WOODSTOCK

 I noticed a sign draped across the 'main drag' in Mason, Ohio today.  The city is done with tennis quite quickly and is moving on to Rock n Roll.  On August 31 and September 1, the city will put on a Celebration of Woodstock in a local park.  A local business, the School of Rock, is sponsoring the show on Saturday night from 6-9 pm.  They call it three hours of Peace and Music.  

 I'd venture to say, it wont be much like the original.  Which brings me to some facts and figures I recently came across.  The original Woodstock took place in 1969.  I was married and expecting our third child so I didn't make it to the event.  The three day event in upstate New York was a one-of-a-kind that many have unsuccessfully tried to imitate.   Of course, much of what went on is against the law.

I'm going to give you the pay some of the notable artists made at that first Woodstock event.  There were twenty-nine acts in all and the headliner was Jimi Hendrix; he got $18,000.00.  The group Blood, Sweat and Tears got $15,000.00.  Joan Baez received $10,000.00.  Creedence Clearwater Revival pulled in $10,000.00 for that whole group.   Janis Joplin was awarded $7,500.00.  The Who got $6,250.00.  Arlo Guthrie made $5,000.00.  The Grateful Dead took home $2,500.00.  Santana a whopping $750.00.  The tickets to get into the original Woodstock were $6 a day - $18 for the whole weekend.  I guess I don't have to tell you how much you might pay to get into a Taylor Swift concert or what she makes.   

This has turned into an expose on the rise in the value of the dollar.  The pay has gotten better - has the product?   Long live Rock 'n Roll.