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Artie Kornfeld - "The Father of Woodstock”  

For Kornfeld, Woodstock wasn't a matter of building stages, signing acts or even selling tickets. For him, the festival was always a state of mind, a happening that would exemplify the generation.                                                                  

(Excerpt: How Woodstock Happened…Part 1    By:Elliot Tiber)

 

 

 

The Night Woodstock Was Born
Woodstock Co-Creator
Artie Kornfeld
Audio File

 

 

Artie and John Sebastian (2004)
Woodstock Exhibit
Albany NY

30 Year of Peace, Love and Other Things...   Artie Kornfeld

 

 

 

 

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FROM:  ARTIE KORNFELD

TO:  WPA AND THE ENTIRE WOODSTOCK NATION.

" THAT PIECE OF GROUND WE MADE INTO THE GREATEST PEACEFUL EVENT IN HISTORY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM US. WE CANNOT WALK ON THE GROUNDS OR EVEN TOUCH THE MONUMENT, WITHOUT PAYING, FOR SOMETHING MICHAEL, JOHN, JOEL AND I INVITED YOU TO COME TO. 35 YEARS LATER OUR HEARTS AND SOUL ARE BEING BURIED THERE AT OUR OWN WOUNDED KNEE, I WILL NOT LET THE LOSS OF A PIECE OF HALLOWED GROUND CORRUPT MY INNER BEING, AND I WILL ALONG WITH YOU ALL, HOLD OUR GROUND, METAPHORICALLY, IN HISTORY AND IN OUR INNER BEINGS FOR ETERNITY. THEY WILL NOT LIVE RENT FREE IN OUR MINDS BECAUSE OF A FENCE.

WHILE IN ALBANY I WAS APPROACHED BY THE GERRY FOUNDATION, AND WAS VERY COMRADE-LIKE SHOWN THE PLANS BY JONATHON DRAPKIN AND ROBIN GERRY. WHEN I GOT BACK TO FLORIDA I SPOKE TO JON, THE RIGHT HAND, AND THEN TRIED TO REACH A VERY FRIENDLY ROBIN. I RECEIVED NO RETURN, SO I HAD NO CHANCE FOR LAST MINUTE SALVO ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WITH HER. I HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO THE CEREMONIES THAT SITS NOT FRAMED UNDER A PILE OF BILLS.

WE HAVE WON ALTHOUGH OUTWARDLY IMPERIALISM GOES FOREWARD. INSIDE WE ARE "THE WOODSTOCK NATION" AND I FOR ONE WILL NEVER GIVE UP, AS CO-CREATOR AND PROMOTER, MY PART OF OUR NATION I HOLD DEARLY. SOUR GRAPES AT THIS POINT ARE TO NO AVAIL. STAND PROUD OF YOUR INSPIRING FIGHT. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS.




ARTIE KORNFELD   http://www.artiekornfeld-woodstock.com/

 


30 Years of Peace, Music and Other Things

    ARTIE KORNFELD

       

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Artie Kornfeld and Bert Sommers

 

 

 

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