Books like Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969

ACID TRIPNo way! Just no way it’s been a half-century since Woodstock. Hubs has a friend who went and emerged half brain dead because of all the acid dropped. HAPPENINGIt was that kind of event, along with a musical gathering never again duplicated with Jimi, Janis, the Dead, The Who, and a host of others from the peace and love era. STURM UND DRANGThe intended focus is Woodstock’s creation, the Sturm und Drang of the planning, and BAREFOOT IN BABYLON captures that well. HENDRIX ANTHEMBut where are the photos, where is the soul of the happening that changed the American landscape? I so wanted to be in that throng, hear the electric twang of Hendrix’s Anthem, smell the aromatic ganja, feel the deluge of rain upon the face. LOVE BEADS, LONGINGAlas, when I “came upon a child of God walking along the road to Yasgur’s Farm,” I could neither see his love beads nor sense the longing in his heart. 3/5 Pub Date 29 Jul 2014.Thanks to the author, PENGUIN GROUP Dutton and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine. #BarefootInBabylon #NetGalley