Max Yasgur covered by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Matthews Southern Comfort, Richie Havens, Eva Cassidy, and Brooke Fraser) refers to "Yasgur's Farm". In addition, Mountain (who were also at the festival) recorded a song shortly after the event entitled "For Yasgur's Farm". The band Moon Safari has a song titled "Yasgur's Farm" on their album "Blomljud". Yasgur is portrayed by Eugene Levy in Ang Lee's film "Taking Woodstock". Sam Yasgur wrote a book about his father, "Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival's Famous Farmer", in August 2009. Max Yasgur Max B. Yasgur (December 15, 1919 – February 9, 1973) was an
Steve Peregrin Took that year, along with other leading lights of the underground scene. Together with Twink's girlfriend Silva Darling, they performed what Farren would later describe as "less of a gig than a protracted harangue" at the University of Manchester in October 1969, which rapidly dissolved into chaos. Took appeared prominently on Farren's first solo album "Mona – The Carnivorous Circus" (recorded December 1969, released 1970). Twink and the other ex-Deviants then formed a new band called the Pink Fairies (mark 2), without Took or Farren. In February 1970, Farren and Took headhunted guitarist Larry (or "Lazza") Wallis and bassist Tim Taylor