4/2023.........My people, my generation. I didn't attend,....but I have this place and time in my heart, forever. I'm 69,...and have always lived a "Woodstock" inspired lifestyle. I was able to become an artist, (I had a god given talent), and I followed my dreams and was successful. Thank you for sharing your wonderful life story.

For this man and many other people of his age their Woodstock story is the most amazing of all and we should appreciate that considering how awesome that concert was. He even found the love of his life there, so he should be the happiest man on earth :D Why are there negative comments here :( This makes me sad...

The spirit of Woodstock is in your heart. Carry it with you always...

There will never be another Woodstock NEVER!!!!

Summer of '69 I was a conscientious objector, drafted and was trained as an Army medic & sent to Vietnam. I was 19, my wife was 18. Met her at love-in in Griffith Park. Consequently - that was a very different time for us 2 kids. There were 2 versions of C.O.'s - perform national service as a civilian (need much religious affiliation) ; or agree to 2 years in the Army, and be trained as a combat medic and serve without carrying a weapon. There were many of us C.O. medics in Vietnam....and a couple were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

Wow. Congradulations. Your story is one among many of the others that are introduced as the best. You want to hear the worst story? I wasn't there! End of story.

The camera needed to be on him, not her.

I was 12 and 3000 miles away, darn it. My spirits were there Love always

Great story!!!!

A magic of love n nataure of nice people fr late sixties wonderful generation

This is amazing.. Back in 1969 i was only 14 and didnt know , where US is .. except when my father listning news on Radio.. & told us that an American name Armstrong has landed on moon.. in 1972 i entered college. in mid 70s i met hippies , in Peshawar ( They were on hippies trail & were on there way to India). so i was influened by them.. then i did my master in Economics in 1977 & joined a Bank.. served there for 38 years , but all those years , Hippies culture on my mind.. But when got retired the world has changed. I tried my best to find some hippi , but could not.. travelled the whole Pakistan .. in search of hippies.. but failed.. now i feel my career has oblitarated my passion..😢😓

Patrick, Always a pleasure hearing your story, Steve Brown

wonderful story .........that was what woodstock was all about

I very much enjoyed your story Thanks for sharing it.

Oh this is so beautiful ✌️❤️

awesome story, long live LOVE

this is what i wish our youth was like today

Unlike me, this poor lady was too polite to excuse herself. Bet she was thinking, so when is this all going to end! Thanks for posting this - Woodstock was the greatest rock festival that ever was!

Thanks for sharing your story.

beautiful.. Thank you for sharing!

Wonderful story. Thank you for sharing it.

Everything about this blonde woman is beautiful, especially her smile with her perfect teeth. And I'm sure she's a good personality too. Only the beautiful ones.

I got tears in my eyes, good for you and Marie!

I was 10 at the time and knew nothing of Woodstock. However, I’ve been enamored with researching and hearing stories about the event ever since I became aware of it.

Great story I wish I could have been there but I was only one year old. I hope to make it to 50th Woodstock reunion this year In Watkin Glen NY this year.

This sounds very much like Duke Devlin, legendary guide/docent at the magnificent Bethel Woods Museum.

RIGHT ON I VISITED IT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME FINALLY MADE IT 55 YRS LATE.

Great story!

What a fantastic love story! Congrats and truly a story your grand kids will be proud of.

Back then you could just hop on a bike with a stranger and 40 years later still married. Now you have to meet online. lol

I was 11 in 69 & saw Woodstock in a theater in Chicago. But the 60s sort of molded me as a child that created a peace loving anti establishment 53 year old woman I am now. Your right on about Sly & the Family Stones I want to take you Higher song because it did take you to a higher sence what life should be about!

amazing, Ive been obsessed with woodstock since i was 16, visited bethel in 2010. always dreamed of meeting someone who actually was there. Amazing story, wish the camera was on the story teller.

Dear God this story is longer than the festival.

She looked like she wanted to get away from him so bad.....

You and the Ercolines are the great love affairs that began at Woodstock.

Nice story, great or whatever u wanna call it. To him it's understandable the real thing. An American cultural milestone(d) Like a bottle of vintage wine, time makes it taste better even though he still didn't get over the smell... Still there was something going on back then. Maybe it really was peace and love ? Nice to hear there's a couple that made it while so many no longer believe in the flower power.

