This is a list of notable people who are associated with the town of Woodstock, New York , United States. They may not have been born there or live there presently, or may be deceased.
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Musicians
Daevid Allen – Australian singer and guitarist of Soft Machine and GongJohn Ashton – English-born producer and guitarist for The Psychedelic FursThe Band members: Rick Danko , Levon Helm , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson – the five shared a house together, where they recorded The Basement Tapes (with Bob Dylan) and wrote several songs for Music from Big Pink . The house, dubbed "Big Pink" is in neighboring Saugerties , though Danko, Manuel, Hudson and Helm all eventually moved to Woodstock. Danko and Helm are both buried in the Woodstock Cemetery on Rock City Road.Cyro Baptista – Brazilian-born percussionistJosh Ritter – singer, songwriterRichard Bell – keyboardistKarl Berger – jazz educator, vibraphonist, founder Creative Music Studio Carla Bley – jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleaderDavid Bowie – songwriter, musician, actor, fashion iconHarvey Brooks – bassist, producer, songwriter, composerPaul Butterfield – blues musicianCindy Cashdollar – dobro, five-time Grammy Award winnerJimmy Cobb – jazz drummerImani Coppola – singer, songwriter, musician (early 2000s)Henry Cowell – composer Marshall Crenshaw – musician, songwriter, resident from 1987–2004 Marilyn Crispell – pianistKaren Dalton – singerKal David – blues musicianJack DeJohnette – jazz drummer Alix Dobkin – singer-songwriterRobbie Dupree – singer-songwriter Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, lived in Woodstock 1965–1972; had his infamous motorcycle accident in Bearsville in 1966Joey Eppard – Kingston, New York -born singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist; best known for his Kingston Rock band, 3 Donald Fagen – co-founder Steely Dan Jackson C. Frank – folk singerMatt Flynn – drummer for band Maroon 5 Paul Green – founder of Paul Green School of Rock Music (now School of Rock)John Hall – musician, co-founder of Orleans Amy Helm – daughter of Levon Helm Jimi Hendrix – guitarist, singer, songwriter John Herald – bluegrass singer, songwriter Greenbriar Boys Darryl Jenifer – bassist for Bad Brains Bill Keith – banjo player, composer; developed melodic or Keith style banjo pickingDr. Know (guitarist) – punk rock guitarist, notably for Bad Brains .Steve Knight – keyboardist for Mountain Kramer – musician/producer - Shockabilly, Bongwater, Butthole Surfers, The FugsTony Levin – bassistDonna Lewis - I love you always foreverFrank Luther – bassistJennifer Maidman – musician and producerJohn Martyn – singer-songwriterJohn Medeski – keyboardist and composer for Medeski, Martin & Wood Pat Metheny – Grammy Award-winning guitarist Charles Mingus – bassist, bandleaderElizabeth Mitchell – singer, composer, guitarist for indie band Ida Thelonious Monk – jazz musicianTim Moore – singer-songwriterVan Morrison – singer-songwriterFred Neil – singer-songwriterCarl Newman aka A.C. Newman – lead singer, guitarist, songwriter of The New PornographersDavid "Fathead" Newman – jazz musicianPauline Oliveros – pioneering accordionist and composerAmanda Palmer – American musician and performance artist (born 1976)Graham Parker – singer-songwriterDavid Peel – member of The Lower East Side BandKate Pierson – singer, songwriter, The B-52's John Platania – guitarist Van Morrison Vasant Rai – sarod player, composerBonnie Raitt – singer-songwriterTom Rapp – singer-songwriter, leader of band Pearls Before Swine Billy Riker – guitarist, bassist and keyboard player, Kingston Rock band 3 Sonny Rollins – saxophonistMick Ronson – guitarist, producer arranger with David BowieTodd Rundgren – singer-songwriterDavid Sanborn – saxophonistEd Sanders – poet, founder of Fugs bandCarlos Santana – guitaristPeter Schickele – composer, best known for music he wrote as P.D.Q. Bach Max Schneider – Rags , Nickelodeon's How To Rock ; singer and songwriterJohn Sebastian – singer, a founder of the Lovin' Spoonful Ravi Shankar – sitar player, composerAndy Shernoff – musician, songwriter, producer, founding member of The Dictators John Simon – musician, producerRobert Starer – pianist and composerKeith Strickland – composer, guitarist and founding member of The B-52s Libby Titus – singer, songwriterMichael Todd – bassist for Coheed and CambriaArtie Traum – award-winning guitarist, producer and songwriterHappy Traum – folk musicianDavid Van Tieghem – composer, percussionist, sound designerGene Ween – a founding member of band Ween Jim Weider – telecaster guitarist, member of The Band Eric Weissberg – banjo player, best known for theme from movie Deliverance Gary Windo – saxophonistYehudi Wyner – composer, musical director of The Turnau OperaRachael Yamagata – singer-songwriter; wrote album Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart Artists
