Have you ever heard of the Woodstock concert?
Yeah, it was a really famous music festival held in 1969, and it had an audience of over 400,000 people, pretty crazy.
That's pretty interesting. It's crazy to see how music festivals have evolved to things like Coachella these days, isn't it?
Yeah it's wild, we really have Woodstock to thank for that, as it is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, and even a nexus for the counterculture generation.
You're really well informed about this concert. Could you tell me more about other implications this concert had for pop music and some of the performers?
Well Joni Mitchell released a song called Woodstock about the event, and that became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, as well as Matthews Southern Comfort.
Was the festival dedicated to a particular genre or music, or was it just pop music?
There was all sorts of music, 32 acts performed outdoors, some pop, some Rock, some Reggae, funk, etc, you name it, it was there.