I can't wait to see what that will be.
They'll have to create something special for it to come off well though. The '69 original was all about a state of mind. You can celebrate what it WAS but like I said before - it's GONE.
B.
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WOODSTOCK 1969
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They'll have to create something special for it to come off well though. The '69 original was all about a state of mind. You can celebrate what it WAS but like I said before - it's GONE.
B.
Hitch hiked there with two friends, Chris & Robbie. With the help of a couple bags of pot and some San Francisco speed balls. Got a ride and the Thruway was going too slow so we got in the opposite lanes and went a few miles that way. Ended up getting a ride into the site standing on the back bumper of a car with a bunch of other people. Got there Fri afternoon. Left Sunday afternoon. Lost track of my friends, but somehow met Chris Sunday, and didn't see Robbie til we got back home. Three day party, with great music and happy people. Seriously doubt that anything like it will ever happen again.
I was too young to go, being 13, and no way were my folks going to let me go. LOL!
I heard a phrase that was coined shortly after it, "If you remember Woodstock, you weren't there."
The movie wasn't made for those that couldn't go, it was made for those that were there.
I heard a phrase that was coined shortly after it, "If you remember Woodstock, you weren't there."
The movie wasn't made for those that couldn't go, it was made for those that were there.
I know most of us don't do a lot of hard cover reading anymore but if you can access a copy, this one's a good read. It's the personal perspective of quite a cross section of young people who did attend, in various capacities, or lived there. Might find it in a library.....The movie wasn't made for those that couldn't go, it was made for those that were there.
B.
http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-The-Summer-Our-Lives/dp/155584040X
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This is the photo that was the cover photo for the original 3 LP version of the festival. I still have that album w/all the memories/aroma of the 1st listenings attached. 
It was taken by renowned R&R photographer, James Marshall, recently passed. He's the dude that took the cover photo for "The Allman Brothers At The Fillmore East", among many others you can view in his book of photos.
Taken from side of stage. The walkway which crosses over the road leads to the staging area where the musicians "freshened up"
& waited to go on etc.
Here's a link to a few only, of Henry Diltz's photos of Woodstock. Henry was the official photographer hired by the Woodstock producers.
Just keep clicking the "next" button for the pics.
https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/set/default.aspx?setID=968
I wanted to show this one of his here so you can see Bill Graham standing on the right w/Country Joe.(Gracie & the Airplane are sitting - w/the babe removing sticks & seeds
) Bill was the founder of the Fillmore East & West & was a big part of Woodstock input also. He appears in the movie a couple times as well.
B.
It was taken by renowned R&R photographer, James Marshall, recently passed. He's the dude that took the cover photo for "The Allman Brothers At The Fillmore East", among many others you can view in his book of photos.
Taken from side of stage. The walkway which crosses over the road leads to the staging area where the musicians "freshened up"
& waited to go on etc.Here's a link to a few only, of Henry Diltz's photos of Woodstock. Henry was the official photographer hired by the Woodstock producers.
Just keep clicking the "next" button for the pics.
https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/set/default.aspx?setID=968
I wanted to show this one of his here so you can see Bill Graham standing on the right w/Country Joe.(Gracie & the Airplane are sitting - w/the babe removing sticks & seeds
) Bill was the founder of the Fillmore East & West & was a big part of Woodstock input also. He appears in the movie a couple times as well.B.
Words cannot describe the amount of jealousy I have for you. Absolutely Unbelievable.
I went to the Woodstock Museum last summer...surprisingly entertaining and informative. Highly recommended; it puts the whole experience into a socio-political/cultural perspective that's kinda mind-blowing.
This is the photo that was the cover photo for the original 3 LP version of the festival. I still have that album w/all the memories/aroma of the 1st listenings attached.
It was taken by renowned R&R photographer, James Marshall, recently passed. He's the dude that took the cover photo for "The Allman Brothers At The Fillmore East", among many others you can view in his book of photos.
I remember back in 2009 they had a Woodstock retrospective for the 40th anniversary, and they said that the couple in this photo wound up getting married, having a family, and are still together, older and greyer, after 40 years. A sweet love story!
Would love to hear a story or 2 about your experience. Don't wanna pass up askin'. Not many chances do do so. Thanks man.
B.
Found a few photos that relay atmosphere a bit.
Joe Cocker's view of the crowd. That's Alan Spenner in red shirt, gettin' ready to thump some P-Bass. There's a big poster available of this I believe.
Joe Cocker at Woodstock
Canned Heat at Woodstock. You can see bassist Larry Taylor facing, in the middle. He also played w/ John Mayall's "Jazz Blues Fusion" group & other notable stuff. Brother of Mel Taylor, drummer w/The Ventures starting in the early '60's.
Grace Slick & Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
Jack Casady, bassist w/Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
Richie Havens at Woodstock
Stage. You can see the PA speakers 1/2 way up & at top of each side tower. This was taken w/ telephoto lens I'm guessing & shows only part of crowd pretty close to stage relative to the back of the crowd.
