Summer of '69: Woodstock

“Three Days of Peace and Music” was the mantra at Woodstock, a counter-culture festival that became a defining event for the younger generation in 1969. Legendary bands and singers like The Who, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix were among the acts that wowed an unexpected crowd of 500,000 (so big the producers had to let people enter for free). Songwriter and Berklee College Associate Professor Mark Simos explores the significance of Woodstock through the music that spoke so clearly of the times.