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What was it like to be at Woodstock in 1969?

I was 15. I knew my parents would never let me go. I heard the lineup, and was determined. Saved all of my paper route money. Bought tickets for 3 friends and two neighbors who would drive and chaperone. They were $18 each.They sold 5000 tickets. We heard it on the way there. Couldn't imagine so many people. When we got there, the Thruway was shut down. We walked a few miles, and pitched a tent.The music was at the bottom of a hillside, making a bowl. PA amps stretched forever. More freaks than anyone could have imagined. Everyone knew that this was a once in a lifetime thing. Food was all shared. I saw a nude guy piss on a girl’s feet. He was tripping. Someone yelled, “Don't hurt him”. Someone else yelled, “Don't hurt him, kill him”. Everybody laughed. I saw the nude guy in Life magazine. I was outside the photo by about a foot. Endless announcements of don't eat the brown acid, and don't climb the stage scaffolding.The music was up and down. A lot was boring. A 25 minute solo by Leslie West of Mountain. Yawn. They booed Tim Hardin for no obvious reason. Some were riveting. An unknown band, Santana. Canned Heat had everyone on their feet, swaying. Sly Stone was electric. Joplin followed, and gave it everything. The Who did all of Tommy, with Roger’s voice in shreds.Miles of wet people. As far as the eye could see. There were lots of black people, more than this boy of the suburbs had ever seen. That was back before it was illegal to breathe while black. The big surprise was that there were so many of us. In our little towns and sections of cities, we felt isolated. Somebody was buying all those records. All in one place, it felt mighty, and at peace. No one was mocking the hair for a change.I missed the last day, with The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and Hendrix. The chaperones freaked, were afraid of drugs, and took us home. I was straight the whole time, and for a year or so after.The closest thing to Woodstock is the Ang Lee film, Taking Woodstock. Hilarious, and accurate.

Where are the best views in the real Woodstock?

Woodstock isn't known for phenomenal views, but there are a few good places to see cool things.You can climb to the top of Overlook Mountain's fire tower to see the Catskills and the town of Woodstock far below:If you're hanging out on the Village Green in the middle of town, you won't necessarily see far, but on a nice day it's a good place to people watch:The Millstream offers similar people watching, plus just a nice place to relax and watch the water go by:There's also the KTD Tibetan Buddhist monastery, which is just plain beautiful:Yerry Hill Road in the snow:Wilson State Park:

How can you describe the towns near Woodstock, NY?

Woodstock was a nice place to grow up and go to high school. The Woodstock Library has very good collections, and The Library Fair is always fun. Mead's Meadow is peaceful. The old track from Mead Mountain Road over to Byrdcliffe is a nice hike, and easier than trekking up to the firetower and the old hotel at the top of Overlook. You can probably still swim in the streams. I used to go home to visit fairly often even after I moved to Charlottesville. Though Woodstock is full of tourists all summer long -- like the rest of the Catskills? -- it always has a special vibe. I often miss the town. And the friends I grew up with, many of whom still live there.

What were the major causes of death at the original 1969 Woodstock Music Festival?

As Abby Glad has already pointed out, there were two deaths at Woodstock. The first person who died was Raymond Miszak, a 17-year-old from Trenton, New Jersey, who died when a tractor pulling a wagon had run over his chest. (I’ve read two accounts of the accident, but it’s unclear whether it was the tractor or the wagon behind it that ran over Raymond. In addition, it’s unclear whether the cargo in the wagon was a water tank or a tank used to pump out the portable toilets.) Doctors called for a helicopter to take Miszak to the hospital, but Miszak was dead before the copter arrived.The other death at Woodstock was an 18-year-old Marine, Richard Bieler, who was scheduled to leave for Vietnam, but first went to the festival while he was home on leave. The county coroner Kenneth March initially suspected that Bieler had died of a heroin overdose, but this was never officially confirmed by an autopsy.Because of the coroner’s initial suspicions, most accounts of Bieler’s death at Woodstock attribute his death to heroin. However, according to Sam Boor, a volunteer doctor who treated Bieler at the festival, the autopsy indicated that the proximate cause of Bieler’s death was myocarditis, a term for an inflammation of the heart. Boor described Bieler when he first appeared at the medical tents at Woodstock as “screaming and just ‘out of it.’” Boor suggested that the myocarditis may have been caused by hyperthermia, an extreme elevation in body temperature. In Bieler’s case, the hyperthermia was probably triggered by an adverse reaction to a drug, such as LSD or methamphetamine. Another possibility is that Bieler developed the hyperthermia as a side effect of Thorazine, which was commonly administered to people in the 1960s as a treatment for a bad LSD trip.Source: Myron Gittell and Jack Kelly, Woodstock '69: Three Days of Peace, Music, and Medical Care, pp. 50–53 for material on both deaths. The quotes from Sam Boor are taken from this book. Peace, love and the Hamilton teenager who died at Woodstock from the Trentonian newspaper depicts the death of Raymond Miszak.

