Also it was a time of a great mix of styles.
Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, Hendrix, Cream, Dylan, Donavon, CSNY, Zeppelin, Byrds, Grateful Dead, etc.
Look at the cast list for Woodstock 1968 (Never made it, but got all the DVDs)
* Richie Havens
* Swami Satchidananda - gave the invocation for the festival
* Sweetwater
* Bert Sommer
* Ravi Shankar
* Tim Hardin
* Melanie
* Arlo Guthrie
* Joan Baez
Saturday, August 16
* Quill, forty-minute set of four songs
* Country Joe McDonald
* John Sebastian
* Santana
* Keef Hartley Band
* The Incredible String Band
* Canned Heat
* Mountain
* Grateful Dead
* Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band[25]
* Sly & the Family Stone
* The Who began at 4 a.m., kicking off a 25-song set including Tommy
* Jefferson Airplane
Sunday, August 17 to Monday, August 18
* The Grease Band
* Joe Cocker
* Country Joe and the Fish
* Ten Years After
* The Band
* Blood, Sweat & Tears
* Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* Paul Butterfield Blues Band
* Sha-Na-Na
* Jimi Hendrix
Isle of White 1969 (I made it to this one)
* The Band
* Blodwyn Pig
* Blonde On Blonde
* Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (see Bonzo Dog Band)
* Edgar Broughton Band
* Joe Cocker
* Aynsley Dunbar
* Bob Dylan
* Eclection
* Fat Mattress
* Family
* Gary Farr
* Judas Jump
* Julie Felix
* Free
* Gypsy
* Richie Havens
* Marsha Hunt And White Trash
* Indo Jazz Fusions
* The Liverpool Scene
* Mighty Baby
* The Moody Blues
* The Nice
* Tom Paxton
* Pentangle
* Pretty Things
* Third Ear Band
* The Who
Isle of White 1970 (I made it to the whole thing, stoned most of the time.
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Wednesday 26th
* Judas Jump:
* Kathy Smith:
* Rosalie Sorrels:
* David Bromberg:
* Redbone: Native
* Kris Kristofferson:
* Mighty Baby:
Thursday 27th
* Gary Farr:
* Supertramp: Just a backing band in those days.
* Andy Roberts' Everyone:
* Howl (band):
* Black Widow:
* The Groundhogs:
* Terry Reid: T
* Gilberto Gil:
Friday 28th
* Fairfield Parlour:
* Arrival:
* Lighthouse:
* Taste: Legendary guitarist Rory Gallagher
* Tony Joe White:
* Chicago:
* Family:
* Procol Harum:
* Voices of East Harlem:
* Cactus:
Saturday 29th
* John Sebastian:
* Shawn Phillips:
* Lighthouse (second set)
* Joni Mitchell:
* Tiny Tim:
* Miles Davis:
* Ten Years After:
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer:
* The Who:
* Sly & the Family Stone: These guys woke me up Sunday Morning, had to dance.
* Melanie:
Sunday 30th
* Good News:
* Kris Kristofferson (Second set)
* Ralph McTell:
* Heaven:
* Free:
* Donovan:
* Pentangle:
* The Moody Blues: A
* Jethro Tull:
* Jimi Hendrix:
* Joan Baez:
* Leonard Cohen:
* Richie Havens:
Yes in those days we could be spoilt rotten for music.