Saturday, August 17, 2019

Do I remember Woodstock?

I began hearing of it during the early 70s, but totally ignored it when it happened. Just like the moon landing. I wasn’t tuning in, back then, I was busy working and probably not that much interested into the music and the rock and roll scene.

I had no idea who Santana, Jimmy Hendrix and the Grateful Dead were back then and no interest either. The events of that weekend, just 50 years ago, slowly percolated into my conscious mind through the 70s as I discovered the culture and the music behind the legendary open air festival.

So, you can always ask me what I was doing when the 3 days of Peace and Music happened, but my answer will be devoid of anything happening around that huge Woodstock meadow, north of New York!

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