Epilogue Summary

            I found the epilogue of All Shook Up to be most interesting because I enjoyed reading about Woodstock. I have heard about the festival prior to reading about it here and always had wondered what all of the commotion was about. Located first in August of 1969 at the little town of Bethel in New York, it turned out to be "chaotic, toiletless, muddy, and drug-filled." Much like many other rock n roll related events, parents highly discouraged their teenagers from attending, for the obvious reasons listed above. This didn't stop rebellions though, nothing would stand in their way of seeing performances of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Jefferson Airplane.
             I also found it intriguing that Michael Lang was only 24 years old and the rock group manager that organized Woodstock. He opinion about the festival and the generation was that it wasn't solely about the music but a mixture of "everything involved in the new culture." My favorite quote of the chapter though, was when Janis Joplin contributed his thoughts on the uprising of rock n roll saying, "we used to think of ourselves as little clumps of weirdoes. But now we're a whole new minority group."
              Although a place where drugs and sex seemed much involved, Woodstock was a memorable event for all those in attendance. Something they would never forget and were lucky to say they experienced first hand. Many of the artists considered their music an art form. I like that despite the indecency that occurred while the music was performed, it was still a way to unite together and appreciate the beauty in something black, whites, and everything in between could appreciate.