Taplin began working as a part-time tour manager on weekends and school breaks for Albert Grossman Management in the summer of 1965 . Grossman was a manager of folk and rock musicians in the 1960s , with clients including Bob Dylan , Peter , Paul and Mary , Janis Joplin and The Band . Taplin began work for the Jim Kweskin Jug Band while studying at Princeton University . He managed tours for Judy Collins in 1967 and helped Collins 's manager Harold Leventhal produce '' A Tribute to Woody Guthrie '' at Carnegie Hall in January 1968 ; in addition to Collins , Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie , the concert featured Bob Dylan and The Band in their first live appearance since 1966 . After graduating from Princeton in May 1969 , Taplin moved to Woodstock , New York to serve as The Band 's full-time tour manager . In mid-August of that year , The Band played at the Woodstock Festival , and in late August Taplin managed Bob Dylan and The Band 's appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival in England , Dylan 's first full-length public concert in three years
Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival 1969
Jonathan Taplin