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'''The Who''' were scheduled as the second to last act (before [[Jefferson Airplane]]) to play on Saturday, August 16th. When they actually started playing it was already Sunday morning around 5:00. They played their exceptional ''Tommy'' album, a Rock Opera dealing with the struggle of a deaf, dumb and blind boy who later finds a cure and gains stardom with his messianic movement. The finale of this performance took place during sunrise which occured at 6:05 am<ref>[http://www.sunrisesunset.com Sunrisesunset.com]</ref>.
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'''The Who''' were scheduled as the second to last act (before [[Jefferson Airplane]]) to play on Saturday, August 16th. When they actually started playing it was already Sunday morning around 5:00. They played their exceptional ''Tommy'' album, a Rock Opera dealing with the struggle of a deaf, dumb and blind boy who later finds a cure and gains stardom with his messianic movement. The final of this perfomance took place during sunrise which occured at 6:05 am<ref>[http://www.sunrisesunset.com Sunrisesunset.com]</ref>.
  
   
   
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# Amazing Journey
  
# Amazing Journey
 
# Sparks
  
# Sparks
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# Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)
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# The Hawker
 
# Christmas
  
# Christmas
 
# Acid Queen
  
# Acid Queen
 
# Pinball Wizard
  
# Pinball Wizard
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# The Abbie Hoffman Incident
  
 
# Do You Think It's Alright?
  
# Do You Think It's Alright?
 
# Fiddle About
  
# Fiddle About
 
# There's a Doctor
  
# There's a Doctor
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# Go to the Mirror
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# Go to the Mirror!
 
# Smash the Mirror
  
# Smash the Mirror
 
# I'm Free
  
# I'm Free
 
# Tommy's Holiday Camp
  
# Tommy's Holiday Camp
 
# We're Not Gonna Take It
  
# We're Not Gonna Take It
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# See Me, Feel Me
  
 
# Summertime Blues
  
# Summertime Blues
 
# Shakin' All Over
  
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== Details ==
  
== Details ==
   
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The Who currently toured with their Rock Opera album ''Tommy'' which was released the same year. The Woodstock performance is not as long as others during this period but powerful and insane given the time The Who were performing. Songs not played from the album are: "Overture", "Cousine Kevin", "Underture", "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?", "Miracle Cure", "Sensation", "Sally Simpson", "Welcome".
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The Who were touring in support of their rock opera album ''Tommy'' which was released the same year. The Woodstock performance is not as long as others during this period but powerful and insane given the time The Who were performing. Songs not played from the album are: "Overture", "Cousin Kevin", "Underture", "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?", "Miracle Cure", "Sensation", "Sally Simpson", "Welcome".
   
 
The setlist is a pretty standard example of their 1969 tour program, just a little shortened at times. For instance they didn't play "A Quick One While He's Away", "Magic Bus" or a longer medley around "My Generation" which sometimes reached a length of 15 minutes. Nevertheless the presentation of the chosen songs was impressive and the magic and spirit of the music grew as ''Tommy'' reached its grande final with "See Me, Feel Me". The dawn was coming up and the first daylight hit the stage. The Who closed with "My Generation", an old hit dating back to the year 1965, and "Naked Eye". There were only a few sleepless people in the audience left who finally witnessed the ritual guitar smashing of Pete Townshend pointing out that the gig has really come to an end.
  
The setlist is a pretty standard example of their 1969 tour program, just a little shortened at times. For instance they didn't play "A Quick One While He's Away", "Magic Bus" or a longer medley around "My Generation" which sometimes reached a length of 15 minutes. Nevertheless the presentation of the chosen songs was impressive and the magic and spirit of the music grew as ''Tommy'' reached its grande final with "See Me, Feel Me". The dawn was coming up and the first daylight hit the stage. The Who closed with "My Generation", an old hit dating back to the year 1965, and "Naked Eye". There were only a few sleepless people in the audience left who finally witnessed the ritual guitar smashing of Pete Townshend pointing out that the gig has really come to an end.
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== Miscellaneous ==
  
