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Location: Michigan | Did anyone make the " TRIP " out to woodstock in 1969 ?
Please post stories if you did.GWB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTdrPL22-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFCgAhZEO8 |
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Location: SoCal | Aw man, I wasn't even born then..... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I was aware of it but it seemed like a long trip from Texas to see bands that I knew would be passing through Houston anyway.
Hindsight being 20/20, I would have been 16 and it would have been a hell of trip (assuming a snowballs chance in hell of convincing the parents to let me go)!
I did go and see the movie multiple times when it came out AT THE DRIVE-IN.....sound was awesome on those little metal speaker boxes! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was 16 in western Kansas, about as far away as you could be. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I was 6 |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I saw the movie while in Japan at Expo 70. English>Japanese>English translations across the bottom of the screen had Sly and the Family Stone singing
"I wanna
I wanna
I wanna drive a Honda!"
True. |
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Location: Michigan | What has taken so so long I was born at Woodstock.GWB |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I was a twelve year-old "hippie". A bunch of Cape Cod freaks mounted a caravan to Upstate NY...
My older brother and I wanted to go...
We had a ride, and there were grown-up freaks going...
I believe my Mom's words were, "No way in Hell!..." |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Seems like with the passage of time, more and more people went to Woodstock, although perhaps that's tailed off a bit. Somehow, the romanticism of that era seems to be wearing thin.
Personally, I was six years old. To the extent I was engaged at all in the world around me, it was a fascination with the space program. My heroes from the 1960's are the engineers that put men on the moon the hard way, not the hippies that got there pharmacologically. |
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Location: enid, ok | I grew up down the road from a guy whose older brother went. He managed to get within 10 miles of the place. |
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| I'm like Omaha - 8 years old at the time and glued to the TV for every space shot. My dream then was to become an astronaut. |
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Location: NJ | I was 13 and followed EVERY space flight (from Alan Shephard on) as well.
A bunch of older guys from the neighborhood went and offered t'take a couple of my friends & I. There woulda' been absolute HELL t'pay when I got back, so didn't go . . . |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Having just graduated from high school, I was on a motorcycle trip that summer with my older brother and actually had planned to get to New York by mid August. We rode up to British Columbia from Southern California but never made it east of Alberta. Two of my high school buddies met us along the way in a Volkswagon bus that barely ran and we were all going to go together. It wouldn't go over about 50 but they did make it to the festival and their stories were outstanding. The war was raging back then and the draft was staring us all in the face, so the diversion was a slight bit of relief. Within a week after I got back home, I was in the National Guard. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I was 7 and I too was enthralled with the space program (still am!). It was cool the way everything else used to stop when the launches were on TV. Now it's just another "newsbite". |
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| was 8 years old, building estes and centuri model rockets, reading encyclopedias, and taking violin lessons....plus I rode a unicycle.. true uber geek...
I did have my Beatle Boots tho...
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Am I the only one who was there?
Just another party in the blurr, was lucky enough to get out before the big rain. |
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Location: big island | if i went i don't remember |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I wasn't there either, was 8 years old. Kids in the neighborhood went, and I was impressed by the stories of drugs, rain and music.
Somehow, it didn't seem like a big deal. Since I was only 8, I reasoned that this is what you did every summer, like summer camp for the older kids. |
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Location: NJ | Okay, . . . let's take ANOTHER "tack" :
Does anyone know if someone (besides Bill, that is) played an Ovation at Woodstock?? |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | i've been on Woodstock...in Poland ;-)
4 years ago, over 400,000 people, and there was no rain.... it was really nice experience.
Przystanek Woodstock |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'll have to go watch the movie again, but my recollection is that no Ovations made it on stage. The likely candidates would have been Joan Baez and Richie Havens. I know Havens played a Guild 12-string, but I don't remember what Joan played. |
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Location: NJ | There were a LOT of performers at Woodstock who never "made it" to the album OR the movie
(including Larry Fine of the Three Stooges) . . .
Wasn't Jesse Colin Young there?? . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Hell Beal, it was practically in your backyard. Of course you went.
I was 14 and living in California. I didn't even hear about Woodstock until several years later..... |
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Location: Tampa, FL | I was 17. No job and I had to make a choice. I could go to Woodstock or buy a banjo. I remeber the tickets were $20 for the weekend. I bought the banjo.
