The Catskill Chronicle

By Jason Dole –

Photos by Leni Santoro  – Additional photos courtesy of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Have you ever seen Neil Young’s performance at Woodstock? Probably not. Young refused to let his performance with Crosby, Stills, and Nash to be filmed. So, unless you were there in 1969, you haven’t seen Neil Young at Woodstock.

That’s about to change.

Currently, at Bethel Woods, you can see 41-year-old footage of Neil Young. The image is shaky, the framing meanders, and the clandestine filmmaker has some trouble with the focus – but there he is. Neil Young with Stephen Stills on stage at Woodstock, doing an acoustic version of “Mr. Soul” from their Buffalo Springfield days. It’s just one of the never-before-seen gems in Museum at Bethel Wood’s new “Collecting Woodstock” exhibit…Read more here.