Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang dies aged 77 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
dailymail.co.ukMichael Lang, one of the co-founders of the legendary Woodstock music festival that is widely regarded as having defined 1960s pop culture, died Saturday.The promoter, whose career included managing such acts as Woodstock alum Joe Cocker, succumbed to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 77, Deadline reports.His own fame was amplified when a documentary about the music festival came out in 1970 and included a great deal of interview footage of Michael.
Dearly departed:Michael Lang, one of the co-founders of the legendary Woodstock music festival that is widely regarded as having defined 1960s pop culture, died SaturdayActs ranging from Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead to Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jimi Hendrix all performed at the festival in upstate New York.The staggering lineup of 32 acts also included The Who, Janis Joplin, Sly And The Family Stone, Ravi Shankar and Jefferson Airplane.
Michael once told Varietythat Carlos Santana went onstage while high on acid - which he had just taken from the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia because he was under the misimpression that he would not be going on for hours.'He battled that guitar because he thought it was a serpent,' dished Michael, who had dropped out of college just two years before the festival.
Putting it together:Acts ranging from Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead to Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock: Michael is pictured just months before it in May 1969Born in Brooklyn, Michael temporarily attended New York University and upon dropping out opened a 'head shop' - a store for cannabis paraphernalia - in Florida.From there he drifted into the musical festival scene, including the Miami Pop festival he told WNYCdecades later was 'inspired by Monterey.'He described Miami.
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