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For most of us, home is where you hang your hat. This is where home is physically. But if you are a child of the ‘60’s, home mentally is at the sacred grounds of the Woodstock Festival site. This is where, a half century ago, the mother of all Festivals took place. Nothing previously had ever happened like this before. With modern technology, planning and hindsight, laws limiting attendees, nothing like this will happen ever again. They began planning for a festival of 50,000. With all of the publicity goin
I knew nothing of Woodstock before it happened. Was only 12 and really music was only something playing in the background. As information filtered through in the coming weeks and months, I began appreciating music, knowing what artists did what……and what the songs were about. That Christmas, I asked for a good radio to listen to music. Later after getting a job, my first major purchase was a good stereo….and began putting together a massive record collection. A brief fling with bellbottoms were replaced wit
The festival was held then and now in the vicinity of a nice little town of Bethel, NY (Population: 3,900). Frankly, before the events of 1969, nobody really heard of the place. Well, on second thought, I vaguely remember a nice little Christmas carol I used to sing as a kid about the town. (O, Little Town of Bethel). Apparently J.C. was born there or something, a lot of years ago. Not sure, I need to brush up on that story another time. The people were quiet, never bothered anyone, like nice purring cats.