On this day , 37 years ago ....

[Quad18star]

Any of the older members (50 +) remember what went down on this day 37 years ago ??? Actually it would have started yesturday , and today would have been day 2 of a 4 day event .

My dad actually flipped a coin to decide where he was going ... heads was Vancouver for work .... tails was this event !!!!!!! He ended up in Vancouver and kicks himself in the *** for not going to the event .

Hint : CCR , Janis Joplin , The Who , Crosby , STill , Nash & Young

[quads14589]

WARB TOUR? :o

[fandl450r]

Woodstock. :D The original one to be more specific.

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by fandl450r
Woodstock. :D The original one to be more specific.

That's right . Undoubtably the greatest concert and moment in music history .

I can just imagine what it would have been like to be there .... half a million people , amazing bands , friendly atmosphere and lots of mud . What began as a $6 ticketed event , turned into a free concert since so many people showed up .

And to think , with so many people , there was hardly any problems ( although 2 people died ... 1 of an overdose and one accidently run over by a farm tractor) . Surely Woodstock 1999 did not compare to the firendly atmosphere of 1969 .


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[fandl450r]

I can only imagine what it would have been like. Music is a pretty big part of my life, well I listen to it a lot, and it doesn't get much better than mud, concerts, and lots of free love. :)

[smr]

OK music lovers...what was yesterday the 27th anniversary of? I would say it was an even bigger moment that woodstock.

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by smr
OK music lovers...what was yesterday the 27th anniversary of? I would say it was an even bigger moment that woodstock.

Beats me !!!! :ermm: :confused:

[fandl450r]

Same here. :confused:

[Pappy]

a stab at it...Elvis took a dirt bath:confused:

[SGA]

Originally posted by smr
OK music lovers...what was yesterday the 27th anniversary of? I would say it was an even bigger moment that woodstock.

August 15th? Nothing too big that I can see.....What happened?
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/thisday/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002156543

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by Pappy
a stab at it...Elvis took a dirt bath:confused:

I don't think so , although today would mark the 29th anniversary of his death . August 16th 1977.

[fandl450r]

Originally posted by Pappy
a stab at it...Elvis took a dirt bath:confused:

That's what I was thinking. Hmmmm what could it be any other guesses I'm stumped. :confused:

[rooster300ex]

Ahhh back in the good ol days.

[NorCalRacer]

Originally posted by Pappy
a stab at it...Elvis took a dirt bath:confused:

That's it. Died on his shiitter on the 15th, found on the 16th, terrible music produced for eons to come....

I miss seeing him on all the tabloids as I waited in line....

[Pappy]

It was ageuss, he was a wee bit before my time:chinese:

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by Pappy
It was ageuss, he was a wee bit before my time:chinese:

Ya you may be old ... but just not that old ... yet !!!! :p :cool:


SMR .... what event happened 27 years ago yesturday ???

[smr]

Yall got it..I was off on the year. I thought Elvis died in 79, It was 77 and he was found on August 16th.

Sorry I messed it up.


Another great rocker died the same year. Can anybody name him? (I know I got this one correct..he was one of my favorites)

[fandl450r]

Bing Crosby? ;)

[Quad18star]

Ronnie Van Zant , Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines all of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in 1977 when their plane went down .

[fandl450r]

Forgot about that. Probably LS, Bing was a shot in the dark lol.

[smr]

Originally posted by Quad18star
Ronnie Van Zant , Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines all of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in 1977 when their plane went down .

Man you guys are good. I thought that one would take awhile. Now I don't fill as old.

[Mxjunkie]

My dad went, he said it was the best time he's had in his entire life..

If you ask me they had it made growing up back then, badass cars, the best music ever made and they got away with so much back then

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
My dad went, he said it was the best time he's had in his entire life..

If you ask me they had it made growing up back then, badass cars, the best music ever made and they got away with so much back then

I agree Josh . My dad was 21 years old when Woodstock happened . He told me he was sitting in a bar with his buddy when they heard about the concert ... they had also just lost their jobs .... so that's when they did the coin toss . He regrets not going to the concert .

The stories my dad tells me about how they used to do things back then amaze me . If we tried to do half as much now days , we'd end up in cuffs and behind bars for a while .

Times have changed !!!!!:ermm:

[Quad18star]

Just think , if you were at Woodstock on this day 37 years ago , right now at 8pm you'd probably be listening to the Grateful Dead , which would have been followed by Creedence Clearwater Revival , followed by Janis Joplin ... then Sly and the Family Stone , The Who and finally Jefferson Airplane .

All in that order .

Talk about one kickin' concert !!!!!!!!!!!:eek2:

[MXracer16]

What about Jimi and his Star Spangeled Banner?

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by MXracer16
What about Jimi and his Star Spangeled Banner?

Probably the most controversial , yet amazing performances at Woodstock . And to think , Jimi played the last set to a nearly empty field . :confused: