User:Anson2995/projects/List of people from Woodstock, New York
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The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodstock, New York.
Current Residents
[edit]Name | Description | Status |
Daevid Allen | singer and guitarist for Soft Machine and Gong | Recorded an album in Woodstock in 1979 [1] and stayed in town. [2] Current resident. [citation needed] |
John Ashton | guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs | Current resident. [3] [4] |
Shalom Auslander | author | Current resident. [5] |
Larry Beinhart | author | Current resident. [6] |
Karl Berger | composer | Current resident. [7] |
Warren Bernhardt | pianist | Current resident. [8] |
David Bowie | singer/songwriter | Owns a home in town. [9] |
Jimmy Cobb | jazz drummer | Current resident (splits his time between Woodstock and New York City). [10] [11] |
Jeff Cohen | media critic | Current resident. [12] [13] |
Jack DeJohnette | jazz drummer | Current resident. [14] [15] |
Robbie Dupree | singer/songwriter | Current resident. [16] |
Joey Eppard | singer for 3 | Current resident. [17] [18] [19] |
Michael Esposito | lead guitarist for The Blues Magoos | Current resident. [20] [21] [22] |
Donald Fagen | co-founder Steely Dan | Current resident. [23] [24] |
Mary Frank | painter | Current resident. [25] [26] |
Milton Glaser | graphic designer | Maintains a studio in Woodstock and splits his time between there and New York City. [27] [28] |
Gail Godwin | author | Current resident. Moved to Woodstock in 1976. [29] |
Steven Hager | writer and magazine editor | Current resident. [30] [31] |
John Hall | guitarist for Orleans | Current resident. [32] [33] He was Saugerties, NY Board of Education president from 1998-2000. [34] |
Fred Hand | guitarist | Current resident. [35] [36] |
Marcia Gay Harden | actress | Owns a home in town [37] |
Levon Helm | member of The Band | Shared a house in nearby Saugerties, NY with band mates. [38] He later moved to Woodstock and is a current resident. [39] [40] [41] |
Sam Henderson | cartoonist | Current resident. [42] |
Paul Hoffman | author & TV host | Current resident. [43] |
Barney Hoskyns | author & journalist | Current resident. [44] |
Garth Hudson | member of The Band | Shared a house in nearby Saugerties, NY with band mates. [45] He later moved to Woodstock and lived there until 1976. [46] Returned in 1991 and is a current resident. [47] |
Joel Iskowitz | Illustrator | Current resident. [48] |
Phil Jackson | NBA coach and player | Owns a home in town. [49] |
Darryl Jenifer | bassist for Bad Brains | Current resident. [50] [51] [52] |
David Johansen | singer for New York Dolls | Part-time resident. [53] [54] |
Bill Keith | banjo player/composer | Current resident. [55] [56] [57] |
Steve Knight | keyboardist for Mountain | Current resident and member of the Woodstock Town Board. [citation needed] |
Elliot Landy | photographer | Current resident. [58] |
Tony Levin | bassist | Current resident. [59] [60] [61] [62] |
Frank Luther | bassist | Current resident. [63] |
Pat Metheny | guitarist | Current resident. [64] [65] [66] [67] |
Elizabeth Mitchell | singer/guitarist for Ida | Current resident. [68] |
Vince Natale | illustrator/artist | Current resident. [69] |
David "Fathead" Newman | jazz musician | Current resident. Moved to Woodstock in 1993. [70] |
Larry Parker | guitarist for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys | Current resident. [71] |
Philippe Petit | funambulist | Current resident. [72] [73] [74] |
Kate Pierson | member of The B-52s | Current resident. [75] |
John Platania | guitarist | Born and currently lives in nearby Highland, NY. Wrote and recorded songs with Van Morrison in Woodstock between 1969 and 1973. [76] |
Aidan Quinn | actor | Owns a home in town [77] |
Billy Riker | guitarist/bassist for 3 | Current resident. [78] [79] |
Renee Samuels | artist | Current resident. [80] [81] |
David Sancious | keyboardist | Current resident. [82] |
Ed Sanders | poet, singer for The Fugs | Current resident. [83] [84] |
Liev Schreiber | actor | Owns a home in town [85] |
Peter Schickele | composer, also known as P.D.Q. Bach | Current resident. [86] |
John Sebastian | co-founder of The Lovin' Spoonful | Current resident. Moved to Woodstock around 1971. [87] |
Harvey Sorgen | drummer | Current resident. [88] [89] |
Robert Starer | pianist & composer | Current resident. [90] [91] |
Roswita Szyszka | painter | current resident [92] |
Robert Thurman | Buddhist scholar | lifelong resident [93], father of Uma Thurman |
Libby Titus | singer/songwriter | born in Woodstock and lives there with her husband Donald Fagen. [94] |
Happy Traum | folk musician | Current resident. [95] [96] [97] |
Eric Weissberg | banjo player | Current resident. [98] [99] |
Gary Windo | saxophonist | Current resident. [100] [101] [102] |
Former Residents & Notable Visitors
[edit]Name | Description | Status |
Alexander Archipenko | sculptor | Purchased a stone quarry in hamlet of Bearsville which became his home, studio, and art school. [103] |