My older brother did go and I believe my oldest brother might have been there in a support capacity (medic) but don't remember exactly. The brother that attended came back with stories aplenty. He talked about the line of vehicles parked on the road into Woodstock. Nobody remembered to bring water and the locals were scalping water for pretty outrageous prices. He and his friends ended up loading up on Bali Hai for the weekend as a cost containment factor. The rot gut was cheaper and less likely to be contaminated.
By the time he reached the entrance to the event, tickets were pretty much unnecessary, the crowds had effectively pushed down the fence and were simply walking in to the fields. I think he might still have his original ticket saved.
In his traveling group there was one couple that included a rather chunky female. Well, he woke up Sunday morning to see a massive butt rockin' and rollin' in the tent. I think it may have scarred him for life.
The best stories he had were about the general sense sense of comaraderie among the attendees. As well as the fact that many of the bands playing were debuting at this event. CSN indicated this was their first performance. I think this was the event that launched Santana. Country Joe and the Fish were a big hit with "The Cheer"
I remeber him telling me about the various public service announcements that took place over the weekend. Especially the "Stay away from the brown acid" comment.
I recall him saying the sound system pretty much sucked, I expect they had to rewire the farm to get power for the PA's. But in the end, the magic of the event wasn't the fidelity, it was the atmosphere and the sense that something unique took place.
I did enjoy the banjo, played in a Jug band for a few years, would probably make the same choice if the same situation presented itself again. Then again, I've never felt any compulsion towards the mainstream. Seems rather odd to think of Woodstock as the mainstream but in the years immediately following the event, it became very hip to claim attendance.
The Thursday before the event it was a long weekend on an eclectic mix of name bands and newbees and wannabees. During the weekend it grew into a bizarre event. By Monday it was a counter-cculture movement. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | To put it in perspective:
Ticket to Woodstock = $20 (2 days pay for a high school kid)
Ticket to see CCR, Jimi Hendrix et. al. at Filmore East in NYC = $6-$7
Movie = less than a $1
4 BR house in CT = $16K
Annual salary for Avionics Tech at PanAm = ~$7K
Gas = $.15 - $.25 per gal.
Cigarettes = 25 cents (I knew I would quit when they hit 30 cents. No way I would pay that :rolleyes: )
2lb Lobster dinner at nice local restuarant = $9.95 (most expensive item on the menu) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Paul, on the other thread you were 28. You just blew your cover.
My daughter has been attending the Rainbow gatherings for years. They sound like mini Woodstocks without the music. That leaves the smelly hippies without toilet facilities. I don't get it. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by cliff:
I was 13 and followed EVERY space flight (from Alan Shephard on) as well.
When my wife was taking a Physics class in '82 or '83, her professor asked for a show of hands of everyone that remembered seeing the moonwalk live. She was the only person that raised her hand. I knew then that we were old :rolleyes: . I think I've youth'd up a little since then.
I remember getting out of class in grade school and watching the launches on TV's in the halls. |
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Location: ms | I used to date a girt whose MOM and DAD were there. They talked about it all the time, I think it meant a lot to them. |
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Location: NJ | We were doing a gig once and had just finished Elton John's "RocketMan", and in an effort to offer some inane, on-mic "banter" while Rick was re-tuning, I asked him what was the first thing HE remembered of the Space Program . . .
". . uh, what was that thing . . . the "Challenger"?? . . ."
I ordered another drink . . . |
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Location: Caribou, ME | I was 9 when Woodstock took place. I heard my older brother (18) and sisters (16 and 15) talk about it. I thought, Jeez, Woodstock, NB is only about 60 or 70 miles from here, why didn't you guys GO?
Later they bought the 8 track which would have been considered a box set nowadays. At that age I was very impressed with the "Gimme an F" cheer more than anything.
In 1985 right before I bought my first VCR I had a friend tape the Woodstock movie off PBS for me. It was the very virst VCR tape I owned (still have it).
I did have a quickie with a chubby chick in 1982 who had gone to Woodstock with her husband at that time... |
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Location: NJ | Wait, . . did the husband go to Woodstock with her?
