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

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

Current Residents

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.
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.
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

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]

No references to support link to Woodstock

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?