User:Anson2995/projects/List of people from Woodstock, New York

Working on this as a separate page to replace the section at: Woodstock,_New_York#Famous_Inhabitants


The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodstock, New York.


Current Residents

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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

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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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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?