== Miscellaneous ==
   
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''The Abbie Hoffman Incident'' <ref>{{Wikipedia Link | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival#The_Abbie_Hoffman_incident English Wikipedia, article Woodstock Festival]}}</ref> was an incident that happend during The Who's set right after the song "Pinball Wizard". Abbie Hoffman was able to get on stage and grab a microphone while Pete Townshend tuned his guitar. He said: "''I think this is a pile of shit! While John Sinclair rots in prison...''". Hoffman was protesting against the imprisonment of John Sinclair (leader of the White Panther Party and manager of the left-winged Hard-Rock band MC5) who had been convicted and sentenced to nine years of prison because of marijuana possession. Townshend, angry that someone took the stage, yelled: "''Fuck off! Fuck off my fucking stage!''", hit him with his guitar and sending him off stage again. Townshend then added: "''I can dig it!''"; And after the song "Do You Think It's Alright?": "''The next fucking person that... on the stage gets fucking killed! [crowd cheers] You can laugh!!''" (this is hardly audible)<ref>[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/woodstockproject/message/2088 Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list] - Pete Townshend transcript of the Abbie Hoffman incident</ref>. A 16 second sound bite of the incident can be heard on The Who compilation set entitled ''Thirty Years of Maximum R&amp;B'' (Disc 2, Track 20, "Abbie Hoffman Incident").
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''The Abbie Hoffman Incident'' <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival#The_Abbie_Hoffman_incident English Wikipedia, article Woodstock Festival]</ref> was an incident that happened during The Who's set right after the song "Pinball Wizard". Abbie Hoffman was able to get on stage and grab a microphone while Pete Townshend tuned his guitar. He said: "''I think this is a pile of shit! While John Sinclair rots in prison...''". Hoffman was protesting against the imprisonment of John Sinclair (leader of the White Panther Party and manager of the left-wing hard-rock band [[MC5]]) who had been convicted and sentenced to nine years of prison because of marijuana possession. Townshend, angry that someone took the stage, yelled: "''Fuck off! Fuck off my fucking stage!''", hit him with his guitar and sent him off stage again. Townshend then added: "''I can dig it!''"; And after the song "Do You Think It's Alright?": "''The next fuckin' person that walks across this stage is gonna get fuckin' killed! [crowd cheers] You can laugh, I mean it!''"<ref>[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/woodstockproject/message/2088 Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list] - Pete Townshend transcript of the Abbie Hoffman incident</ref>. A 16 second sound bite of the incident can be heard on The Who compilation set entitled ''Thirty Years of Maximum R&amp;B'' (Disc 2, Track 20, "Abbie Hoffman Incident").
   
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Pete Townshend threw his smashed guitar off stage but according to [[The Kids Are Alright (film) | The Kids Are Alright DVD]] liner notes the guitar was retrieved from the crowd by one of the roadies for the band<ref>[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/woodstockproject/message/2655 Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list] - information about Pete Townshend smashed guitar</ref>.
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At the end of their set, Pete Townshend tossed his banged-up Gibson SG guitar into the crowd, but according to [[The Kids Are Alright (film) | The Kids Are Alright DVD]] liner notes the guitar was promptly retrieved by one of the band's roadies. Close inspection of film from both the Woodstock movie and the bonus DVD from the 40th anniversary issue confirms that<ref>[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/woodstockproject/message/2655 Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list] - information about Pete Townshend smashed guitar</ref>.
   
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"The Hawker" (written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II Sonny Boy Williamson II]) is the original name of the song "Eyesight For The Blind" as it appears on later issues of the album ''Tommy''.
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Like a few other artists performing at Woodstock, The Who already played two years earlier at the {{WikipediaLink | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival Monterey Pop Festival]}}.
  
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Like a few other artists performing at Woodstock, The Who had played two years earlier at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival Monterey Pop Festival].
   
 
== Availability ==
  
== Availability ==
   
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A soundboard tape of the complete The Who performance is available. Official releases containing single songs include:
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A soundboard tape of The Who's complete performance is available. Almost the entire set was also recorded on black and white film. Official releases containing single songs include:
   
 
=== Audio ===
  
=== Audio ===
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* 1994: [[Best of Woodstock]]
  
* 1994: [[Best of Woodstock]]
 
* 2009: [[Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm]]
  
* 2009: [[Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm]]
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* 2019: Woodstock Festival 1969
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* 2019: [[Woodstock - Back to the Garden]]
   
 
=== Video ===
  
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== Images ==
  
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<gallery caption="The Who at Woodstock" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
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Image:The Who02.jpg|Roger Daltry
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Image:The Who02.jpg|Roger Daltrey
 
Image:The Who03.jpg|Pete Townshend and drummer Keith Moon
  
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Image:The Who04.jpg|Roger Daltrey; To the left is John Entwistle (bass)
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Image:The Who07.jpg|Roger Daltrey at dawn
 
Image:The Who14.JPG|Black/White photo of The Who, the sun is already coming up
  
Image:The Who14.JPG|Black/White photo of The Who, the sun is already coming up
 
Image:The Who08.jpg|Pete Townshend smashing his guitar
  
Image:The Who08.jpg|Pete Townshend smashing his guitar
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Image:The Who12.JPG|The Who - some impressions
  
