# Woodstock 1969 lightning storm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072 "2004-10-13T20:49:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/1 "2004-10-13T20:49:52Z")

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Quick question (maybe a misremembered thing).

A lady I work with swears that people were climbing the speaker towers during a storm at Woodstock and the annoucer begged them to get down. If so, which band was playing at the time?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/2 "2004-10-13T20:53:00Z")

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No band was playing during the rainstorm.

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**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/3 "2004-10-13T20:54:50Z")

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Is there a sight on the net where I can direct her to answer the question?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/4 "2004-10-13T20:57:12Z")

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Several sites say Joan Baez was on stage when the storm hit.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/5 "2004-10-13T21:02:14Z")

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Why not get your hands on [the documentary](http://hometheaterinfo.com/woodstock.htm) to see who (if anyone) is on stage and/or climbing the speaker towers?

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**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodstock-1969-lightning-storm/269072/6 "2004-10-13T21:05:21Z")

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Seen the documentary. I didn’t want to have to buy it just to answer this one question.

She accepted Joan Baez as the answer. I found it referenced on some sites, also. I just wanted to verify with the best answer people in the world.

Thanks. 🆒