Why was The Woodstock festival important?

Woodstock was important for a number of reasons, but in many ways it's become a single symbol for events that took place over several years. There were a number of large outdoor concerts at the time, most of which, such as Altamont and Isle of Man are barely remembered. Woodstock was planned to be the biggest, and ended up even bigger than the planners intended. The crowds were so huge that they swamped the admissions gates, knocked over fences and just kept coming and coming. Because it was big and making headlines, even more people decided to go. It became a free concert because the producers couldn't handle ticket-taking.So size was one major reason Woodstock was important. Another was just the quality of the bands who played. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane and so many more were the major bands of the underground music scene, something which hasn't existed for decades, but was a major part of the 60s/hippie movement.The main reason Woodstock is important, though, is that it has become a cultural touchstone. Half a million young people were there, they lived in peace for three days without any visible form of security, they cooperated to share food, shelter ... and drugs. Listen to Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock" to get a sense of the feeling of wonder and empowerment that came from the concert. It made the hippie movement feel strong and capable and gave them the sense that they could accomplish anything. Unfortunately, it also provoked the fears of the Establishment who worked to diffuse that power and to put the youth back in line. So Woodstock can be seen as the peak of a youth movement that felt like it was about to change the world, and shortly later disappeared.

Where are the hippies in New York?

The Hippies, the flower childs, the nomads. In New York, They are located in Union Square Park on weekends.. They really really can be down over in East Village, New York City.. East Village is where the rebels, skateboarders, smoke shops, bars, people with nose and lip piercings, tattoos be.You can find a place to stay by hanging out in Forest Hills, Queens. There's less cops, 24hr parks, places to set up camp, and lots of opportunities to meet people. I met a guy on the street there, became friends and he let me crash at his house for a few days.Downtown NYC, it's full of hustle and bustle, lot of crackheads, tourists, scamm ers,and stuff you kinda wanna stay away from.Upstate New York.Woodstock, New York is where I was told the REAL hippies are. The tie-dye shirts, peace symbols type of people are. I’ve heard great stories happening there. I will update this as I am about to hit the road and find out if this hypothesis is true.I've also read Ithaca, NY is where hippies are too. This has yet to be validated as well.Edit: Instead of Woodstock, I am in a town called New Paltz. This is the place to go for hippie travelers!

What happened to all Jimi Hendrix's guitars and equipment after he died?

Most of his iconic guitars are accounted for. For example, the guitar that he played at Woodstock is now owned by Paul Allen and can be seen on display at the Museum of Pop culture in Seattle.The guitar that he smashed into pieces at Monterey is also (partially) accounted for, and a piece of the body that was smashed is now kept at a museum.However, some of the most historically important guitars of his are considered to be missing. For instance, the guitar that was allegedly his favorite, and the one that he was last photographed with.After Jimi’s passing, this guitar remained with his girlfriend at the time, Monika Dannemann. After her death in 1996, the guitar basically disappears. No one knows for sure where it is.As far as his equipment, some of Jimi’s effects pedals are kept at various museums, and one of his original Marshall amps is actually owned by the Marshall company, and they have modeled a custom model after it (called Marshall Super 100JH).