. . or did he take part in the "quickie"?? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Finally, this thread is getting interesting. |
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Location: NJ | yeh, like it's never happened to you . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Not since the last time... |
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Location: Caribou, ME | If you saw what she looked like, you all probably would have recommended I go for her ex-husband instead! Remember the comic strip Nancy? Well, she grew up! |
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Location: NJ | ooof! |
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Location: big island | fyi ~ youtube has several original (1969) woodstock clips on it. |
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Location: North Carolina | I remember when they were promoting it. I figured it was gonna be nuts and passed. When I saw the movie I was glad I did. A friend bought tickets and actually drove up there. When he saw the traffic he turned around. Still has the tickets. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Scott W. Englund:
I was 9 when Woodstock took place. I did have a quickie with a chubby chick in 1982 who had gone to Woodstock with her husband at that time... Anybody else do the math here? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Helloooow MRS. Robinson! |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | I was 13 at the time and had an offer to go, but I missed my ride thanks to working the day before we were to leave. :( |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Yes, I was 21 (short of 22 by a couple months). I don't actually know how old she was, but somewhere in her 30s, divorced, with a 12 year old daughter.
Age doesn't make any difference unless it's wine or cheese.
"Dating" someone in their 30s when I was 21 was a badge of honor. Cripe, I'm 47 now! If I were approached by a divorcee in her 30s NOW I'd fall over dead. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | If this is someone's idea of "older women" , it REALLY depresses me!!!
Older Women |
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Location: Michigan | This will be our OFC Woodstock gathering.
Sorry to steal your video SlipKid. GWB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY |
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Location: NJ | nope too young but was there in spirit |
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Location: CA | I was sitting on a ship firing guns at Southeast Asia in '69.
In '67, I remember seeing the Doors for the outrageous price of $10 at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. Also remember paying $.23 a gallon for gas (paid $3.69 today). Also remember Helms Bakery Trucks, home milk delivery and the Fuller Brush man. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Alice Cooper (or anybody else) at the Orpheum in Boston... $4.50/$5.50 & $6.50....
Jefferson Airplane and others, Washington Monument 1971, FREE.
Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers and The Band, Watkins Glen, NY... $10.00... Declared FREE.
ZZ Top, FREE on the Charles River in Boston.
Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seger, Joan Baez, et al, FREE, Concord MA 1975...
[200th anniversary of the "Shot heard 'round the World", start of the Bicentennial]
U2, $120, Rose Garden Portland... AIN'T HAPPENIN'!
I must be getting old...
I need to visit Poland! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I look like that NOW! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Summer between my junior and senior year in HS. My good friend and I planned to go: we had his mom's car lined up and had saved some money...then my parents found out: that was the end of that! Actually had another friend in college that did go...claims he was so stoned that he doesn't remember much of the actual concert except for the Who: he really wanted the guitar Townshend threw to the crowd...he was evidently nearby and missed it. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Lets see... 1969... Woodstock... ummm err I played there.
You know.. the annual Drum and Fife Corp Muster.
Oh.. that's Woodstock VT (I think)... I was 11, memory ain't what it used to be. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
U2, $120, Rose Garden Portland... AIN'T HAPPENIN'!
I must be getting old...
I need to visit Poland! i bet it wouldn't be boring visit ;]
but if someone would want to get there, i recommend coming between about 20th may and end of july. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | Wow! I've been away from the board a few days and missed this post. I attended the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, as it was first named and still have my tickets. That's because of the overwhelming attendance, it became a free concert. I drove up, from Northern New Jersey, in my 1961 Oldsmobile 88 with 2 friends. When we got there Friday night in the rain, we were told to set up camp anywhere we can park. The Fri night concert ended early, because of the rain.
On sat morning, we went to the stage and sat on cardboard on the mud and had great seats. Looking around at all the people was amazing. It was then we realized that kids from all over the country were into pretty much the same thing, music and being groovy.
Santana blew everyone away, their first east coast big gig. Country Joe's performance, got everybody in the spirit. I remember seeing, Canned Heat, the Dead, Creedence, the Who, Sly. CSN&Y was great, because they just released their first album, and everybody was anxious to see them. Because the concert was non-stop, throughout the night. We couldn't see all the acts, cause once you left the stage area, it was along distance to walk from the camp grounds.
When my kids were in their teens, I used to pride myself showing my framed tickets to their friends when they came to the house. They would say, "wow your dad is so cool" Actually, I was just really groovy. |
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Location: NJ | tommy I hope you picked up a piece of trash on the way out just to make it all "far out".
now I have yet another reason to hate tommym! |
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DID ANYONE OF YOU ATTEND WOODSTOCK 1969