"Woodstock" is a popular song written by Joni Mitchell and included on her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon. The song was notably covered by both Matthews' Southern Comfort and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and became a counterculture anthem. (More from Wikipedia)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and/or Young have released any number of cultural and counter-cultural touchstones over the years: "Ohio" (about the Kent State University shootings); "Woodstock" (written by Joni Mitchell based on what Graham Nash told her about the festival – Matthews' Southern Comfort had a Number 1 hit in the U.K. with "Woodstock"); "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (written about Judy Collins); "Teach Your Children" (featuring Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on pedal steel guitar; the song actually made the country charts); "Helpless" (one of Neil Young's loveliest songs); "Southern Man" (on Neil Young's excellent solo album, After the Gold Rush, with Lynyrd Skynyrd good-naturedly answering the song in their hit "Sweet Home Alabama"); "Love the One You're With" (first released on Stephen Stills' debut solo album, Stephen Stills – live versions of the "Southern Man" and "Love the One You're With" appear on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young double album 4 Way Street); etc.
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