*Ø* Woodstock bash: Townsend wallops Hoffman
August 16, 1969 Woodstock Day Two: Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman, slightly out of his gourd, attended Woodstock and attempted to take over the stage during The Who’s set.
He did his Abbie best to exhort the crowd with Yippie rants, but was roundly booed for interrupting the music. Guitarist Pete Townsend (who didn’t know Hoffman was a celeb) bashed Hoffman’s head with a guitar and Abbie was thrown off the stage. At a later time, and perhaps in a different mind, Hoffman wrote one of his his bestselling books, Woodstock Nation.
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August 16, 1969 Woodstock Day Two: Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman, slightly out of his gourd, attended Woodstock and attempted to take over the stage during The Who’s set.
He did his Abbie best to exhort the crowd with Yippie rants, but was roundly booed for interrupting the music. Guitarist Pete Townsend (who didn’t know Hoffman was a celeb) bashed Hoffman’s head with a guitar and Abbie was thrown off the stage. At a later time, and perhaps in a different mind, Hoffman wrote one of his his bestselling books, Woodstock Nation.
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with many more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date (or your birthday) when you're there.
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