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Touchstone, May 2010
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1416591206
ISBN-13: 9781416591207
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THE BIGGEST EVENT IN ROCK ’N’ ROLL HISTORY IS BROUGHT VIVIDLY TO LIFE THROUGH ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS WITH ROGER DALTREY, JOAN BAEZ, DAVID CROSBY, RICHIE HAVENS, JOE COCKER, AND DOZENS OF HEADLINERS, ORGANIZERS, AND FANS. For America’s counterculture youth in 1969, Woodstock became a symbol of more than just sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll—it was about peace, love, and a new way of living. It was a seminal event that epitomized the ways that the culture, the country, and the core values of an entire generation were shifting. On one glorious weekend, this generation found its voice through music.
Back to the Garden celebrates the spirit of Woodstock in the words of some of the era’s biggest musical stars, as well as those who participated in the festival. From Richie Havens’s legendary opening act to the Who’s violent performance, from the Grateful Dead’s jam to Jefferson Airplane’s wake-up call, culminating in Jimi Hendrix’s career-defining moment, renowned disc jockey Pete Fornatale brings new stories to light and sets the record straight on some common misperceptions. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, Back to the Garden is the authoritative and highly entertaining history of three days of peace and music
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"The myth of Woodstock is something in my mind that is very close to the reality. Kids today are drawn to the place. It is the history of our musical past and our artistic past. It is a story that needs to be told and I trust my friend forever Pete Fornatale to tell it."
-- Richie Havens
"Pete Fornatale is a great music historian and one of the best broadcasters in America. His book Back to the Garden actually made me feel like I attended Woodstock myself. I recommend it highly."
-- Brian Wilson
"I have turned down tickets to every Woodstock there's been, for the same reason: rock 'n' roll and camping have nothing in common. If you'd like to make up your own mind, tune in to Back to the Garden, Pete Fornatale's fine history of whatever hit 'em up there (in addition to the brown acid or brown rice, whichever it was). From Richie Havens to the endless repercussions, this is the tale...and even a veteran antihippie like me has to recognize it as an indispensable document of rock history."
-- Dave Marsh
Examiner.com, October 2, 2011
...at the Great Neck Arts Center for an evening of storytelling and photos to promote his new book Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Woodstock is part of American history. Pete ...
Sachem Patch, October 1, 2011
...certified esthetician and electrologist, will present this informative overview of proper skin care and hair removal techniques. Pete Fornatale: Back to the Garden: Wednesday, October 19, 7 p.m.: Widely respected rock historian and ...
Huffington Post, April 28, 2010
...I first heard Pete Fornatale's voice on New York's pioneering progressive radio station WNEW-FM in 1970, my junior year in college. Back-announcing a set of rain songs, he reserved special praise for ...
St. Petersburg Times, August 15, 2009
...actual festivalgoers, and film does not allow for scratch and sniff, which would offer a fuller Woodstock experience. Back to the Garden, Pete Fornatale's celebration and oral history of the event, won't give us the you-were-there feeling. ...
New York Times, August 8, 2009
...my head a little bit because I thought I was going to fall down. Yet everybody seemed cheerful. Pete Fornatale, in Back to the Garden, offers up the Slick and Crosby analyses, as well as one from Ravi Shankar, who said of the huge ...
Beliefnet, August 7, 2009
...Road to Woodstock.' 'A sense of possibility and hope was born and spread around the globe.' Rock historian Pete Fornatale goes further. 'I wanted to make the case that Woodstock was a spiritual experience,' says the author of 'Back to the ...
Record Online, June 24, 2009
...the Museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on July 21and will read from his new book, 'Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock and How it Changed a Generation.' Created specifically for the Museum, Fornatale will also share audio ...
Poughkeepsie Journal, June 24, 2009
... Pete Fornatale, a DJ on WFUV (90.7 FM) in New York City, will be at The Museum at Bethel Woods July 21 read from his new book, 'Back To ...
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