The Road to Woodstock - by Michael Lang (Paperback)

About the Book

As one of the organizers of Woodstock, Lang had a unique and panoramic perspective of the iconic music festival. "The Road to Woodstock" tells the story from inspiration to celebration, capturing all the magic, mayhem, and mud in between.

Book Synopsis

"[A] vivid and lively account of those hectic and historic three days....The best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to an iconic event."
--New York Post

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock with the definitive book on the festival.

The Woodstock music festival of 1969 is an American cultural touchstone, and no book captures the sights, sounds, and behind-the-scenes machinations of the historic gathering better than Michael Lang's New York Times bestseller, The Road to Woodstock. USA Today calls this fascinating, entertaining, and blissfully nostalgic look back, "Invaluable." In The Road to Woodstock, Michael Lang recaptures the magic for the generation that was there...and for the generations that followed.

From the Back Cover

The definitive account of the most famous music festival of all time: Woodstock.

"[A] vivid and lively account of those hectic and historic three days....The best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to an iconic event."
--New York Post

The Woodstock music festival of 1969 is an American cultural touchstone, and no book captures the sights, sounds, and behind-the-scenes machinations of the historic gathering better than Michael Lang's New York Times bestseller, The Road to Woodstock. USA Today calls this fascinating, entertaining, and blissfully nostalgic look back, "Invaluable." In The Road to Woodstock, Michael Lang recaptures the magic for the generation that was there...and for the generations that followed.

Just in time for the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock festival, this definitive volume tells you everything you need to know about the most famous three days in music history.

Review Quotes

"Lang, one of Woodstock's organizers, provides details about how the production was put together and kept running. His account is interspersed with interviews with performers and others, including, perhaps most interestingly, Hugh Romney, aka Wavy Gravy, of the Hog Farm, whose group provided order, reassurance and, as we know, granola." -- New York Times Book Review, Paperback Row

"At Woodstock I saw a collective adventure representing something that still holds true today. When the Berlin Wall came down, Woodstock was there. When Mandela was liberated, Woodstock was in there. When we celebrated the year 2000, Woodstock was in there. Woodstock is still every day." -- Carlos Santana

"Reading this inimitable account of how Woodstock really came to pass makes the Manhattan Project seem like whippin' up one of my mom's custard pies....[This book] he and Holly George-Warren will knock you out and once again make you wish that you were there." -- Terry Stewart, President of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

"Totally rocking...what elevates this book above the level of most rock memoirs is the inclusion of voices other than Lang's--including scenesters and key Woodstock players like Jimi Hendrix, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia....Well-written, informative and tons of fun." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Invaluable...[Lang] wraps up his cinematic reminiscing by taking a seminal thread from Woodstock's history--Jimi Hendrix's breathtaking interpretation of The Star Spangled Banner--and linking its poignancy to what some have called the 21st century Woodstock moment: the day Barack Obama became the first black president." -- USA Today

"The shelf of books about Woodstock is groaning, but Lang's is the best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to an iconic event." -- New York Post

"There are plenty of juicy tidbits in "The Road to Woodstock," starting with the compelling opening of Lang sharing his backstage view of Hendrix's sizzling performance at the rain-soaked end of the festival." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch