The Band - Woodstock Festival 1969-08-17 (Bootleg)

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This is the complete show. This is a continuous running recording of the entire show with all songs included. This verifies the songs played and the order the songs were played in. Also this setlist is confirmed in Levon Helm's book "This Wheel's On Fire".The only time it seems the recording was stopped or paused was at the end of track 10 before the encore song durring the applause then started back up. This source is the best sounding undedited raw source around. 

Their first album, Music from Big Pink (1968) was widely acclaimed. The album included three songs written or co-written by Dylan ("This Wheel's on Fire", "Tears of Rage", and "I Shall Be Released") as well as "The Weight", the use of which in the film Easy Rider would make it probably their best known song. While a continuity certainly ran through the music, there were stylistic leanings in a number of directions. In contrast to his wild guitar playing with Hawkins and Dylan, Robertson opted for a more subdued, riff-oriented approach, often mixed low down in the song.

After the success of Music from Big Pink, the band went on tour. Their first live appearance was at Stony Brook University in the spring of 1969 several weeks preceding a performance at the Woodstock Festival (which was not included in the famed Woodstock film due to legal complications[citation needed]) and an appearance with Dylan at the UK Isle of Wight Festival (several songs from which were subsequently included on Dylan's Self Portrait album). That same year, they left for Los Angeles to record their follow-up, The Band (1969). From their deliberately rustic appearance on the cover, to the songs and arrangements within, the album stood in contrast to other popular music of the day.

Although it should be noted that, by this point, several acts, notably Dylan on John Wesley Harding (written during The Basement Tapes sessions) and The Byrds on Sweetheart of the Rodeo (featuring two Basement Tapes covers), had made similar stylistic moves. The Band featured songs that evoked oldtime rural America, from the Civil War in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to unionization of farm workers in "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)".

These first two records were produced by John Simon, who was practically a group member: he aided in arrangements and played occasional instruments (piano or tuba). Simon reported that he was often asked about the distinctive horn sections featured so effectively on the first two albums: people wanted to know how they had achieved such memorable sounds. Simon stated that, besides Hudson (an accomplished saxophonist), the others had only rudimentary horn skills, and achieved their sound simply by creatively utilizing their limited technique.

The Band
Woodstock Festival
Max Yasgur's Farm Field, Bethel, N.Y.
August 17, 1969  [Day 3 Sunday]

Band Members:
♦ Robbie Robertson - acoustic and electric guitars & vocals
♦ Rick Danko - bass & vocals
♦ Levon Helm - drums, mandolin & vocals
♦ Garth Hudson - organ & saxaphone
♦ Richard Manuel - piano, drums & vocals

01. Intro. by MC. >                  
02. The Genetic Method > Chest Fever  
03. Don't Do It                       
04. Tears Of Rage                     
05. We Can Talk                       
06. Long Black Veil                   
07. Don't You Tell Henry             
08. Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos 
09. This Wheel's On Fire              
10. I Shall Be Released               
11. The Weight > Outro by MC         
Encore
12. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever    

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