More than twice the number of people expected showed up. Traffic issues caused performers to show up late – or to be thrown off the schedule entirely. Food, water and bathrooms were in short supply.

Jimi Hendrix got his start as a professional musician playing backing guitar for big-name acts like Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, and The Isley Brothers. In the mid-1960s, Hendrix began to form ...

On August 18, 1969, Jimi Hendrix's performance at Woodstock brought the iconic music festival to its official close, albeit not going entirely according to plan. Woodstock is remembered as a milestone ...

When he was 16-years old, future VH1 Behind the Music subject Joel Rosenman '63 had no clue which college to go to. "I knew nothing about colleges; I didn't go to visit them," he said, admitting the ...

An event advertised as "three days of peace and music" kicked off on a farm in Bethel, New York, on this day in history, Aug. 15, 1969. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which would come to be known ...

Welcome to this week’s Tales from the Turntable! Throughout the year, I’ve covered almost every facet possible about music, including bands, songs, albums and rumors alike; however, I’ve never covered ...

The (about) 450,000 people who converged on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the summer of ’69 for Woodstock didn’t all experience three days of peace, love and music. Some endured miles of traffic snarls ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: After making an initial stop in South Florida last January, New York’s Museum at Bethel Woods will return to Boca Raton from Nov. 13 to 15 to collect more Woodstock 1969 memories from ...

If you want to hear three complete days of Woodstock music this August, you’re guaranteed it. No, not out at Watkins Glen with Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, et al. — that Woodstock still seems very much in flux ...