# How many Woodstock bands have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806 "2019-08-17T18:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/21 "2019-08-18T00:28:16Z")
I was surprised I’ve seen 10. I’ve seen CSN the most but CSN&Y only once. I actually got to stage crew for Arlo Guthrie during a Pumpkin Festival in Manhattan for Clearwater. I’ve seen him 3 times. I’ve seen the Who twice. Both were incredible shows. I saw the Dead once but members of the Dead several more time. Weird and sad thing, the only Dead show I made it too was in MSG. I was up in the rafters and the sound was terrible and they were terrible that night. I actually left the concert. It was during Space I gave up and headed out into the city to do something more enjoyable. I have seen Hot Tuna both Electric and Acoustic at the Stone Pony. But didn’t click Airplane of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/22 "2019-08-18T00:44:22Z")
Sadly, only one: The Who. Although it was the best concert I’ve ever attended. mmm ---
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Santana (2011), the Who (2002, 2006, & 2016), and the Dead (2004 & 2016) for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/24 "2019-08-18T01:15:30Z")
Melanie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/25 "2019-08-18T01:28:49Z")
Santana (once) Grateful Dead (7 times) The Who (many, many times, including solo shows by Pete and Roger and John w/Ringo and the Walk Down Abbey Road Tour) Ten Years After (once) Crosby Stills Nash & Young (CSNY once, Steven Stills once, Neil solo 3 times) (I didn’t vote for Creedence, but I have seen John Fogerty once) ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/26 "2019-08-18T01:38:08Z")
Havens in 1982 (age 10), presumably followed by tons of amusement park rides at the World’s Fair in Knoxville, TN. No recollection of it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/27 "2019-08-18T02:07:18Z")
Santana I saw once it man the 80s. It was Carlos of course but the rest of the band was different. CSN was my first concert and I saw them a few times but without Neil. Saw Neil once alone. I saw the Robertson-less version of The Band when they opened for CSN. I also saw them when Roger Waters played The Wall at the Berlin Wall. The Who I have only seen at the 12-12-12 concert. The Daltry Townsend version. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/28 "2019-08-18T02:38:13Z")
Mountain - I saw them in the mid 80s, opening up for… Triumph, I think? Grateful Dead - I’ve never been a huge fan, but a friend talked me into seeing them. Sometime around 1988 or so? It was okay. Ten Years After - another opening act, but I genuinely don’t recall who they were opening up for. And to be honest, it may have been Alvin Lee solo and not Ten Years After. Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Also in the late 80s with the same friend who talked me into see the Dead. I enjoyed this one more. Sha Na Na - my very first concert. I must’ve been around 8 or so. Was a fan of the tv show, and my dad took me to the concert. Late 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/29 "2019-08-18T03:31:25Z")
I count 15: Arlo Guthrie, Nashville, mid 80’s with John Prine Joan Baez, early 80’s, Chastain Amphitheater, Atlanta Country Joe McDonald, 2004(?), Fur Peace Ranch, Ohio Incredible String Band, mid 70’s, Great Southeast Music Hall, Atlanta Mountain, 1970, Atlanta Stadium Grateful Dead, Many Times Creedence, 1969, Atlanta Pop Festival Janis Joplin, 1969, Atlanta Pop Festival The Who, 1970, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 1972, Tuscaloosa AL, 1975 The Omni, Atlanta Jefferson Airplane, 1970, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Ten Years After, 1971, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium The Band (with Bob Dylan), 1974, The Omni, Atlanta Johnny Winter, 1969, Atlanta Pop Festival, 1971, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Jimi Hendrix, 1968, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Santana, 1970, Piedmont Park, Atlanta Damn, I’m old! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/30 "2019-08-18T17:31:00Z")
> [@Royal\_Nonesutch](#): > > Just 13 total as of 2019, but then again I was born less than 2 months after the last notes of the festival rang out over Yasgur’s Farm. Well, you beat my total of, um, zero, and I was nineteen when it happened. I was living in Pennsylvania at the time and wanted to go, but the $20 ticket price was too high for my wallet, to say nothing of the travel expenses getting there. In hindsight, I probably would have wound up being one of the million+ wandering around outside rather than the half-million on the grounds, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/31 "2019-08-18T17:46:39Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Well, you beat my total of, um, zero, and I was nineteen when it happened. Well, to be fair, several were playing at various live music festivals as part of the included admission, acts that I wouldn’t have likely otherwise gone to had it been a stand-alone show that would have cost me $40, $50 or $60 to see on their own. (Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Country Joe, Johnny Winter, none of which were my cup of tea, from a musical standpoint. That said, I have paid to see some of these bands dozens of times (Santana, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, in various combinations) and in the case of the Grateful Dead, well over 100 times, so I guess like most things artistic, it boils down to a matter of personal taste. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/32 "2019-08-19T13:51:03Z")
Two - The Grateful Dead in Denver in the early 90’s, and Joe Cocker as opening act for the Guess Who in Seattle in '95 or so. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/33 "2019-08-19T14:34:55Z")
I’ve seen Crosby, Stills and Nash, separately, I’ve seen Neil Young. I haven’t seen “The Grateful Dead”, but I have seen Phil Lesh and Friends (IIRC, Dickey Betts may have been playing with them as well, they were opening for the Allman Brothers), and I’ve seen Arlo Guthrie. Not a lot of them, but not to bad considering I was born in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/34 "2019-08-19T14:35:24Z")
Really, only the Who, although at at various times I attended concerts with members of Mountain, the Grateful Dead, and the Band. ---
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CSNY and the Dead. (Who also intersected in another way in that era.) **Mrs. FtG** has also seen The Band. ---
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Only The Who. Although I have seen Neil twice. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806/37 "2019-08-21T22:17:59Z")
I was there, and I didn’t see most of them. ---
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I’m honestly very surprised so many folks have seen Arlo Guthrie. I mean The Who( major rock band )and Grateful Dead( dedicated live show fans and non-stop touring ethic), sure. But more folks have seen Arlo Guthrie than Santana? I always kinda slotted him into the ‘third-tier-folkie-with-one-minor-novelty-hit’ position. Is he just one of those guys who plays on every festival/county fair circuit he can find, or his really that popular? ---
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> [@panache45](#): > > I was there. I saw them all (except for a few I may have slept through). Who was your favorite? ---
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> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I was only 4 years old in 1969; I only started going to concerts when I was in college in the 1980s, so a number of the Woodstock acts were either dead, or long broken up, by that point. Yeah. Not many of these folks were still preforming when I was old enough to go to concerts in the 90s. Joe Cocker was in maybe 1990, and my parents saw him then, but they left my brother and me with great-grammy that night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-woodstock-bands-have-you-seen/838806.md?page=3)