1969 VIEW TO A THRILL
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There were plenty of people getting high in Bethel, New York, over the weekend of 15-18 August 1969, when some 400,000 music-lovers crammed onto Max Yasgur’s farm for the now-legendary Woodstock Festival. But few enjoyed loftier perches than these men who climbed the sound towers to get a better view of the action. Acts including Joan Baez, the Grateful Dead, the Who and Jimi Hendrix wowed the vast audience despite epic thunderstorms and rain.