George Ault | painter | Moved to Woodstock in 1937 and lived there until his death in 1948. [104] |
Milton Avery | painter | Summered in Woodstock in 1930s and 1940s [105] and was buried in the Artists Cemetery in 1965. [106] [107] |
Joan Baez | singer/songwriter | Spent summers here during the 1960s and performed at Cafe Espresso with her boyfriend at the time, Bob Dylan. [108] |
Cyro Baptista | percussionist | Came to Woodstock to study in 1980, before moving to New York. [109] [110] |
Richard Bell | keyboardist | Lived in Woodstock during the 1970s. [111] [112] |
George Bellows | painter | Spent last five years of his life in Woodstock. [113] |
James Brooks | painter | Spent summer of 1931 working in Woodstock. [114] |
Heywood Hale Broun | author & TV commentator | Lived in Woodstock from 1948 until his death in 2001. [115] |
John Burroughs | naturalist | Moved to Woodstock and taught at Byrdcliffe. [116] |
Paul Butterfield | blues musician | Moved to Woodstock in 1971, leaving sometime before his death in 1987. [117] [118] |
Chevy Chase | actor | Some sources, including IMDB, list Woodstock as his birthplace [119], but this is not correct. He was born in Manhattan, but spent part of his childhood living in Woodstock. [120] [121] His grandfather lived here and his mother was a native. |
Edward Leigh Chase | painter | Moved to Woodstock sometime between 1900 and 1920, and stayed until his death in 1965. [122] |
Frank Swift Chase | painter | Co-founder of Woodstock Artists Association. Lived here until his death in 1958. [123] |
Jennifer Connelly | actress | Lived in Woodstock with her parents as a young child. [124] |
Henry Cowell | composer | Lived in the hamlet of Shady, which is part of Woodstock. [125] |
Marshall Crenshaw | singer/songwriter | Spent most of the 1990s living in Woodstock with his family. [126] |
Rick Danko | member of The Band | Shared a house in nearby Saugerties, NY with band mates. [127] He later moved to Woodstock and lived there until his death in 1999. [128] [129] |
Andrew Michael Dasburg | painter | Lived and worked in Woodstock form approximately 1910-1918. [130] [131] |
Kal David | blues musician | Lived and worked in Woodstock (dates unknown). [132] |
Julio de Diego | painter, jeweler | Lived here (dates unknown). [133] [134] |
John Dewey | educator and philosopher. | Came to teach at Byrdcliffe. [135] |
Richard Diebenkorn | painter | Spent a year in Woodstock beginning in the fall of 1946. [136] |
Aïyb Dieng | drummer and percussionist | Taught African drumming at Woodstock's Creative Music Studio. [137] |
Robert Duncan | poet | Moved to Woodstock around 1940 and stayed until he was drafted in 1941. [138] |
Bob Dylan | singer/songwriter | Visited Woodstock in early sixties and lived there from 1965 to 1970 [139] [140] and had his infamous motorcycle accident in 1966. [141] |
Alf Evers | historian & author | Moved here in 1931 and stayed until his death. [142] [143] |
Harvey Fite | sculptor | Moved to Woodstock around 1933 and stayed until his death in 1970. [144] |
Matt Flynn | drummer for the band Maroon 5 | Born and raised in Woodstock. [145] [146] |
Jackson C. Frank | singer/songwriter | Moved to Woodstock in 1969 and stayed until the mid 1970s. [147] |
Joe Giardullo | saxophonist | Moved to Woodstock in 1960s. Currently lives in nearby Marbletown. [148] [149] |
Albert Grossman | music manager/producer | Opened the famed Bearsville studio and lived in the hamlet until his 1986 death. [150][151] |
Philip Guston | painter | Bought a summer home in Woodstock around 1947. Moved there fulltime in 1967 and lived there until his death in 1980. [152] |
Ethan Hawke | actor | Lived in Woodstock with wife Uma Thurman until they separated [153] |
Robert Henri | painter | Taught in woodstock. [154] [www.tfaoi.com/aa/4aa/4aa158.htm] |
Eva Hesse | sculptor | Spent summer of 1962 working in Woodstock. [155] |
Jorma Kaukonen | guitarist for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna | Lived in Woodstock until 1992. [156] [157] |
Howard Koch | screenwriter | Lived in Woodstock during the 1950s. [158] Later lived in Europe but returned (date unknown) and lived in Woodstock until his death in 1995. [159] |
Yasuo Kuniyoshi | painter | Moved to Woodstock in 1927 [160] and lived there until his death in 1953. [161] |
Sean Lahman | writer & historian | Lived in Woodstock from 1998-2001. [162] |
Ronnie Landfield | painter | Studied in Woodstock in 1963. [163] Has taught in Woodstock since 1994. [164] |
Piper Laurie | actress | Lived in Woodstock from 1967-1973. [165] [166] |
Doris Lee | painter | Moved to Woodstock in 1931 and lived their until the late 1960s. [167] [168] [169] |
Georges Malkine | painter | Lived in Woodstock from 1953 until his death in 1970. [170] |
Richard Manuel | member of The Band | Shared a house in nearby Saugerties, NY with band mates. [171] He later moved to Woodstock. [172] . Moved to California by mid-1973. |
