Reply #4: I Was ALMOST There...

[KharmaTrain]

That weekend I was staying with cousins in Flushing Meadows and kept hearing commercials on the radio and the DJs talking up the big music fest that was going on that weekend. My cousin was curious in going...going up that Saturday. That morning we turned on the radio (probably WABC) and heard that traffic was backed up for 20 miles from the site. We saw the local TV coverage instead...pretty hilarious as they sent up these straight-laced reporters (horn-rimmed glasses and crew cuts) with all the singing and dancing going on behind them. One FM station somehow got some bootlegs of Country Joe (the infamous Fish cheer) and ran it uncensored...guess the bosses were asleep that weekend :rofl:

I did meet several friends who were there and it wasn't the romantic party history makes it to be. I remember them complaining about the crowds, mud and they couldn't see or hear anything. But my bets are they now tell their kids and friends they saw Jimi close-up.