Michael Lang (producer)
American concert promoter and record producer (1944–2022)
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- Michael Scott Lang (December 11, 1944 – January 8, 2022) was an American concert promoter, producer, and artistic manager who was best known as a co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in 1969.
- He later became a producer of records, films, and other concerts, as well as a manager for performing artists, an author, and a sculptor.
- In 1967, Lang dropped out of New York University and moved to Coconut Grove, Florida, to open a head shop.
- It drew approximately 25,000 people on day one (May 18) and featured Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker, Arthur Brown and Blue Cheer.
- Career Woodstock Festivals 1969, 1994, 1999, 2019 After he moved to Woodstock, New York, and met Artie Kornfeld, the two developed the concept for a major festival event to celebrate the 1960s social movements and planned to open a recording studio in the town of Woodstock.
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WikipediaMichael Scott Lang (December 11, 1944 – January 8, 2022) was an American concert promoter, producer, and artistic manager who was best known as a co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in 1969. Lang was the organizer of the event, as well as the organizer for its follow-up events, Woodstock '94 and Woodstock '99. He later became a producer of records, films, and other concerts, as well as a manager for performing artists, an author, and a sculptor.
Lang was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish-American family.
In 1967, Lang dropped out of New York University and moved to Coconut Grove, Florida, to open a head shop. In 1968, after promoting a series of concert events in the Miami area, Lang (with Marshall Brevetz) produced the 1968 Pop & Underground Festival. It drew approximately 25,000 people on day one (May 18) and featured Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, John Lee Hooker, Arthur Brown and Blue Cheer. On the afternoon of the second day (May 19), it started to rain and the event ended early.
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