Contents

prologue: into the mystic

rock & roll woodstock: a guide

part one: a place i’d feel loose

    1  the uneasy alliance

    2  folk songs of the catskills

    3  inside albert grossman

    4  “the greatest place”

    5  boy in the bubble

    6  something is happening

part two: going up the country

    7  hundred and forty dollar bash

    8  frankie and judas

    9  something to feel

  10  paint my mailbox blue

  11  everybody’s apple pie

  12  combination of the two

  13  brand new days

  14  some way out of here

  15  back to the garden

  16  he’s not here

  17  oh lord won’t you buy me a mercedes benz

part three: dangerous fun

  18  if you build it

  19  the shape they’re in

  20  music among friends

  21  the ballad of todd and albert

  22  “creativity and ferment”

  23  in a good place now

  24  “dope, music, and beauty”

  25  a hermit, a true star

  26  tuesday night fever

  27  forbidden fruit

  28  broken heart

epilogue: “how does that old song go?”

coda: didn’t he ramble

take your pleasure: 25 timeless tracks

acknowledgments

bibliography

notes

index