The Who put together such a kick ass set that night. The rest of the time, the crowd had to listen to crap like Country Joe and the Fish.
Amen man. Let me tell that playing 2 1/2 hours at 4 am was probably not a lot of fun.
Pete Townsend had some recent problems with his web browsing activities but The Who’s music was top notch.
The rest of the group were lefty hippies or talentless scum. Townsend hitting Abbe Hoffman was priceless. I get the impression the whole thing was rather unpleasant for The Who including getting their drinks spiced with drugs.
Most of the American bands during the era were crap. The Byrds were good not due to Crosby but McGuinn.
Just rich snotty CA kids like Jefferson Airplane and The Dead who made crap music. They probably would have ended up in the Manson family. Probably most had trust funds.
CCR ; Jimi Hendrix ; Ten Years After ; Johnny Winter ; Sly and The Family Stone ; Santana ; Jefferson Airplane ; The Band ; Canned Heat ; Grateful Dead ...
But The Who was my main impetus for hitching rides with a buddy at age 17 from eastern Conn. to Woodstock . And we bought tickets in advance . I believe 25,000 were sold . We know how many folks showed up .
All this says is you have a very narrow (miniscule ?) range of appreciation.
We used to sing Country Joe & the Fish's "Fixin' to Die Rag" in Army basic training. Our company didn't think it was crap. And we were all volunteers, by the way.
Crap?
Like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ?
Like Jimi Hendrix ?
Like Santana ?
Like Jefferson Airplane ?
Like Canned Heat ?
These were nearly all among the best bands of the time. I can't recall an act there that didn't have hits heard on the radio daily.
The Who, on the other hand, sounded off-key and tired. I just listened to them on the new 40th anniversary DVD set.