# Does anyone have a connection to Woodstock? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874 "2016-05-15T21:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/21 "2016-05-17T16:48:30Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I bought a Woodstock vinyl LP album in the early 80’s, and played it on my record player many times. Okay, so that is quite tangential. > [@mack](#): > > My tangential connection is I’ve been to the site once and to Bethel Woods, the concert venue on the other side of the hill. These two things for me as well. I still have the vinyl album, and I’ve visited the site and also attended a Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp concert there in 2009. In addition, in my work as a salesman of commercial pest control services, I inspected the main buildings on the site and prepared a proposal for preventive services, which I submitted to Bethel Woods management. This would have been around 2013. Didn’t get the sale, though; one of the competitors must have come in cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/22 "2016-05-17T17:49:56Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Don’t be surprised if she, like me, doesn’t remember much from that long ago. Most of my memories are disconnected “snapshots.” As has been said, “If you remember the sixties, you weren’t actually there.” Of course, no one can remember who said it.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/23 "2016-05-17T18:13:22Z")
I grew up in Kingston, and my parents considered going. They decided against it, having two kids in diapers at the time. 🙂 Woodstock had a great old movie theater that sold Necco wafers for 25 cents from an old pull-handle machine. Short answer, No. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/24 "2016-05-17T20:33:19Z")
My partner was there - with his parents. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/25 "2016-05-17T21:23:51Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I grew up in Kingston, and my parents considered going. They decided against it, having two kids in diapers at the time. 🙂 Woodstock had a great old movie theater that sold Necco wafers for 25 cents from an old pull-handle machine. > > Short answer, No. 🙂 The Woodstock festival wasn’t in Woodstock, NY. It was in Bethel, which is down in Sullivan County, not up in Ulster. However, Bob Dylan lived in Woodstock for a while, and that’s where Big Pink was located. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/26 "2016-05-17T21:57:21Z")
I used to live near the site, and flew over it all the time when I was a flight instructor. Also ran into Sam Yasgur once at a restaurant. He was Max’s son, and supposedly convinced his dad to allow the festival on his land. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/27 "2016-05-17T22:00:32Z")
The graveyard security officer at my work was there. He and his friends got there late Saturday night after two sleepless days on the road. I asked him about The Who’s performance–did he see Abbie Hoffman get Kabonged? He said he slept through their whole set. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/28 "2016-05-17T22:26:15Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > The Woodstock festival wasn’t in Woodstock, NY. It was in Bethel, which is down in Sullivan County, not up in Ulster. However, Bob Dylan lived in Woodstock for a while, and that’s where Big Pink was located. Yep. I just like to mention Necco wafers at any opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/29 "2016-05-17T22:29:18Z")
That little Yellow Bird & I were best buds. Didn’t get along with his Beagle friend, though. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/30 "2016-05-18T18:52:55Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Yep. I just like to mention Necco wafers at any opportunity. Completely understandable. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/31 "2016-05-18T19:56:43Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I used to live near the site, and flew over it all the time when I was a flight instructor. Also ran into Sam Yasgur once at a restaurant. He was Max’s son, and supposedly convinced his dad to allow the festival on his land. Was it still in a messy state when you first saw it? Were there any relics like the stage still there? When did it become as clean looking as we see it today? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/32 "2016-05-18T22:47:52Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Was it still in a messy state when you first saw it? Were there any relics like the stage still there? When did it become as clean looking as we see it today? I saw it long after the festival, so no artifacts were apparent from the air. But I did see the construction of the present-day Bethel Woods performing arts center. Prior to that it was pretty much another hill among hills in the Catskills. Frequently when I pointed it out to my students I’d marvel at the fact that not only had something once actually happened in Sullivan County, but Janis Joplin and Jimi freakin’ Hendrix played here! The local lore is interesting. I’m told that many natives were embarrassed by the whole thing and tried to forget it all. They actively discouraged any tourist interest, which was spectacularly stupid IMHO. The area has pretty much been a depressed, if somewhat scenic, dump for decades. Meanwhile, the town of Woodstock - where the festival did NOT happen - is a tourist destination to this day because they chose to capitalize on the name. To this day people visit there, not realizing the festival took place nowhere near it. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/33 "2016-05-20T04:03:02Z")
Two coworkers were there. The one doesn’t remember much about the music, but remembers having sex with several women in the mud. The other one remembers most of the music, and never gets tired of telling people about it. It’s clear she had a great time, but doesn’t like to give out any details. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/34 "2016-05-20T14:06:58Z")
My parents went. My mother recalls a lot of people, music and “shit loads of mud”. My father hasn’t talked about it much at all, not sure he remembers…lol ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874/35 "2016-05-20T16:22:27Z")
Were you all there when they did “breakfast in bad for 300,000”? Thats when the locals took it on themselves to set up a meal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-connection-to-woodstock/754874.md?page=1)