Woodstock: three days of peace and musicThe Road to Woodstock is the novel written by Michael Lang. Michael Lang was known as the man behind this legendary festival. Lang paints a vivid picture of how Woodstock changed America forever. It takes you through the hard work, dedication, passion and struggles that went into creating the most powerful music and peace festival in the country's history. Michael Lang grew up in New York in the early 1950s. He came from a bourgeois family and was passionate about music. In his early teens, he experimented with drugs like marijuana and LSD. It was around this time that LSD became popular, a way to explore your conscious mind. Lang was fascinated by hippies and their free spirits, he attended many concerts and later called himself a hippie. After graduating from high school, he moved to Miami and opened a smoke shop. In Miami, he met several men involved in the music industry. Finally, he will orchestrate the famous Miami Pop Festival. When business slowed, Michael moved to Woodstock, New York. After Lang moved to Woodstock, he thought the town needed a recording studio. He and his partner Artie Kornfeld planned to open a recording studio in the small town. Lang wanted to bring the music back, it had been years since any famous musicians had played there. Their idea to open a music studio failed, so they decided to organize a three-day music festival. Along the way, they met John Roberts and Joel Rosenmen who both became responsible for the festival's finances. These four men were the brains behind the festival. The organization of Woodstock did not always go as planned. Initially the festival was to be held in Wallkill, but the citizens did not agree with the idea of ​​having thousands of people drugged and naked...... middle of paper ...... these musicians put in their words it's breath-taking. It makes me angry and sad that music no longer has an effect on humans like it used to. Lang explains in the prologue that when Jimi Hendrix arrived at Woodstock, more than half a million people left. Jimi was the last performance and around 40,000 people stayed to see him perform. He initially started with his most popular songs, like Purple Haze and Voodoo Child, but slowly crept into the Star Spangled Banner. Jimi managed to capture the emotional turmoil and confusion that young Americans were experiencing. Lang said that "his song takes us to the battlefield, where we feel the rockets and bombs exploding around us." Woodstock was a powerful rebuke to war, social inequality and a wake-up call to fix society's problems. Three days America will never forget.Works CitedThe Road To Woodstock by Michael Lang