Both Garcia and Weir recieved electrical shocks on stage at Woodstock. What might have happened if one of them got killed. Note that it's happened - for example Les Harvey.
WI: Jerry Garcia or Bob Weir fatally electrocuted on stage at Woodstock
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That nearly happened to Keith Richards onstage with the Rolling Stones in December 1965.
The greatest rock group of all time gets reduced to a footnote in history, remembered for their....um....”electric” qualities.
The effect on popular culture is going to be far bigger. Woodstock has just gone from "three days of peace, music, and love" to a terrible tragedy.
The biggest (IIRC) music festival to date just ended by gruesomely killing a major performer.
It'd be interesting to see how Woodstock is remembered. Will it be largely forgotten footnote? Will it be remembered as a great tragedy? Will it be a cautionary tale?
How will music festivals progress after this? One certain effect will be better safety for future festivals. If big festivals continue, Woodstock will probably become a watch word and example of how not to do things.
And beyond that, the whole hippy DIY ethos may take a hit. Lets go build a commune - it's easy to build a bunch of buildings may not happen.
If it had happened to both Keith Richards AND Jerry Garcia, it might call the whole means of putting on live rock and roll music into question.