we could keep on spreading the word to the next generations. I think that those revolutionary people deserve it. At least they had the courage to displays their ideas. Do we have the same bravery to fight for ours?!
I wanna share with you some of the best shots taken during those days. Hope you enjoy, whether you’ve been part of the Woodstock Generation or not…
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To Mother Earth, with Love 
I was about to join friends of mine to drive cross-country from Champaign-Urbana (UofI) to go to the festival when I got the flu and stayed home. I watched it on the big screen a while later instead. Thanks for the great trip down memory lane! Peace! ♥ tomas
My pleasure! We definitely need a time machine 🙂
I watched it at the drive-in with a car full of giggly girls and my baby. Just awesome!
Wow so cool!! 😉 those were happy days…thanks for visiting
Love this tribute to Alvin Lee and Woodstock. “At least they had the courage to displays their ideas. Do we have the same bravery to fight for ours?!” Great call to action. It is what B4Peace is all about.
Imagine what kind of Woodstock we could organize with the internet? {{{hugs]}}Kozo
It would be sooo huge….but before that we should educate people to other values like the ones revolutionary young people had in the 70’s.
People should come to the ‘new Woodstock’ not only because of the music but also as a place to meet and share the same values to create a huge community. ☮