[2008-10-10] "Woodstock: A New Look" hardcover book by Gregory Walter & Lisa Grant

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:55 am

From Publishers Weekly
This early entry in the flood of books that will be celebrating the 40th anniversary next summer of the 1969 Woodstock music festival has the virtue of being straightforward. At age 18, Walker took many photos featured here while he worked as one of Woodstock's building crew, and his brief accompanying text too often displays a teenage simplicity (Saturday was a lot of fun). But Walker's basic point and shoot style—probably similar to photos taken by many in the festival's half-million audience—captures (perhaps unintentionally) the wet, slightly dazed look on teens and young adults awash in a sea of mud and garbage. The only thing missing is the smell. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description
In 1969, Greg Walter was hired by Woodstock Ventures to help create a music festival to be held on a farm in upstate NY. Greg built the stages, worked on the Art Crew, and while helping to make history, took a lot of pictures. Photographs he developed, then put into a shoebox under his parent's bed, where they lay forgotten for nearly 40 years.

Shortly after Woodstock ended, a warrant was issued for his arrest as a Viet Nam War Protester and Greg was forced to flee to Canada for sanctuary.

After President Jimmy Carter's amnesty in 1977, Greg returned to the country he loved, and while taking care of a parent in 2005, he discovered the photographs, still under the bed.

It was a magic moment when he opened the box and saw those photos again--pictures of Woodstock that have never been seen before by anyone--and believing that others would feel the same way about them, felt compelled to write a narrative to share these photos, and his amazing experience with the world.

From The Publisher
"An historic event: all my friends were there and I had the time of my life. That was Woodstock, and this book brought back some great memories!" --Arlo Guthrie

About The Author
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Greg lived in Germany and France until moving to Cornwall, NY in 1957. As a Viet Nam War Protester, Greg returned to the USA from Canada after receiving Jimmy Carter's Presidential Pardon in 1977. A keyboard player with Zeppo, a DJ on Trail Radio and owner of a recording studio, Greg currently resides in beautiful Montana.

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[2008-10-10] "Woodstock: A New Look" hardcover book by Gregory Walter & Lisa Grant

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