Woodstock ~ Then and Now

Yep, I remember – Peace, Love, Dope!

Actually, for people not there, it was a blip on the news wire – it was the after effect that was interesting.  It became important as it became a money maker.  The movie pushed it to fame!

I would encourage you to read a first time remembrance http://www.newsweek.com/id/211496

The actually event was crowded and without enough facilities, food and water.  It rained.  It was muddy.  But, it had music and those were the days when musicians struggled and teens scraped their allowances together to go see them.  The musicians were not yet multi-millionaires.  The tickets were affordable.  The music was raw.

I was a continent and part of the Pacific away from Woodstock – but the legacy trickled down.  It was more the end of an era, rather than the beginning of one.  Spontaneity is no longer part of music – everything is highly orchestrated and expensive.

Woodstock today is known as the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

I would encourage you to take the I-Tour of the place – http://bethelwoodscenter.org/about/itour.aspx – the young people of 40 years ago would not be welcome in this place of money and the social elite.  But, it has a Woodstock “Memorial” and “Museum”!