HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 267 torrent

PART 267


The Isle of Wight Festival



LEONARD COHEN - Partisan (1970)
THE MOODY BLUES - Nights In White Satin (1970)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Me and Bobby McGee (1970)



The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place every year on the Isle of Wight in the UK . It was originally held from 1968 to 1970. The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals; indeed it was said at the time to be one of the largest human gatherings in the world, with estimates of over 600,000, surpassing the attendance at Woodstock. Included in the line-up of over fifty performers were The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Doors, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Donovan, Free, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Taste and Tiny Tim. This event was held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down;