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Woodstock 1969

Watershed Moment In Rock Music History

By , About.com Guide

"I have come here to lose the smog," wrote Joni Mitchell in her famous homage to what was formally billed as "The Woodstock Music and Art Fair presents An Aquarian Exposition."

August 15, 2008 marks the 39th anniversary of one of the watershed events in rock music history, but what Woodstock would become was a far cry from what it started out to be.

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