Revisiting WOODSTOCK 1969

tkrosevear

Revisiting WOODSTOCK 1969

The summer of 1969 was a time of change. It was the year of the Beatles swansong, the first manned moon landing, and hippies protested and clashed with the establishment over U.S. involvement in Vietnam. On a dairy farm in the town of Bethel in upper state New York, the greatest musical and cultural event of the millenium happened. The Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, billed as an Aquarian Exposition, was held during the weekend of August 15th through the 17th. Starring thirty top names in popular entertainment, the Woodstock Festival’s attendance was unprecedented for the time
Attendance estimates vary from source to source, ranging anywhere from about 75,000 on the low side, to well over 1,500,000 on the high side. The best guess, which is close to the average of all estimates, would be between a third to a half million people. It’s impossible to determine exact numbers, as the fences around the site were never completed in time, so tickets were never taken – it was a free concert.
For “three days of peace & music” Woodstock was a living, breathing, working city. In the last great multi-day music festival of our time, the young people showed the world that all those hippies could co-exist for a prolonged period of time without a catastrophe (and with little or no police intervention).
THE ARTISTS that made history…
Richie Havens
Sweetwater
Bert Sommer
Tim Hardin
Ravi Shankar
Melanie
Arlo Guthrie
Joan Baez
Quill
Country Joe McDonald
John B. Sebastian
Keef Hartley Band
SANTANA
Incredible String Band
Canned Heat
Grateful Dead
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Janis Joplin
Sly & the Family Stone
The WHO
Jefferson Airplane
Joe Cocker
Country Joe & the Fish
Leslie West/Mountain
Ten Years After
The Band
Johnny Winter
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Sha Na Na
Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchell

As we approach the 40th Anniversary of the “Summer of 1969”, I thought it fitting to Launch a special challenge for our Musically Inspired Artists of MIA ~ the reason for this artwork…
Created with Wacom Pen in Photoshop with the exception of the original Woodstock poster in the center, using Redfield plug-in Fractilius filter, Poster edges and saturation filtering.

Woodstock Boogie

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Revisiting WOODSTOCK 1969 by tkrosevear
  • liesbeth

    liesbeth

    This is great.. i was only 8 back then.. but the thought of so many being together and accepting everyone as they are makes me smile.. must have been a wonderfull experience ;)

  • tkrosevear replied

    I too was only 8 years old, but the music has always been a huge influence on my life and art ;) xoxoxo ♥

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams

    I’m still pissed that I was only 5 at the time and on the wrong contintent!! GREAT work!! And I was thinking exactly the same for a while allready….the time is right for a revival don’t you agree??? XXX!

  • tkrosevear replied

    I was too young and on the wrong side of the country…And, yes it is TIME for a Revival and “R”evolution…;) xoxoxo ♥

  • Carolyn Cable

    Carolyn Cable

    I live 11 miles from woodstock and am not happy there is nothing planned for the 40th anniversary! I was 15 for the origional but my dad wouldn’t let me leave the house… I understand now but at the time was pissed! beautiful tribute!!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    WOW, Carolyn, nothing at all planned, what a shame ~ guess we’ll just have to celebrate here ;) xoxoxo ♥

  • JKKimball

    JKKimball

    :)
    Fantastic remembrance Tammy!
    I was there, the music was fantastic, the weather sucked!
    It was the first time I remember hearing of Santana, they took stage and kicked butt, I had never heard such sounds, a fan to this day. CARLOS!!!!!
    3 days of rain, mud, love and wonderful memories.

  • tkrosevear replied

    Lucky you ~ Santana is and always will be a fave ~ can’t wait to see what you come up with for the challenge ;) xoxox ♥

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams

    What goes up …..must come down….! ;)

  • tkrosevear replied

    YEAH

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    lovely creation

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Antanas ;) xoxox ♥

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Love it, Love it, Love it even more…sending you a b-mail, beautiful Sister!!!!!
    xoxoxoxoxo

  • tkrosevear replied

    definitely same wavelength sis ~ Peace ;) xoxox ♥

  • WayoftheWarrior

    WayoftheWarrior

    Saweeeeeeeeeeeet

  • tkrosevear replied

    Time to ROCK this place my brother ;) xoxox ♥

  • Roger Sampson

    Roger Sampson

    SOOOOO cool Tammy :)))))
    believe it or not… I was there!!!
    Don’t remember alot of details (dah!!)
    but it was incredible.

    Rog

  • tkrosevear replied

    I do believe it and betch had fun ~ hope to see a creation of your memories in the challenge ;) xoxox ♥

  • aspectsoftmk

    aspectsoftmk

    oh yes indeed sis…i remember well…and i think that soon there will the dreams of those there…coming true…i believe…fantastic heART and great memories and music…xoxox

  • tkrosevear replied

    happy memories of peace, love & music echoing through your soul sis ~ can’t wait to see what you come up with ;) xoxox ♥

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Great piece and a wonderful history of Woodstock.

