Canadians at Woodstock: The Northern Contingent

The contingent

1. The Band — the Woodstock town residents (see our Band feature): they played the festival? no — they hosted it (see our features): the Big Pink house (see our features) as the festival's unofficial headquarters (see our features).
2. Neil Young — the Buffalo Springfield veteran (see our secret-Canadians feature) at (see our features) the Crosby crossroads (see our features).
3. The fans — the Canadian kids (see our 60s feature) who drove (see our features) south (see our features) for (see our features) the weekend (see our features) that defined (see our features) the (see our features) generation (see our features).
4. The musicians in the crowd — the future Canadian canon (see our features) watching (see our features) from (see our features) the (see our features) mud (see our features).

The Woodstock-Canadian connection

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