Marianne Appel - painter, puppet designer, and illustratorAlexander Archipenko – sculptorGeorge Ault – painterMilton Avery – painterGeorge Bellows – painterArnold Blanch – painter Lucile Blanch – painterJames Brooks – painterEdward Leigh Chase – painterFrank Swift Chase – painterAndrew Michael Dasburg – painterJulio de Diego – painter, jewelerRichard Diebenkorn – painterAnton Otto Fischer - painterHarvey Fite – sculptorRamona Fradon - comic book artistMary Frank – painterMilton Glaser – graphic designer (creator of the ‘I Love New York ’ logo)Marion Greenwood – painter, muralistPhilip Guston – painterRosella Hartman – painter, etcher and lithographerSam Henderson – cartoonistRobert Henri – painterEva Hesse – sculptorRichard Humann – conceptual artistJoel Iskowitz – Master Designer, United States MintSy Kattelson – photographerYasuo Kuniyoshi – painter, sculptorJacques Kupfermann – painter Ronnie Landfield – painterElliot Landy – photographerDoris Lee – painterLaura Levine – photographer, painter, illustrator, filmmakerEugene Ludins – painter and art teacherEthel Magafan – painterNorm Magnusson – painter, sculptor, photographer, political artistGeorges Malkine – painterFletcher Martin – painterPaul Meltsner – painterAmanda Palmer – American musician and performance artist (born 1976)Anton Refregier – painterRandall Schmit – painterEugene Speicher – painterBradley Walker Tomlin – painterWriters
Film directors
Actors and theater people
Gaston Bell (1877-1963) – stage and silent screen actor; retired to Woodstock; first director the Woodstock Community PlayersChevy Chase (1943- ) - actor and comedian, grew up summering and weekending in Woodstock, where his father was born and raisedJennifer Connelly (1970- ) – Oscar-winning actress, lived in Woodstock for several years during her childhoodBrad Dourif (1950- ) – Oscar-nominated actor, lived in Woodstock in the 1970s and 80sEthan Hawke (1970- ) – Oscar-nominated actor, lived just outside Woodstock with then-wife Uma ThurmanJan Hooks (1957–2014) - actress and comedienne, lived in Woodstock at the time of her deathPiper Laurie (1932-2023) – Oscar-nominated actress, lived in Woodstock in the 1970sLee Marvin (1924-1987) – Oscar-winning actor, lived in Woodstock periodically throughout his lifeSylvia Miles (1932-2019) – Oscar-nominated actressEstelle Parsons (1927- ) – Oscar-winning actress, appeared in summer stock productions in Woodstock during the 1960sMax Schneider (1992- ) – actor, singer, songwriterMax Martini (1969- ) – actor, born in WoodstockUma Thurman (1970- ) – Oscar-nominated actress, lived in Woodstock during her childhood; daughter of resident Robert Thurman ; returned with former husband Ethan HawkeOthers
References
References for notability
Maxwell, Carrie (May 19, 2021). "Passages: Lesbian-feminist musician, activist Alix Dobkin dies" . Windy City Times
Bad Brains: A Band in DC . Documentary film, 2012. Directors: Mandy Stein, Benjamen Logan.
"Home, in the Key of E" . Wall Street Journal . 2013-04-26. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-02-11.Smart, Paul (30 May 2018). "Ed Sanders' investigative poetry takes on RFK's final years" . Hudson Valley One . Retrieved 2021-02-11.
Besonen, Julie (August 9, 2018). "How 'Summer in the City' Became the Soundtrack for Every City Summer" . The New York Times Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. ... has lived with his wife, Catherine, since 1976 ...
"Coming Clean With Gene Ween: Ween's Former Frontman Talks Sobriety and Miley Cyrus" . newsweek.com. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14."Exhibition of modern hand made jewelry opens at museum of modern art". The Museum of Modern Art.
"Keith Sheridan Fine Prints – Marion Greenwood" . Retrieved February 3, 2012.Kakutani, Michiko (August 7, 1985). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES" . The New York Times .
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Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki . Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-57197-088-6
References establishing association with Woodstock
Michel, Karen. "A Traditional Jazz Christmas, An Unlikely Source" . NPR. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
^ Lee, Denny (February 27, 2004). "HAVENS; Woodstock Rocks On, but the Beat Is Quieter" . New York Times . Retrieved April 15, 2011.
"List of Famous Musicians maintained by the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce" . Woodstock Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2011-04-15."THE PHILHARMONIA TRIO" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2011.Landers, Rick. "Marshall Crenshaw Interview: Hollywood Rock and Roller" . Guitar International. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
Kohlhasse, Bill (June 15, 1990). "DeJohnette & Co. He's Outdone Himself by Teaming Up With Hancock, Metheny and Holland" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 17, 2011.
Spears, Steve. "'Steal Away' crooner Robbie Dupree performs in Largo Aug. 28" . St Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited , pp. 267.
Barry, John W (September 9, 2005). "Secret's out 'bout 3" . The Poughkeepsie Journal. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
Noik, Sherry. "Welcome back to Woodstock" . Retrieved July 15, 2011.
Rockwell, John (May 19, 1978). "Music: John Herald" . New York Times . Retrieved July 15, 2011.
Revikn, Andrew C (July 16, 1995). "Dueling Banjos on a Grand Scale: Rival Festivals" . New York Times . Retrieved October 31, 2011.
"Dreamland" . WoodstockArts ."John's Diary 1960s and 1970s" . Retrieved October 31, 2011.Atikson, Brian T. "Making music is family affair for Elizabeth Mitchell" . Retrieved October 31, 2011.
"Arnold Blanch at his Woodstock NY home, ca. 1950" . Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2019."Woodstock resident Leon Gast wins Sundance award" . Daily Freeman (Kingston). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
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David Bowie during the Heathen Tour
Bob Dylan at the Azkena Rock Festival in 2010
Uma Thurman at a 2011 Cannes Film Festival
