<P> Hendrix and his new band, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows (introduced as The Experience, but corrected by Hendrix) performed a two - hour set . His psychedelic rendition of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star - Spangled Banner" occurred about three - quarters into the set (after which he segued into "Purple Haze"). The song would become "part of the sixties Zeitgeist" as it was captured forever in the Woodstock film; Hendrix's image performing this number wearing a blue - beaded white leather jacket with fringe and a red head scarf has since been regarded as a defining moment of the 1960s . </P> <P> And this is the moment I will never forget as long as I live: A quarter mile away in the darkness, on the other edge of this bowl, there was some guy flicking his Bic, and in the night I hear,' Don't worry about it, John . We're with you .' I played the rest of the show for that guy . </P> <P> Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, there were two recorded fatalities: one from insulin usage, and another caused in an accident when a tractor ran over an attendee sleeping in a nearby hayfield . There also were two births recorded at the event (one in a car caught in traffic and another in a hospital after an airlift by helicopter) and four miscarriages . Oral testimony in the film supports the overdose and run - over deaths and at least one birth, along with many logistical headaches . </P> <P> Yet, in tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s, Woodstock satisfied most attendees . There was a sense of social harmony, which, with the quality of music, and the overwhelming mass of people, many sporting bohemian dress, behavior, and attitudes, helped to make it one of the enduring events of the century . </P>

Which describes the events that occurred at woodstock new york in august 1969