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KelMar:
http://youtu.be/hjle8OYqB6I

http://youtu.be/TrWNTqbLFFE

KelMar:
I grew up listening to CSN&Y's version and always preferred it but lately I find myself enjoying Joni's version more. It's so lovely and ethereal sounding. I'm glad we have both though. Joni's captures the spiritual side of Woodstock and CSN&Y's conveys the enormous energy of the event.

Hello Goodbye:
I like both equally and for the same reasons you mentioned, Kelley.

Joni Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock as her manager felt it would be better for her to appear on The Dick Cavett Show.  She wrote the song in New York City just after the festival and performed it for the first time at the Big Sur Folk Festival one month later...


Joni Mitchell - Woodstock (Big Sur, CA 1969)

KelMar:

--- Quote from: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2013, 12:53:59 AM ---
Joni Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock as her manager felt it would be better for her to appear on The Dick Cavett Show.  She wrote the song in New York City just after the festival and performed it for the first time at the Big Sur Folk Festival one month later...


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I always liked Joni Mitchell, thanks to my cousin but when I was older and learned that she was able to write such an amazing song as "Woodstock" without even attending my admiration for her soared.

Joost:
I dislike the Joni Mitchell and the CSN&Y versions, but the Matthews Southern Comfort version of 'Woodstock' is one of my all-time favorite songs!
Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock

Iain Matthews lives in The Netherlands nowadays. He performed a short live set at my local record store for last year's Record Store Day. About seven or eight people showed up to see him...

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