Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBS via Getty Billy Joel plays at The Troubadour nightclub and music venue, West Hollywood, CA. November 6, 1973. Billy Joel ...

In 1969, a three-day music festival took place in a muddy field outside Woodstock, NY. The event was a chaotic mess, with way more people showing up than expected, and not enough services for them.

Billy Joel headed to Woodstock in 1969 with the hopes of catching some of his favorite artists rock out. What he got instead was a shoe full of mud and a crowd full of tripping fans. Joel was among ...