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==In popular culture== *[[Joni Mitchell]]'s song "[[Woodstock (song)|Woodstock]]", made famous by [[DΓ©jΓ Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)#Track listing|Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] (also covered by [[Iain Matthews|Matthews Southern Comfort]], [[Richie Havens]], [[James Taylor]], [[Eva Cassidy]], [[Chelsea Wolfe]], and [[Brooke Fraser]]), has a line about "going down to Yasgur's Farm".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=75 |title=Joni Mitchell - Woodstock - lyrics|website=Jonimitchell.com|access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> *[[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] (who were also at the concert) recorded a song shortly after the event entitled "[[For Yasgur's Farm]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fornatale |first1=Pete |title=Back to the Garden The Story of Woodstock |date=2009 |publisher=Touchstone}}</ref> *The [[Beastie Boys]] 1989 album ''[[Paul's Boutique]]'' samples Yasgur's Woodstock speech on the track "[[Car Thief]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' at 30: The 10 Most Random Samples on the Hip-Hop Classic |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/beastie-boys-pauls-boutique-samples-8523923/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> *The [[progressive rock]] band [[Moon Safari (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]]''. *Yasgur's son Sam wrote a book about him called ''Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival's Famous Farmer'', in August 2009.<ref name="book">{{cite news | first=Howard | last=Cohen | date=August 15, 2009 | title =Woodstock books bring readers back to Yasgur's farm | work =The Providence Journal }}</ref>
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