Old article from '97 looking back at Woodstock '94, CT: “I didn’t like it at all. I wouldn’t do it again" Options

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Stumbled across this old article around the release of Secret Samadhi. Interesting to read in light of the way Woodstock '94 was celebrated for the TC 25th Anniversary that Chad T didn't look back too fondly on it at the time. And of course we all know that they did do it again 5 years later

https://earofnewt.com/2014/06/21/live-follo...secret-samadhi/

Three years ago, you could hardly tune into any commercial rock station in North America without hearing about the impending Woodstock 25th Anniversary concert. Judging by all the hype, it was going to be the rock show of the decade—if not the century—and the varied lineup of multiplatinum bands seemed to offer at least something for everyone.

At the time, Pennsylvania’s Live was riding high on the popularity of its Throwing Copper CD, and got signed on as one of the big event’s main attractions, to perform in front of a quarter-million people. But looking back, Live’s Chad Taylor doesn’t view his band’s participation in the event as a career milestone worth mentioning.

“I didn’t like it at all,” says the 26-year-old guitarist, calling from a recent tour stop in Detroit. “I wouldn’t do it again, let’s put it that way. I mean, playing Woodstock couldn’t match the intensity of playing a Live show—it came nowhere near it. There were a lotta great bands on the bill and a lotta great kids there, but as far as the overall intensity, I’m used to a much more musical environment, and I couldn’t pick that up at Woodstock. Just because there are a lot of people there doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s gonna be a spiritual experience."

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I might have been at that aforementioned tour stop in Detroit. The recording of Selling the Drama from Woodstock '94 is also my favorite version of that song, so I'm glad they did the show.