{"product_id":"9780061576584","title":"The Road to Woodstock","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Road to Woodstock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Lang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] vivid and lively account of those hectic and historic three days….The best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to an iconic event.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock with the definitive book on the festival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Woodstock music festival of 1969 is an American cultural touchstone, and no book captures the sights, sounds, and behind-the-scenes machinations of the historic gathering better than Michael Lang’s \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Woodstock\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003ecalls this fascinating, entertaining, and blissfully nostalgic look back, “Invaluable.” In \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Woodstock, \u003c\/em\u003eMichael Lang recaptures the magic for the generation that was there…and for the generations that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Lang, one of Woodstock’s organizers, provides details about how the production was put together and kept running. His account is interspersed with interviews with performers and others, including, perhaps most interestingly, Hugh Romney, aka Wavy Gravy, of the Hog Farm, whose group provided order, reassurance and, as we know, granola.”\u003cbr\u003e“At Woodstock I saw a collective adventure representing something that still holds true today. When the Berlin Wall came down, Woodstock was there. When Mandela was liberated, Woodstock was in there. When we celebrated the year 2000, Woodstock was in there. Woodstock is still every day.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reading this inimitable account of how Woodstock really came to pass makes the Manhattan Project seem like whippin’ up one of my mom’s custard pies....[This book] he and Holly George-Warren will knock you out and once again make you wish that you were there.”\u003cbr\u003e“Totally rocking...what elevates this book above the level of most rock memoirs is the inclusion of voices other than Lang’s—including scenesters and key Woodstock players like Jimi Hendrix, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia….Well-written, informative and tons of fun.”\u003cbr\u003e“Invaluable…[Lang] wraps up his cinematic reminiscing by taking a seminal thread from Woodstock’s history—Jimi Hendrix’s breathtaking interpretation of The Star Spangled Banner—and linking its poignancy to what some have called the 21st century Woodstock moment: the day Barack Obama became the first black president.”\u003cbr\u003e“The shelf of books about Woodstock is groaning, but Lang’s is the best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to an iconic event.”\u003cbr\u003e“There are plenty of juicy tidbits in “The Road to Woodstock,” starting with the compelling opening of Lang sharing his backstage view of Hendrix’s sizzling performance at the rain-soaked end of the festival.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061576584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41057032995022,"sku":"9780061576584","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061576584.jpg?v=1648264018","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061576584","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}