Woodstock stage build
B.
Joe Cocker's view of the crowd. That's Alan Spenner in red shirt, gettin' ready to thump some P-Bass. There's a big poster available of this I believe.
Joe Cocker at Woodstock
Canned Heat at Woodstock. You can see bassist Larry Taylor facing, in the middle. He also played w/ John Mayall's "Jazz Blues Fusion" group & other notable stuff. Brother of Mel Taylor, drummer w/The Ventures starting in the early '60's.
Grace Slick & Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
Jack Casady, bassist w/Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock
Richie Havens at Woodstock
Stage. You can see the PA speakers 1/2 way up & at top of each side tower. This was taken w/ telephoto lens I'm guessing & shows only part of crowd pretty close to stage relative to the back of the crowd.
Woodstock stage build
B.
OK...sold. Bought a "Previously Viewed" one for $1.01 ($5 total with shipping).
FWIW, I still read & prefer "hard covers".
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Thanks. We were at my mom's appt and decided that it was the place we wanted to be at. Didn't have tickets, or much money, didn't really know where we were going, just the general direction. Figured who ever would pick us up would be heading there, so no problem.
Never got close to the stage, but the sound system was so loud and clear I could hear it all perfectly. From way back the stage looked like something unworldly when it was bathed in blue. Never saw any of the supposedly bad "brown", but did get up close and personal with the purple. Cars were abandoned everywhere. I don't remember it, but my sister in law says I asked my dad, who I hadn't talked to in a couple of years, to use one of his cars. I guess he said no, wisely it turned out.
The one thing that I've remembered all these years is the graciousness and compassion that the locals showed to everybody. Not an easy thing in the middle of a disaster area. Seen, and partook of people giving away water, food, and friendship to people they didn't know, and probably would have rather never seen.
There were mini festivals up there for the next couple of years. Went to them too. At one of them a girl and I were hitching and got hit by a car. She got a broken arm, and I got a lifetime subscription to bad back of the month club. But we didn't leave, they set her arm there and gave her a sling, and we stayed til the end.
It's too bad the wind that came with the storm prevented the "Joshua Light Show" from happening during performances. For those not aware of it, The Fillmore East (Bill Graham's music venue in NYC) had an ongoing "phsychedelic" light show that was projected from behind onto a huge screen at the back of the stage. They brought this stuff to Woodstock but the wind tore up the screen I heard. It would have been super cool to see from way back in the crowd, accompanying the groups from time to time, I would think.
Here's a shot of Frank Zappa @ the Fillmore
That is so great! In the movie, one of the residents was commenting on drug taking & how he respected the young people there & said that if you put a crowd of adults together & gave them booze, could you imagine what would have happened.
I am really happy for you to have experienced that whole scene bro. Thanks again for sharing some of it.
B.
It's too bad the wind that came with the storm prevented the "Joshua Light Show" from happening during performances. For those not aware of it, The Fillmore East (Bill Graham's music venue in NYC) had an ongoing "phsychedelic" light show that was projected onto a huge canvas screen behind the stage. They brought this stuff to Woodstock but the wind tore up the screen I heard. It would have been super cool to see from way back in the crowd, accompanying the groups from time to time, I would think.
Here's a shot of Frank Zappa @ the Fillmore
I HATED The Joshua Light Show!!! : )
I went to the Fillmore East many times and for me it was a negative distraction. Terry Adams of NRBQ once said something to the effect that one reason Bill Graham would never do anything for them is because they couldn't stand playing some great song and there would be a kitten chasing a ball of string across the screen and they couldn't understand why there had to be this light guy who considered himself as important as any band member. It never had anything to do with the music, it was just a simulated acid trip.
Sometimes it would be dialed back a bit (head light guy passed out?) but still not my cup of tea at all.
I have visited Antietam, Gettysburg, and Waterloo, and now TODAY, Woodstock for the very first time on the way to dropping my son off to college in NYC. All four sights have a similar feeling to me: a quiet pastoral setting where thousands of youth left something on the field. All four were accidents, but the first three left nothing but tears, while the last one left nothing but joy. It was the perfect storm, less then one month after the moon landing, that will never happen again.
It is was worth the visit, even 43 years after the fact.
It is was worth the visit, even 43 years after the fact.
fjadams said:
I was there too. It wasn't exactly like the movie. There was all that rain and people ripping people off.
Sly Stone owned Woodstock and. By the time Jimi played most everyone had left.
No, it will never happen again. It's to bad the brilliance of many of the artist has been lost. You had to be there, you gsd to be apart of that generation to understand.
It's why I never discuss Hendrix, Clapton or any of th.e masters with young musicians. If you weren't like 15 or 16 when those guys ruled you could never really get it.
The festival with the stones at Altmont in December same year was pretty cool too.
