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FailureToCommunicate

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5. Don't feel bad. Actually being there was not that great. Not **that** much acid, but yes,
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 07:46 AM
Aug 2015

LOTS of mud. These were farmer fields, with about twenty inches of rich topsoil, (you know, cows) and when it rained it became the biggest mud fest ever. Under makeshift plastic tarps the music was drowned out, and you could barely see the stage.

Only after the movie came out did we feel like we experienced anything resembling a concert...

We got tickets also, but no one took them. My younger brother wrote a thanks you letter to Max Yasgur and his wife wrote back saying how nice of him to thank them. Alas, my brother lost both the tickets and the response letter.

Almost seems like ancient history these days.

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Awesome madokie Aug 2015 #1
Truly beautiful malaise Aug 2015 #2
Sigh... gregcrawford Aug 2015 #3
I had a choice of going to Woodstock with two friends or Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #4
Don't feel bad. Actually being there was not that great. Not **that** much acid, but yes, FailureToCommunicate Aug 2015 #5
With all that mud & jubilation Marty McGraw Aug 2015 #24
Not to be that guy Quackers Aug 2015 #6
I noticed that also. Perspective is different and a few things are drawn in the album cover. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #8
Just taken from a different angle kcr Aug 2015 #11
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When Hitch Hiking was a form of transportation............................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #7
Ten Years After was with the Festival Express tour of Canada too. AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2015 #15
Sweet! Botany Aug 2015 #21
It was and still is the most......................... turbinetree Aug 2015 #25
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awww, thanks!! after reading some of the truly depressing stuff here, what a lovely thing to see! niyad Aug 2015 #9
heartwarming Zorra Aug 2015 #10
It doesn't take much to get out of the doldrums.^^^ Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #13
lovely Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #14
Aww, that's just sweet! hifiguy Aug 2015 #16
Damn that's awesome, good for them DebbieCDC Aug 2015 #17
Great story. Thanks for this post. IHateTheGOP Aug 2015 #18
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Who was the photographer? Anyone know? kwassa Aug 2015 #20
Wonder if they still get high? hollowdweller Aug 2015 #22
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I'll date myself GP6971 Aug 2015 #26
Congrats! Nice looking couple then and now! PatrickforO Aug 2015 #28
Keep in mind the conservatives of the time were saying ALL of them should be killed.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #29
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