Woodstock: The Oral History
Eyewitness accounts
By: Diana Warshawsky and Richie Havens
Date: 1989
Source: Makower, Joel, ed. Woodstock: The Oral History. New York: Doubleday, 1989, 7, 8–9, 10, 12–13, 14, 185–190.
About the Authors: Diana Warshawsky, like many of those who went to the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, had little idea of the magnitude of the event that would take place. She had heard that a concert was planned in up-state New York—with a rumored appearance by Bob Dylan—and when she ran into some acquaintances who were planning on going, she joined the group. Overwhelmed by the crowded conditions of the concert, Warshawsky left the event on the second day of the festival. Richie Havens (1941–) born in New York City, was a popular folk guitarist and singer on the city's club scene by the early 1960s. After releasing several albums in the mid-1960s, Havens found...
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