Image:The Who12.JPG|The Who - some impressions
 
Image:The Who13.JPG|The Who - some impressions
  
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The Who at Woodstock.jpg|The Who
 
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== References ==
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[[Category:Artists]]
  
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Revision as of 08:16, 17 August 2021

The Who
The Who01
The Who at Woodstock
Performed on Day 2
Started at 5.00 am, Sunday, 17th
Played for 65 min.
Further Information
Festival Day Chronology
Prev. artist Sly & The Family Stone at 3.30 am
Next artist Jefferson Airplane at 8.00 am

The Who were scheduled as the second to last act (before Jefferson Airplane) to play on Saturday, August 16th. When they actually started playing it was already Sunday morning around 5:00. They played their exceptional Tommy album, a Rock Opera dealing with the struggle of a deaf, dumb and blind boy who later finds a cure and gains stardom with his messianic movement. The finale of this performance took place during sunrise which occured at 6:05 am[1].



Musicians

  • Roger Daltrey - vocals
  • Pete Townshend - guitar, vocals
  • John Entwistle - bass, vocals
  • Keith Moon - drums

Setlist

  1. Heaven and Hell
  2. I Can't Explain
  3. It's a Boy
  4. 1921
  5. Amazing Journey
  6. Sparks
  7. The Hawker
  8. Christmas
  9. Acid Queen
  10. Pinball Wizard
  11. Do You Think It's Alright?
  12. Fiddle About
  13. There's a Doctor
  14. Go to the Mirror!
  15. Smash the Mirror
  16. I'm Free
  17. Tommy's Holiday Camp
  18. We're Not Gonna Take It
  19. Summertime Blues
  20. Shakin' All Over
  21. My Generation
  22. Naked Eye

Details

The Who were touring in support of their rock opera album Tommy which was released the same year. The Woodstock performance is not as long as others during this period but powerful and insane given the time The Who were performing. Songs not played from the album are: "Overture", "Cousin Kevin", "Underture", "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?", "Miracle Cure", "Sensation", "Sally Simpson", "Welcome".

The setlist is a pretty standard example of their 1969 tour program, just a little shortened at times. For instance they didn't play "A Quick One While He's Away", "Magic Bus" or a longer medley around "My Generation" which sometimes reached a length of 15 minutes. Nevertheless the presentation of the chosen songs was impressive and the magic and spirit of the music grew as Tommy reached its grande final with "See Me, Feel Me". The dawn was coming up and the first daylight hit the stage. The Who closed with "My Generation", an old hit dating back to the year 1965, and "Naked Eye". There were only a few sleepless people in the audience left who finally witnessed the ritual guitar smashing of Pete Townshend pointing out that the gig has really come to an end.

Miscellaneous

The Abbie Hoffman Incident [2] was an incident that happened during The Who's set right after the song "Pinball Wizard". Abbie Hoffman was able to get on stage and grab a microphone while Pete Townshend tuned his guitar. He said: "I think this is a pile of shit! While John Sinclair rots in prison...". Hoffman was protesting against the imprisonment of John Sinclair (leader of the White Panther Party and manager of the left-wing hard-rock band MC5) who had been convicted and sentenced to nine years of prison because of marijuana possession. Townshend, angry that someone took the stage, yelled: "Fuck off! Fuck off my fucking stage!", hit him with his guitar and sent him off stage again. Townshend then added: "I can dig it!"; And after the song "Do You Think It's Alright?": "The next fuckin' person that walks across this stage is gonna get fuckin' killed! [crowd cheers] You can laugh, I mean it!"[3]. A 16 second sound bite of the incident can be heard on The Who compilation set entitled Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (Disc 2, Track 20, "Abbie Hoffman Incident").

At the end of their set, Pete Townshend tossed his banged-up Gibson SG guitar into the crowd, but according to The Kids Are Alright DVD liner notes the guitar was promptly retrieved by one of the band's roadies. Close inspection of film from both the Woodstock movie and the bonus DVD from the 40th anniversary issue confirms that[4].

"The Hawker" (written by Sonny Boy Williamson II) is the original name of the song "Eyesight For The Blind" as it appears on later issues of the album Tommy.

Like a few other artists performing at Woodstock, The Who had played two years earlier at the Monterey Pop Festival.

Availability

A soundboard tape of The Who's complete performance is available. Almost the entire set was also recorded on black and white film. Official releases containing single songs include:

Audio

Video

Images

References

  1. ↑ Sunrisesunset.com
  2. ↑ English Wikipedia, article Woodstock Festival
  3. ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - Pete Townshend transcript of the Abbie Hoffman incident
  4. ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - information about Pete Townshend smashed guitar
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