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Rosalie, had fun doing it and researching ;) xoxox ♥

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    excellent

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Scott ;) xoxoxo ♥

  • mooner1

    mooner1

    Well, Tammy…. what can I say? A most beautiful tribute and the most beautiful memories of my life. The spirit is real… it will never pass as long as there are those amoung us that believe a better, happier and peaceful world is possible. We proved it then and I’ve never doubted for one minute that when we express our love for one another through the music there will always be hope for a better tomorrow for our children and theirs.

  • tkrosevear replied

    Thanks mooner, sure hope you join MIA and create somethin’ special for us ;) xoxox ♥

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    Gorgeous!!! I’ll really have to think hard about this challenge…Woodstock provokes so many images and emotions!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks sis, I know you’ll come up with a treasure ;) xoxox ♥

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    Quick question…do we also have to use an artist performed AT Woodstock, or can we use a later piece. I know this has probably been addressed, but I’m feeling a bit thick-headed today! LOL :)

  • tkrosevear replied

    As long as it’s an artist from Woodstock ~ it’s good for me ;) xoxox ♥

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    See what I mean??? I meant use a PIECE the artist performed!! Gawd!! Back to bed for me!!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    I can relate, all too well sis ;) xoxox ♥

  • Trudi's Images

    Trudi's Images

    Fabulous work tk, love the colours, would be perfect for a advertising reunion poster

  • tkrosevear replied

    aw, thanks so much Trudi, wish they were planning something ;) xoxox ♥

  • MyheART

    MyheART

    This is so full of beauty, love and joy….love it sis:)

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much sis ~ hippy all the way ;) xoxox ♥

  • Polly Peacock

    Polly Peacock

    This is totally awesome!! I remember when I was 12 years old, maybe 13, getting in to see Woodstock, at the movies! I had to look old, but I sorta blended in with my friends who were all older than me. It was rated R! I saw Canned Heat 2 summers ago and will have to put up a picture! There is only one of the original guys in the band, but they put on a fantastic show!! The cool part is that it was just us old hippies there, because nobody else knew who they were! We were up front and center!! Your artwork is just awesome Sis!! Excellent, yup, that’s right!!! xoxoxo!! :))))

  • tkrosevear replied

    Still ahven’t seen the movie, but sure love the music of that Time and Place Sis ~ thanks so much, love ya ;) xoxoxo ♥

  • Keith Reesor

    Keith Reesor

    Fantastic creation Tammy!! :)

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Keith, can’t wait to see what amazing creation you’ll come up with ;) xoxox ♥

  • JenLand

    JenLand

    Wonderful tribute to an iconic event of an era! Love it TK! And I still listen to all the music from that weekend, and watch the movie about it. :o) We still need all that energy and love!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Jen, I agree all the way ~ can’t wait to see what you create ;) xoxox ♥

  • fullcirclemandalas

    fullcirclemand...

    Great piece sis:) xoxox

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks sis, hope to see something Rockin’ from you too ;) xoxox ♥

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    WOODSTOCK Yesssssssssssss ... beautiful tribute to it ! PEACE :)

    “By the time we got to Woodstock, We were half a million strong”

    Woodstock

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks sis, great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jan Landers

    Jan Landers

    what an awesome piece of art to celebrate one of the greatest events of our time….wowee…i wanted to be there sooooo bad….thanks for this art and for this challenge….bringing it all back….

  • tkrosevear replied

    I knew this one would be right up your alley sis, can’t wait to see what you have to share with us all ;) xoxox ♥

  • Carol Berliner

    Carol Berliner

    Woooooow just woooooow outstanding work! I looooove it! Instant fav!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so very much Carol ;) xoxox ♥

  • C J Lewis

    C J Lewis

    Terrific work sis … wish I were at Woodstock … great times :) xoxoxo

  • tkrosevear replied

    yikes sis, don’t know when you commented on this, but thanks ;) xoxox ♥

  • mando13

    mando13

    please add to 60’s GLORY group

  • tkrosevear replied

    just joined mando, thanks so much ;) xoxox TK ♥

  • greeneyedlady

    greeneyedlady

    i was only seven so woodstock has always seemed somewhat of an enigma to me….but the artistic part of me always understood….and i love this tammy….

  • tkrosevear replied

    I too was a youngin’, but my aunt lived with us and listened to all the music constantly, it impacted me greatly ~ thanks so much ;) xoxox ♥

  • CanyonWind

    CanyonWind

    I have to feature this one because it speaks volumes of the time.
    POP’s

  • tkrosevear replied

    WOW, thanks so very much POP’s, so glad I joined the group ;) xoxox ♥

  • Wanda-Lynn

    Wanda-Lynn

    WOW! Awesome image and effects!! I love it!!! Wish I could have been able to have gone to Woodstock but wasn’t thought of then but love the music :)....Going into my favorites…. Peace

  • tkrosevear replied

    peace to you and thanks so much, nice to meet you ;) xoxox TK ♥

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