Drugs, betrayal, paranoia: How Woodstock icons fooled so many fans for so long

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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young seemed to exemplify the spirit of the landmark festival but two new biographies and a documentary reveal a different story.

The question is: how did these four performers that seemed to hold the ideal of the Woodstock generation fool so many people for so long?The truth is they made beautiful music that was incredibly marketable. In doing that they became a cash cow for all those around them. As the new biographies reveal, managers, record companies and promoters took the view that anything could be tolerated, any lie told, any betrayal tolerated, as long as the money continued to flow.

While exposing their souls in song, they could also create political anthems, rallying their fans to reject the America of the older generation.It was the formula that would make them must haves at Woodstock. The complication, according to biographer Peter Doggett, was that three voices and musicians playing acoustic instruments would never have enough punch to fill arenas and make the money that potentially lay in wait.

But drug use and abuse was just the start of the problems. Stills, ever the control freak and perfectionist, butted heads with Young, who believed great records were made by a group of people playing together in a room and capturing magic in the moment. Stephen Stills explains his involvement this way:"There are these bags of money across the street and all you have to do is go and pick them up."

 

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While the ABC continues the hoax with its massive drug festivals in public parks and gardens. No more koalas in Byron thanks to you hypocrites. (And SBS World Movies effectively ends any pretence of ABCTV being an 'entertainment' outlet. Suck on that you 'sensitive' sooks.)

So Keith Richards was right about Stephen Stills

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