The 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival prompts many to reminisce about the extraordinary gathering of musical talent and idealism associated with that event. It more than lived up to its promotional billing as “three days of peace and music.” Woodstock featured 32 of the most iconic artists in American music history, establishing a high point of outdoor concert music by assembling more talent in one place in front of more people than any prior or subsequent event. I had driven over from Massachusetts with a good friend from high school to attend the festival, but traffic came to a standstill for hours on the single lane back-country road with 9 or 10 miles remaining to get to the concert site. Being youthful and adventurous, we decided the only shot we had to get there before it all started would be to tail a police car speeding to the event in the left lane passing all the cars on the right and forcing the occasional oncoming cars off the road. ...(Read Full Article)