The GRAMMY Museum Experience at Prudential Center will host an exclusive grand opening function and media sneak peek to their latest traveling exhibit, “Woodstock: Fifty Years Down the Road”, a photographic essay consisting of over 40 original photographs, shot through the lens of festival photographer Henry Diltz, that tell the story of the most famous music festival in history; prior to the exhibit’s official opening date on Thursday, May 18.
Henry Diltz is one of American popular music’s most noted photographers. From the mid-1960s on, when he began capturing the music scene in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon, Diltz’s vast catalogue of images is essential to comprehending the heyday of rock.
Diltz was a musician before he began dabbling in photography. A founding member of the Modern Folk Quartet, Diltz played banjo and sang with the band. He stumbled on a career in photography after casually photographing musicians in and around Los Angeles. Diltz became a major name in rock photography after one of his pictures was selected as the cover shot for the self-titled debut album of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. That summer Diltz went to Woodstock to document the three-day festival. Having full access of the festival grounds, Diltz worked tirelessly to capture the meaning of Woodstock—onstage and off.
Since then, Diltz’s images have graced the covers of dozens of rock albums, while his photos of such pop music stalwarts as Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass Elliot, Jim Morrison, Neil Young, Jackson Browne and many others are now considered classics.
The exhibit officially opens to the public on Thursday, May 18. Tickets to visit the GRAMMY Museum ExperienceTM Prudential Center range from $7 to $10 and can be purchased at GRAMMYMuseumEXP.org. GRAMMY Museum ExperienceTM Prudential Center is open Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on non-event days and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on event days.
Built and operated by Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, the 8,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum ExperienceTM is housed within Prudential Center. The Experience marks the first GRAMMY Museum outpost to be built on the East Coast and, similar to the original GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, the Experience will be dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of New Jersey. The Experience features a dynamic combination of educational programming including Summer Session, “Spotlight Series” and “An Evening With Series” and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a spotlight on legendary GRAMMY winners from New Jersey.
