06/04/2026
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ-๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ 2023. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
โIt was Woodstock elders Duke Devlin, Charlie Maloney, and Bobbi and I who would sit at the monument. I would pack a cooler with sandwiches and drinks, because we would go up there at 10 a.m., and wouldnโt leave until like 3.
When youโre on the hill and look out over the field, that was empty in 1969. You had Filippini Pond in the back, it was absolutely beautiful. And when people got to Woodstock, they felt this was a peaceful setting. It's like a Garden of Eden.
Now at Bethel Woods, I watch people coming on a Friday or Saturday, and theyโre white-knuckled when they get out of the car. But it's immediate relief, opening that door and putting your foot on the ground, and you're at the original site, and it's like decompression time. They smile and everything changes.
I give tours to artists who have never been there. Michael McDonald was very gracious and friendly. I gave tours to Kidz Bop. I found that the younger bands are in awe of going to this place, the sacred ground, and want to hear the stories.
At Woodstockโs 50th anniversary, we had lines of 100 people to see us. We had to get a box of tissues, some of the women on line were crying because they wanted to see Bobbi and me. I was like, โOh, no. You don't have to cry, come over here. Give me a hug.โ It was surreal.
The other day, I drove to the dog groomer on a back road. I pull up to a stop sign and I look to the left, but I don't really stop. To my right, there's a cop, and it's too late because I've already rolled through the stop sign. So he pulls me over: โlicense, registration.โ I happened to mention, โThe chief's a friend of mine.โ So he walked back to the car and 2, 3 minutes later, he brings me back my license and registration. The first words out of his mouth are, โYou're famous, man!โ"
๐ Full story: bethelwoodscenter.org/news/detail/20-stories-nick-ercoline
Whether you were there in 1969 or are looking back on it today, which Woodstock performance would you most want to see (or see again)?
