My Story: I was working at the Majestic Hotel in So Fallsburgh in 69. I'd visit my Mom at the Capitol Inn weekly ... she did my laundry and fed me the only good meal I'd eat all week. My old friend Stuie Levine was working with me, and we heard about a big concert, and (like morons) we actually bought tickets for all 3 days.
During that summer, we went to lots of concerts in the area, most notably, all 4 shows of Ten Years After at the Breezy Corners casino! Yes, that's true! We all watched the guys walk on the moon from the tiny TV in the Majestic Hotel lobby.
As the summer wore on, the buzz about the festival was everywhere. Nearly ALL my co-workers at the hotel quit their jobs, and began the trek to Bethel. My old buddy Leon Jublinsky and I strapped 2 matrresses to the hood of my car (who ever heard of sleepting bags back then? Not good little jewish boys!)
Had to ditch the car on 17B, even though we left for the festival in the middle of the night before the first day. What should have taken 1 hour tops took 4 hours before the ditching.
The rest, as they say, is history. Twas an event I'll never forget ... I'd love to forget the rain and the mud though. And of course, after Hendrix was done, I headed over to Balcha at the Capitol Inn to do my laundry and to get a good meal and a real bathroom!
As before, let me apologize for those pix that I simply can't rotate on the blog ... it's their fault!
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Small Informal Theatre in the Round |
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They Have Bathrooms Now! |
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Great video shown inside the bus! |
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Iconic poster ... $40 |
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My iPhone took this! |
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I think I passed this busy intersection |
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I totally remember this sign on my trek to find the Porto-potties! |
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Look at the reflection in my sunglasses |
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Went to this Back to the Garden show in about 2003 - Joni Mitchell, Pete Townsend, 10 Years After and more |
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I'm Losing Weight - really! |
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The Site of the Stage |
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June Gelish (at the bottom right) was the mother of one of Toby's husband Steve's good friend Charlie. Charlie and I were in Tilden High School together too. |
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The sign for the monuments ... nice place to stop |
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Just some of the headliners |
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The center of the stage was literally on the other side of this fence |
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Main Entrance today |
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Different People - same intersection |
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