thebes Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 A seminal moment in my life. Started thinking a bit differently about things after going there. Age dims all memories but musically here's the acts I still can vividly recall and love: "Freedom" Richie Haven's is to my mind the song of Woodstock. You cannot begin to fathom how that felt. Country Joe and the Fish. Crosby Stills Nash, and Young The Sha-Na-Nas. So counter Woodstock these cats were almost counter-cool, but groovy nonetheless. Cocooned in a sleeping bag on the last day, early morning, and Hendrix wakes me up. His version of the National Anthem still reverberates down the years and brings chills to me as I type this. Peace and love my friends, Peace and love. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Well that's something to be proud of. I can only imagine hearing Jimi Hendrix play the Anthem. So many of those artist are gone now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hell, a lot of the people that were actually there are gone now. Sadly, I knew a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloceleste Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Very cool. I may be the only audiophile who was at Woodstock who does not own the album! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Country Joe and the Fish...hey...was sitting in class at the time daydreaming it all...congrats... thanks for the movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 A slight bit young for the 69 farm, but did attend the second largest "fest" about 5 years later in Charlotte, NC. August Jam was pretty epic as well, but, alas, no movie..... Watching the Woodstock Director's Cut right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 58 minutes ago, thebes said: "Freedom" Richie Haven's is to my mind the song of Woodstock. 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Agreed! Trust me I SOOOOOO wanted to go and literally offered to pay for the gas and drive. Just ONE person to go with me that's ALL it would have taken. I begged people for two weeks to go. Everyone wanted to go but were afraid of what their parents would do to them when we came back. Grounded, no car or life scared the bejesus outta them. I was already a heathen cause I was immersed in rock and Motown. I'd met ALL the Motown greats and many rock legends by then. I watched the TV and had second thoughts, which were erased quickly KNOWING it would be the event of a lifetime. ALL the people walking forever to go in just to be a part of history. ALL of it plus Jimi was going to be there! Bill & Terry Hanley were gonna be there and that would be enough to get me in. I had to and have never forgiven myself for not going solo and taking the heat when I came home. Ugh, sucked to be a kid then. I'd done EVERYthing else but that just didn't happen. Truly a DUH moment in my life! Grrrrrrr... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 CNN 2-hour special on Woodstock @ 9 EST if anyone's interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Joe Cocker Woodstock is just simply Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Ceptorman said: Well that's something to be proud of. I can only imagine hearing Jimi Hendrix play the Anthem. So many of those artist are gone now. === I certainly pulled a few stunts in my teens but heading to Woodstock would have been well above my pay grade. But I Did see Hendrix live in KC - I think I was 15 — 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidd Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I was too young , 13 at the time , played the album many times , loved 10 years after , Richie Havens , Country Joe, Paul Butterfirld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, thebes said: and Hendrix wakes me up Awesome, because that really puts you in rare air with most festival goers long gone by then! Hendrix had it in his contract that he would play last after Roy Rogers declined to do "Happy Trails" as the last act. That fact kinda backfired on Jimi though when weather and technical delays stretched his performance to a 9am Monday morning appearance. Interestingly enough, It would be his only major morning concert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thebes Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 A lot of false myths still abound about Woodstock. It was not that muddy. There was a place off to stage right with a pond and it was muddy over there but everywhere else it was just fine, and If I recall correctly, it only rained, and not that hard, on the 2nd night. Also that the place was trashed. There was a lot of trash but many people assembled it into piles as they left, cause nobody had reckoned on trash cans for 400,000. A bunch of folks stayed behind and spent days helping out with the disposal. Now food was in short supply. They got that right. I knew nothing about Woodstock before I went. Two friends wanted to go so I said why not. We had two six packs and several packs of butts between us and that was it. Figured we'd just get food when we got there. One cool factoid. Got off the highway to get gas and the clerk, learning we were headed to Woodstock, said don't get back on the highway. Go here, take a left there etc. and we drove right into the parking lot! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I'm jealous thebes. I was 11 at the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 By golly I think he's done it. Stumped EVERYone on this thread! Good job @thebes!!! Your toaster SHOULD be in the mail very soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssh Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Too far for me, but I did make the Celebration of Life in Louisiana. I was 19. My best recollection is that it was HOT. SSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 18, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 18, 2019 It does look like you were the only one out of everyone here, this does explain some things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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