Lee Marvin | actor | Lived in Woodstock during his high school years and returned in 1945 after service with the Marine Corps. Got his first acting experience here and left for New York around 1948. Returned in 1970 to be with his dying father, at which time he reconnected with and married his high school sweetheart. [173] [174] [175] [176] |
Josephine McKim Chalmers | Olympic swimmer | Lived in Woodstock until her death in 1992. [177] [178] Her sister and brother-in-law were longtime residents of Woodstock, but it is unclear when Josephine moved to Woodstock. |
Sylvia Miles | actress | Bought a vacation house here around 1982. Dates of residence unconfirmed. [179] [180] In the mid 1980s she was the subject of several short films, including "Visiting Sylvia Miles in Woodstock, NY" and "Riding with Sylvia Miles to the Theatre", which were filmed in Woodstock. [181] |
Van Morrison | singer/songwriter | Lived in Woodstock from the late sixties until 1971. [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] |
Fred Neil | singer/songwriter | Lived in Woodstock from 1968 until mid 1970s. [187] |
Lyn Ott | painter | Lived in Woodstock form 1954-1966. [188] [http://www.realnothings.com/lynottpage.htm |
Anton Refregier | painter | Lived in Woodstock from 1950s to 1970s (precise dates unknown). [189] [190] [191] |
Robbie Robertson | member of The Band | Shared a house in nearby Saugerties, NY with band mates. [192] [193] . Moved to California by 1973. |
Henry Morton Robinson | novelist | Lived here from the mid-1950s(dates unknown) until his death in 19xx and is buried in the Artists Cemetary. [194] [195] [196] |
Todd Rundgren | singer/songwriter | Lived and worked in Woodstock from the mid-1970s until about 1980. [197] |
Ruth Simpson | author and lesbian/feminist activist | Moved to Woodstock in 1976 and lived there until her death in 2008. [198] [199] |
Anita Miller Smith | historian, painter and herbalist | Moved to Woodstock in 1912 and lived there until her death in 1968. [200] [201] [202] |
Eugene Speicher | painter | Helped to establish the Woodstock Art Colony in 1907. [203] [204]. Moved to Woodstock in 1910. [205] |
Zulma Steele | painter | Lived in Woodstock from 1908-1923. [206] [207] |
Keith Strickland | member of The B-52s | Lived in Woodstock from sometime before 1992 until 2003. [208] [209] [210] |
Theodore Sturgeon | science fiction author | Lived in Woodstock from 1959-1966. [211] [212] |
Uma Thurman | actress | spent part of her childhood there with her family [213], lived there while married to actor Ethan Hawke [214] [215] [216] |
Bradley Walker Tomlin | painter | Spent summers working in Woodstock beginning in 1925 and bought a home there in the early 1940s. [217] [218] [219] |
Artie Traum | guitarist | Lived here until his 2008 death. [220] [221] [222] |
Peter Yarrow | singer for Peter, Paul and Mary | Spent summers in Woodstock as a child in family home [223], and spent considerable time here during the 1960s (dates unknown). [224] [225] [226] |
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[edit]The following names are frequently cited as Woodstock residents, but the evidence suggests that is not acccurate. Often, these individuals performed in Woodstock or went there to record at one of the local studios. Sometimes, these individuals performed at one of the Woodstock Music Festivals (none of which occurred in the town).
- Johnny Cash - singer/songwriter - Visited Bob Dylan at his home once, where the pair recorded some songs together. [227]
- Imani Coppola - singer/songwriter - Most sources describe her as "Brooklyn-based" [228] or more specifically reference that she lives in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood. [229]. She wrote a song called Woodstock, but the lyrics have nothing to do with the town.
- Mos Def - actor, poet, rapper - Came here to attend the Woodstock Film Festival, [230] but that appears to be only connection.
- Jimi Hendrix - guitarist - Presence in Woodstock is unconfirmed. Rumoured to have done some recording here. [231] [232]
- Janis Joplin - singer - Recorded her second album at Bearsville studio. [233]
- Donald McDonald (drummer) - drummer - Described as New York-based. [234]
- Thelonious Monk - jazz musician - Monk was born in North Carolina and moved to New York City at age 4. By all accounts he lived there for most of his life. [235] [236] He spent the last few years of his life living in New Jersey. [237]
- David Peel - member of The Lower East Side Band|| Peel is usually described as "New York based," [238][239]
- Bonnie Raitt||singer/songwriter - Performed in town and may have done some recording here, but no references for that. Here bio suggests that other than her college years in Massachusetts, she has spent most of her life living in Los Angeles. [240]
- Tom Rapp - singer for Pearls Before Swine - Born in North Dakota, grew up in Minnesota, and has also lived in Florida Massachusetts, and The Netherlands. [241].Tom told me in person that he lived in woodstock in about 1971.
- Carlos Santana, Ravi Shankar: these folks played at the Woodstock Festival. Is there any other connection?