What Woodstock Really Was
I was only 15 at the time.. and Heidi, (my sister) was 19. I was staying with her for the summer at her house in Buffalo, New York. We were pretty fond of the music at the time, even though we werewn’t...
View ArticleWONDERFUL WOODSTOCK 1969
It was the summer of 1969, my husband found out about the woodstock concert being held in Woodstock NY, I worked at an airline and we lived in Dallas Tx. On the spur of the moment we obtained free...
View ArticleNormal at Woodstock
Yes, I was there. I have my original program, but I gave up $18.00 ticket at the gate since I was there early enough that they were still taking tickets! Went with some friends from high school, met...
View ArticleI finaly made it to woodstock
I was born in England in 1962. my mother was 16 when i was born and I grew up listening to the Beatles, the who and early american mucsicians, it was in my blood early. we moved to canada in 1969 I was...
View ArticleWoodstock Sound-Outs, Van Morrison and No Beans
Woodstock Sound-Outs, Van Morrison and No Beans. © Dakini Verona 1969. The year was an infamous one in the history of the era… and it was a very important year in my life. I had just turned 15 years...
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Saturday Afternoon (pun intended)
I had my (full, 3 day) ticket a month ahead of time. In fact, we had things planned a month ahead of time, but there were some inadvertant glitches (not the traffic, nor busts, btw) that nearly...
View ArticleChapter #17 Pt #1: The Woodstock Story
The summer of 1969 had been really hot and sweaty nothing much was happening around the Bronx, until my rock band, Group Power found out in early August that there was a super concert planned....
View ArticleA Road Trip Detour
The fact of the matter is that during my summer break from college at WSU, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, I came up with this great brain storm. I would drive from Wisconsin and drop in and surprise my...
View ArticleMy Trip with my friends
I went to Woodstock with my friends, Dave Semjchuk, John O’Hara, John Bragg and his little brother Gregory and a couple of girls who were friends of John B’s. I think a couple of guys from New York...
View ArticleAn Accidental Attendee
Woodstock was an accident for me, one of those great accidents that happen once in a lifetime and you never forget. Until Friday evening August 15th, 1969 I had never heard of Woodstock and I don’t...
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Ten Amazing & Interesting Facts – New and Old – about The Grateful Dead
The fiftieth anniversary of Aoxomoxoa will be released June 7, 2019 and will include some previously unreleased music.The Grateful Dead never won a Grammy except for a Lifetime Achievement Award in...
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The Black Keys Cancel Woodstock 50 Performance
According to Consequence Of Sound, the Black Keys have canceled their scheduled appearance at Woodstock 50. The band post on their Facebook page that they won’t be performing because of a “scheduling...
View ArticleWoodstock 2019 ticket sales delayed.
Woodstock 2019 tickets will not be on sale Monday, April 22, 2019. According to Billboard Tickets for the three-day event with headliners The Killers, Dead and Co, Imagine Dragons and Jay-Z and were...
View ArticleWoodstock 50 festival has been canceled
After delay in ticket sales, Billboard reported Monday April 29th that Woodstock 50 investor Dentsu Aegis Network announced the three-day 50th anniversary event has been canceled. “It’s a dream for...
View ArticleWoodstock 50 Has Found a New Financial Partner
Several weeks after Dentsu Aegis Network, pulled its financial support from the Woodstock 50 festival and claiming the event had been canceled, the organizers announced American investment bank...
View ArticleWoodstock 50 found new Venue after losing Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen International racetrack in Schuyler County announced Monday afternoon that it would not be hosting Woodstock 50 Festival. But organizers for the Woodstock 50 festival said the show will...
View ArticleWoodstock 50 Festival Moves to Maryland
The organizers of the Woodstock 50th anniversary festival are relocating the concert to Maryland from upstate New York, more than 250 miles away from where the original 1969 music festival took place,...
View ArticleWoodstock Remembered
Woodstock Remembered It’s 1969 and another hot and humid summer in the city of Boston. Not much happening when, as a musician, you have no gig, no prospects for a gig and no money to speak of. Word...
View ArticleWoodstock original
At 63 with long hair I cherish the music of the Beatles, the Monkees, Strawberry alarmclock, Greatful dead and never the less, yes of course, Jimi Hendricks, Janis Joplin, The Who and others. I had a...
View ArticleWoodstock 50 Is Officially Canceled
Woodstock 50 is officially canceled the three-day Festival Less than a month from when it was supposed to kick off. “We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put...
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