A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful Dead.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was barely in 'Taking Woodstock.'
I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
I think some people found the production took away from the actual songs, which I can understand.
Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
Yeah, I miss the Grateful Dead. I miss that groove. I miss the brotherhood. Absolutely. There's no doubt about it.
I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man.
I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.
We can't recreate Woodstock, nor do we want to. We want to turn its notoriety into a place where we can shape controlled, scaled-down musical events of all sorts.