Heat It Up

6. Canned Heat - A Change Is Gonna Come

With bone rattling drums, guitar that'll give you goosebumps, and bellowing vocals, Canned Heat gives a shining performance of heavy Chicago blues.  The camera work for this video is simply unbelievable.  The whole song is one shot.  Throughout the performance the camera gets close and personal with every member of the band, including a fan who comes on stage and steals a cigarette from the singers breast pocket. This is where the documentary shows how deep the talent ran at Woodstock.  Everytime I watch the film, I forget how much I love the 60's until Canned Heat comes on.

Feeling's Gettin Stronger

7. Sly and the Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher


Without pipes, pills, or needles, Sly takes the hippy masses at Woodstock to a higher ground with a dazzleing ensemble of supercharged funk.  It is a total mystery as to why an area of music with such an unstoppable energy that was so visually entertaining, would gradually fade away like it did.  Shimmering in the blue spot light, Sly and the Family Stone breaks musical borders with there funkadelic force of horns, keys, and groovy beats that are so incredibly unique from any form of rock'n roll.

There Ain't No Cure........

8. The Who - Summertime Blues

In 1969 The Who was was on the forefront of the hard rock movement. Their version of Summertime Blues signfies a change in rock culture.  Between Daltry's raging raspy vocal, Einwistles rumbling bass riffs, Moon's sparatic snare attacks, and Townshend's violent guitar playing, The Who proved that rock should be played loud and should be a visual spectacle.

I'm Headin Off for War.....

9. Jefferson Airplane - Uncle Sam Blues

It's 1969 and all of a sudden every band in the world now plays heavy blues rock. Jefferson Airplane was the most mainstream group at Woodstock. It says something about the music culture when the most pop oriented bands have such musical prowess. With oddly patriotic lyrics, "Uncle Sam Blues", turns into a highly charged pyshchedelic blues jam(2:45) that'll rock your socks off.

Sometimes I Feel Like I'm Almost Gone

10.Richie Havens - Freedom

What better way to start three days of peace than to see Richie Havens walk on stage, close his eyes, tear into his guitar with vigor and sing passionately about freedom. From the time he steps up to the microphone until well after he walks away from the microphone Richie is lost in his music and plays right from his heart, which sets the tone of the festival.