Revival Revived Klaus Voormann’s drawing of the 1969 plane trip The most important musical event that ever occurred in Canada — and one of the most important concerts in history — took place at a university football stadium in downtown Toronto in 1969. It’s true! London had The Beatles’ farewell on the rooftop, […]
Revival69 — Documentary Review about John Lennon’s Toronto Concert in 1969
December 31st, 2022 · 14 Comments · Movies, Music
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Woodstock 50th Anniversary in New York
August 23rd, 2019 · 28 Comments · Music, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me, Woodstock
A Festival of Festivals . I said somewhere on social media leading up to the Woodstock 50th that it should and would be experienced by people in different ways all over the world. “Friends not corporations create Woodstock.” There was no required location or situation. As Jerry Garcia said of the Beats — “… it […]
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Woodstock ’94 Concert Opening
March 31st, 2019 · 8 Comments · Music, Real-life Adventure Tales, Woodstock
. While I was stopped behind the stage carefully taking notes on the human traffic flows, I heard the promoter John Scher start talking from the stage. “Holy smoke! It must be 10:00!” I realized. “Sounds like he’s opening the show!” In the press kit they gave us at the Friar Tuck I noticed a […]
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Woodstock and Obama’s Inauguration
July 30th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Music, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
Obama’s election night in New York City may have been my favorite single night / moment in 25+ years of living in Manhattan. (You can read about it here: https://brianhassett.com//2008/11/election-night-2008/ ) That feeling was extended to a week-long celebration in my second favorite city, Washington, D.C. — a home-game in the History League — And lo, […]
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