People tried to compare the US Festival with Woodstock from the time it was announced. While both festivals featured major rock stars of the time, and attracted hundreds of thousands of people, they weren’t quite the same. Woodstock marked the end of the ’60s on the East Coast and the US Festival was part of the spawning of the ’80s on the West Coast. The most obvious difference was the fences didn’t come down at the US Festival turning it into a free festival. Bill Graham didn’t put up with any nonsense when he ran the US Festival. Band hit the stage at the right time and we’re waiting until 6 a.m. Bands also got paid at the US Festival. Steve Wozniak used part of his Apple fortune to cover the budget. Steve never whined about losing money on the US Festival because he did it because he wanted this magical weekend. Steve enjoyed his festival so much he had a second one a year later. Woodstock was chaos. The US Festival was a well-oiled machine. One of the few things Woodstock and the US Festival had in common was Carlos Santana taking the stage with his band. Santana: Live At US Festival captures his way of linking the fans from 1969 with the new generation in 1982.