Joni Mitchell, Jefferson Airplane and David Crosby Discuss Woodstock Festival | The Dick Cavett Show

Fresh from performing at the Woodstock Festival, the artists and musicians join Dick to talk about the weekend's events!

Date aired - August 19, 1969 - The Woodstock Show

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[benkleschinsky]

Amazing 50 years later Crosby, Stills, Joni, Grace, and even Dick Cavett are still with us in 2022.

[neiladlington]

They were old when I was young and now they are young while I am old.

[AnalogCinema]

Joni Mitchell is just so precious here

[michaelmattice]

My God how much those people have enriched my life...

[johnm.]

This whole interview looks so surreal. No pretention, no canned cliches, just...real. They were all superstars by then, and yet there's no "acting out." This feels very far away from 2019.

[tiffsaver]

I just found this after I discovered David has died today. I think Dick Cavett was one of the most gifted interviewers, ever. The way he so beautifully won the hearts of his guests, indeed the entire audience, was something to be admired. RIP David Crosby, one of the true greats.

[SKarthikeyan]

Dick Cavett. One of a kind. So spontaneous, so easy, so generous.

[trenthogan]

Joni is like this magical elf, she's not from our world...too awesome.

[bonbonsnook]

This is one of the most authentic TV interviews ever, and such special timing being right after Woodstock, carrying that energy through. So beautiful.

[chrispeterson]

I was there. It was incredible! I didn't go to Woodstock, and this was more than a consolation prize. We were all sitting on the floor or risers set up around the stage, and I sat about 6 feet from where Joni Mitchell performed.

[davidsanderson]

How remarkable to see an interview hours after Woodstock. Mud still on the jeans. Sweat under the arms.
The one who didn't play but whose talent would go on to tower above every one of them all together...all in green, there keeping a low profile.

[johnnyhammer]

So strange to hear about Hendrix in the present tense.

[toneman]

Young Joni always seemed so sweet and down to earth.

[DD-hynl]

I love Joni Mitchell, such a sweetheart..She was so young there, just as everyone else, soooo young!

[baberoot]

Joni Mitchell...is/has...such a sweet pleasing soul. She was truly an angel.

[marshasilvestri]

I cracked up at the last comment by Crosby here that brought back a funny memory. I believe it was 1968, I was hanging out by the backstage door of the Fillmore East in NY, after a concert by the Who, and David Crosby came walking through the crowd, mostly unnoticed. I whispered to my friend, look, it's David Crosby, and my friend asked if we could get a photo with him, and his reply was a loud “FAT CHANCE!”. We thought that was hysterical at the time. I was so lucky to see all of these performers back then, grateful to grow up during such a rich era of music creativity.

[therealzilch]

What a great group of talented people. What a time to be alive.

[toddmichaelnyc]

Joni is such a tender soul. The next year she cried on stage when the crowd at Isle of Wight heckled her. The hippies there were demanding a free festival and for some reason singled out Joni as an artist who's "selling out, man" (accepting money for performing). She is seen having difficulty getting through the song Woodstock, which has emotional meaning to her in the first place.

[Scottocaster]

Grace is just mesmerizing. Look at all the young talent on one stage together. Cavett had the best guests 👍👍

[lucyfrost]

Saw this when it first aired. I was in middle school. First I'd heard of Woodstock. We all knew something wonderful had happened. I'd like to see the spirit of Woodstock return.