Were you there? 50 Yr later

[Dockem]

Odell or Bethel, NY - 50 yr. ago. Were you there??? Aug. 15-18, 1969



:band: :banana-pair: :banana-piano: :trippy: :band::bass: :trippy: :blues:

 

[Dockem]

Got any good stories to tell?

Fifty years ago, more than 400,000 people descended on Bethel, New York, headed to a dairy farm owned by Max and Miriam Yasgur, where the Woodstock Music & Art Fair was being held. Planners had told the Yasgurs and town officials that they expected no more than 50,000 attendees, and were overwhelmed by the huge crowds.

Over three days, 32 acts performed onstage, including Joan Baez, Santana, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Jimi Hendrix.

Woodstock became a major cultural event, amplified by news coverage, a popular documentary film, and the music that became symbolic of an era.

 

[rhino 2]

I was about 15 miles away at my club......And at the time i didn't want any part of the crowd .....Being out of Nam only about two years earlier .....I felt out of place with all the crazy goings on at the time....:Shrug:...

 

[Fearless]

Didn't make it....

I had what they still refer to as a job and payments on a vehicle.LOL no time for that Fred

 

[ray3187]

I was involved with combat operations in I Corp, 101st ABN Div.

 

[Ray55]

I was on the USS VOGE DE-1047 riding around somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean chasing a Russian Submarine.

 

[desertclassic]

I was at Soc Trang, Vietnam, airfield, probably working on Army air planes.

 

[Bubba49]

No, I was only 8 years old. If I’d have only been 10 years older....

Bubba

 

[Ray55]

Fuzzy

That bay is not very deep either. Flank bell in Shallow water really stirs up the mud.

 

[paws]

I was 16 and didn’t understand what it was all about - didn’t pay any attention to the news. My head was wrapped around everything “horses” at the time.

 

[radismukes]

I was 16 and didn’t understand what it was all about - didn’t pay any attention to the news. My head was wrapped around everything “horses” at the time.

And still riding a iron horse...... :clapping:

 

[Burnerboy]

YES! I was there (19yrs old at time)

I lost my father's VW 1966 bug.... because of the traffic jams , they just started towing cars, that was the last time that I ever saw it again... It's probably all rott'ed out under a pile of other towed vehicles..from 50 yrs ago..:blush::blush:

I had very pissed off parent's that August (1969) fifty years ago... They made me pay them $500.00 for the car....(it was hard when i was making only $1.40 an hour at the time, working at A&W rootbeer...)

Aaaaaaaaaaaa wonderful memories though (I "think" I had a good time ) maybe I had some of that "bad acid" that was being distributed around!! :xszpv::xszpv:

Ronnie

So if any of you folks, that happens to live near Bethel NY happens to see a black 1966 VW bug hanging around, it just may be my parents old car....:clapping:

 

[1dn5up]

Being a local , we knew the back roads. Found a side street and just parked. Car was still there the next day, along with a zillion others. Only stayed overnight , that was enough for me and a buddy.

BTW Ron, your dads bug has a locust tree growing from the engine compartment on Weatherby St.

 

[ProudTexson]

50 years ago I was at Kunsan AFB Korea. We were moved there from Homestead Fl for 6 months during The capture of USS Pueblo by North Korea.

 

[Burnerboy]

Being a local , we knew the back roads. Found a side street and just parked. Car was still there the next day, along with a zillion others. Only stayed overnight , that was enough for me and a buddy.

BTW Ron, your dads bug has a locust tree growing from the engine compartment on Weatherby St.

OMG! please take a picture of it...if you happen to ride by..........You'd make me the happiest man in the world, if I could see a pic again........:clapping:

Ronnie

 

[1dn5up]

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[Burnerboy]

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OMG! Thank you,

wouldn't this be funny if it was indeed Daddie's VWagon :clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:

Thank you for sending me this picture (you just made my day) Is this picture really taking in Bethel NY

Ronnie

 

[1dn5up]

OMG! Thank you,

wouldn't this be funny if it was indeed Daddie's VWagon :clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:

Thank you for sending me this picture (you just made my day) Is this picture really taking in Bethel NY

Ronnie

Naaah , just messin with ya. Found it on the interweb.

 

[Burnerboy]

I showed this picture to a friend of mine... He's comeback was: WOW! The pot seeds that I dropped on the floor actually grew up to be big pot tree's

Thank you for sharing this picture, you have no idea the **memories** that I thought of while there at the festival ......Unfortunately I lost everything while attending this weekend of fun, except for my virginity , dame it I still had it when I returned home, to face my parents......

Ronnie

 

[Trail Blazer]

50 years ago

No woodstock, not my thing. Lived in Kingsville, Texas, been married 3 years. still racing in all AMA sanction dirt racing in Texas on a 1958 74 Harley ( no hill climbs ) working construction. now this brings back a lot of old memory.

 

[Phu Cat]

I was on one of those all expenses paid vacations in ll Corp, SEA. Wasn't exactly a love-fest.

PC

 

[RDinGA]

Asian Vacation ??

I was on my second trip to the glorious Republic of Vietnam! AF PJ, 38th ARRS, Detachment 6, Bien Hoa, RVN. My baby brother made it though! Funny how it took him until 1997 to even talk to me again!