The Face of Woodstock
Michael Lang, with his curly afro and fringed vests, was only 24 when he became the face of Woodstock. Although he promoted other festivals (before and after Woodstock), nothing compares to the “Three Days of Peace and Music,” held between August 15 and 18, 1969. When acts like Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Who, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young show up to your festival, lives will indeed change.
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“There’s a moment when Michael Lang changed the world,” John Sebastian, frontman of Lovin’ Spoonful, told Rolling Stone. Sebastian was there, standing next to Lang when one of his “minions” came running toward him to give him the news…