Big lineup for free SF 40th Woodstock celebration

Big lineup for free SF 40th Woodstock celebration

http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/bruce/2009/06/big_lineup_for_40th_anniversar.html

And now comes a press release from Lee Houskeeper, public agent whiz
who was at Woodstock as a backstage hand and is now helping bring the
40th anniversary concert to life on Oct. 25th in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco Celebrates The 40th Anniversary of Woodstock
Announces Partial Huge Line-up For Free Concert
Golden Gate Park ­ October 25, 2009

Event: "West Fest" Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock
Producer: 2b1 Multimedia Inc. and the Council of Light in association with
Artie Kornfeld, the original producer of "Woodstock 1969"
When: October 25, 2009, 9am to 6pm
Where: Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA USA
Non-Profit: 501-(c) 3
Admission: FREE
Contact: Boots Hughston, 415-861-1520
www.2b1records.com/woodstock40sf or woodstock40sf@yahoo.com

June 25th, 2009­Acts confirmed with more to come: Country Joe
(Country Joe and the Fish), Denny Laine (Paul McCartney, Wings, Moody
Blues), Lester Chambers (the Chambers Brothers), The Original
Lowrider Band (with Lee Oskar), Harvey Mandel and the Snake band,
Barry "The Fish" Melton, David Denny (Steve Miller), Alameda All
Stars (Gregg Allman's Band), Michael McClure (Beat Poet) and Ray
Manzarek (the Doors), PF Sloan, Michael Narada Waldon, Jimmy McCarty
(from Detroit Wheels), Peter Kaukonen (from Jefferson Airplane),
Terry Haggerty (from the Sons of Champlin), John York (from the
Byrds), Leigh Stevens (from Blue Cheer), The Great Jeffersonian
Tricycle (members of the Original Jefferson Airplane), Greg Douglass
(from Steve Miller), El Chicano, Cathy Richardson (Starship), David
and Linda La Flamme (from it's a Beautiful Day), Lydia Pense and Cold
Blood, Lost Creek Gang and the Merry Pranksters, featuring, Ken
Babbs, George Walker, and Mountain Girl, Scoop Nisker - KFOG, David
Harris - speaker, Ben Fong -Torres (Rolling Stone), Jose Neto and
Friends, Dennis Peron and Richard Eastman (Marijuana Initiative),
Terrance Hallinan (Former SF DA),

Poster Artists series: Staley Mouse, Arnold Skolnick (original
Woodstock 69 poster artist), Chris Shaw, Mike Dolgushkin, Wendy
Wright, David Singer, Wes Wilson, Mark Henson, Carlon Ferris, Dave
Huckins, Lee Conklin, Bob Masse, Andrew Annenberg, Victor Moscosco,
Michael Moss, Thomas Yeats, Chrissy Costello, Gilbert Johnson, Ron
Donovin - Fire House Crew.

In honor of Jimi Hendrix, who headlined the festival in 1969, 3,000
guitar players will attempt to break the World's Record for the Largest
Guitar Ensemble playing "Purple Haze" -- all at the same time!
Players are encouraged to register at:
www.steveroby.com/Jimi_Hendrix_Archives/Register.html

OVERVIEW:

Woodstock was not just an event, a happening, or a concert with
400,000 people. It was a pivotal moment of realization for an entire
generation, an epiphany, a moment of realization for the entire
country. The hip movement started in San Francisco a couple of years
earlier in the Haight Ashbury and the "Summer of Love" had spread
across the nation. There were now millions of hip people with 400,000
of them converging on Woodstock.

Woodstock was a statement to the world, "humanity had evolved",
coming together through peace, love and spirituality. An event whose
original intent was to make money became the largest FREE event in
history. The hip movement had come of age and was recognized by the
world. The principles of love swept the country and we had become the
'Woodstock Nation".

Hundreds of San Francisco stars and musical luminaries will perform
at this October 25, 2009 event to commemorate the original principles
of peace, love and spirituality. The Woodstock 40th will begin with a
blessing by the American Indigenous People and several Beat
Generation poets. There will be many speakers from the Peace
Movement, the Free Speech Movement and the Anti-War Movement along
with many of the acts who originally performed at Woodstock (to be
announced). There will also be an "Eco Friendly Green Village"
highlighting the products, services, and information of the emerging
green movement.

Lee Houskeeper
Managing Editor
San Francisco Stories
615 Burnett Avenue, Suite 2, San Francisco, CA 94131
http://www.sanfranciscostories.com/
(415) 777-4700 Newsservice@aol.com

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