Woodstock

Uh, my name's gotta be there." And again, that really was helpful to him to get his name out there in the public as well, and he probably felt like, "Hey, I, I, you know, uh, I'm not, uh, stale bread here." [laughs] You know? "I'm, I'm an important musician, too.

My name should be in there." So even before they hit the road, he made it clear, "I'm my own person, and I'm not gonna be pushed around, and I have my own rules." And that, of course, extended into their second gig, which was Woodstock, where he refused to be filmed for it.

He was happy to play the festival, but he didn't wanna be in the movie.

He didn't like the idea of the cameras.

So right away, from the first month or two that he was in the band, uh, you know, Neil pretty much laid down the law and said, "You know, there's certain things I'll do.

There's certain things I won't do, and that's just the way it is." And that's a pattern that would continue for four or five decades [laughs] or more.

When we did Woodstock, and we saw our section of Woodstock afterwards, um, we realized that, that Neil had told all the cameramen never to film him, and it was the first time that we ever really realized that Neil wanted to be in the band but not be in the band at the same time.

And that's why a lot of people don't think that Neil was at Woodstock, but he was indeed.