Rockabilly Legends

Max Yasgur (1919-1973), who allowed the Woodstock Festival to happen on a grazing pasture of his dairy farm in Bethel, New York. His neighbors did not appreciate this. Everyone else did. Dear Friend and Reader: This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, which was actually held in Bethel, New York — a town whose name translates to “house of God.” We’ve always paid tribute to Woodstock at Planet Waves, and commemorated the event in some small way almost every year. The

By Moni Basu CNN BETHEL, N.Y. (CNN) — Get on the magic bus and journey back to a time of peace, love and understanding. There are Jimi and Janis. Tie-dye and beads. Psychedelic buses and Volkswagen Bugs. Set against the backdrop of war abroad and racial turmoil at home, a half-million Americans descended on an upstate village four decades ago for the ultimate exemplification of 1960s counterculture. Woodstock became a defining moment in American history as 600 acres of Max Yasgur’s d