Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte

Square One Publishers, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 215 pages

Taking Woodstock is the funny, touching, and true story of Elliot Tiber, the man who was instrumental in arranging the site for the original Woodstock Concert. Elliot, whose parents owned an upstate New York motel, was working in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1969. He socialized with the likes of Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and yet somehow managed to keep his gay life a secret from his family. Then on Friday, June 28, Elliot walked into the Stonewall Inn--and witnessed the riot that would galvanize the American gay movement and enable him to take stock of his own lifestyle. And on July 15, when Elliot learned that the Woodstock Concert promoters were unable to stage the show in Wallkill, he offered to find them a new venue. Soon he was swept up in a vortex that would change his life forever.

Contents

• Lost in White Lake: 1
• The Teichberg Curse 11: 4
• My Other Life: 27

About the author

Elliot Tiber was born Eliyahu Teichberg in Brooklyn, New York on April 15, 1935. He received a bachelor's degree from Hunter College in 1956 and a master of fine arts degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He was an interior designer, a filmmaker, playwright, college professor, LGBTQ activist, and an author. In 1969, he helped find a location for the Woodstock Festival. His memoir Taking Woodstock was published in 2007 and was adapted into a film in 2009. His other memoirs include Palm Trees on the Hudson: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland and Interior Decorating and After Woodstock. He collaborated with Belgian filmmaker Andre Ernotte on the 1975 novel and 1976 screenplay for Rue Haute, which opened in the United States as High Street. He died from a stroke on August 3, 2016 at the age of 81. A national best-selling writer, counselor, and teacher of natural healing methods, Tom Monte is a leading voice in the natural health movement. He has written and co-authored more than thirty books and many hundreds of articles on virtually every area of health. Among his bestsellers are Recalled by Life, Living Well Naturally, and Natural Prozac. Tom has lectured and conducted transformational programs throughout the United States and around the world. His eight-month Healer's Program, based in New York City and Orval, Belgium, trains practitioners in the useof highly effective natural methods for healing body, mind, and spirit. The Healer's Program is also an experience in personal transformation. Tom also conducts workshops that focus on healing the heart and personal relationships.He lives with his wife, Toby, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life
• Authors: Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte
• Contributor: Tom Monte
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Square One Publishers, 2007
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 2, 2010
• ISBN: 0757002935, 9780757002939
• Length: 215 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Music / Genres & Styles / Rock