Hello Patrick, thank you for the story. I carry the spirit. I was 14 that summer. I was from Harrison in Westchester County, NY.

great story...thank you for sharing it...

Press 5, if you want to know how every single person felt after Woodstock '69 was over.

Hey Patrick, this is a great and very cool story. Thanks for sharing, and on behalf of all good people on earth ~ I apologize for the negative if not idiotic comments on here. Good lord people get a grip... smoke a doob or get laid or something. Congrats to you both on a long marriage!! :)

That's a great story Patrick! A chance meeting with the girl that would become your wife and 46 years later you are still together.

Glad to hear you found true love at the festival, or least because of it. I have a similar story - two of my relatives got engaged at the festival. (They already knew each other beforehand, if you are curious.) Sadly, they didn't make it in the long run, but they did remain married for a long time. Surely the shared memory of Woodstock helped with that.

The real greatest Woodstock story ever told. I used to work with a guy who went to the Woodstock thing. When he got home on Monday morning after the show was over, he found his draft notice waiting for him. Within a year he was in Viet Nam. Funniest thing about it was he stayed in the army for 20 years after, becoming a career man and an MP, and was even in the reserves long enough to go to Kuwait in 1991.

what a cool story! Patrick Colucci

wow. Unbelievable story. love love love.

For more good Woodstock stories read Woodstock Revisited edited by Susan Reynolds. One of the stories is about/by Pam Crowe who is/was pictured in the 1969 Life magazine special issue. Every time I look at her, my crush is rekindled. Look up her pic and you will agree that she is what Woodstock dreams are made of.

Love you always Patrick and Maria!

Thank you for this !

Awesome story, Its amazing how things work out in the end my friend...

i was 8 years old,and i don't know there was woodstock there,i'm disappoint my self. I'm from thailand.now I'm 50 years old but still love rock music forever.

Wavy gravy old`n`crazy...

that is a very good story. I totally enjoyed that. thanks, roballen2

@xyzauto You nailed it brother. Beautiful story and quite a wonderous turning point in your life.A few of my circle of friends and I had just graduated high school and hitchiked from Calif. to this life changing event. I clearly remember (that in itself is remarkable) that smell you mention. Poop-shis I've always called it.The very next concert we attended was Altamont and a year later I found myself in Viet Nam.Those ...were a combination of wonderful and crazy times. Peace bro.

I was there @ 13.

Cool story!!

I went to the Wodstock museum in Bethel in October it was GREAT! I saw the plaque he's stand by too :)

Peace and love are the most important thing in this world, yet we have the ones that beg a differ, with there ego and greed

that was truly a beautiful story!

Title should read: The 45,317th greatest Woodstock story ever told

pretty Cool !!!

awesome story

I've got chills.

She was easy to look at as the story unfolded.

Did he say “nun in the morning and nun at night”? Hahahaha. If so, that was hilarious.

It gave me goosebumps.

I worked Woodstock 69 for Rolling Stone Magazine. It was a time Pearl and made up and we were an item again. Plus I tried to keep my friend (Abby Hoffman) from going on stage and making a fool of himself. He was high on Acid and since I couldn't stop him Pete Townsend roughed him up and we got him off stage...But I do have a ton of stories I could share.

now to know more about the counterculture reached here..

I was there... Some of my buddies and I decided the night before and we just went. I got there just in time to see the tall chain link fence go down...! I soon took a job selling hot dogs at a concession... all the food was gone in one hour. I made a small pay check for that. I saw a friend from my home town, Steven Tallerico who you will know as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fame... He was in a very bad condition, if you know what I mean. The crowd continued to swell. I ran into a previous girlfriend and her sister who put me up in their tent. I stayed two or three days on then bummed a ride back to Westchester. I noticed a professional photographer on the stage take a shot in my direction just before I left and when the TIME Magazine special came out in December, spotted my distant image although without enough facial details to convince anyone but myself. Patrick Colucci and I are both from the same place almost, Terrytown and Yonkers border each other along the Hudson River, he's two years younger than me.

my claim to fame ... at least i was on the planet (as a 1 year old) when this took place. lol

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How rude to leave in the middle of the greatest story ever told. What a jerk!

Priceless

All she did was ask him if he had the time.

that was great

Someone died at Woodstock? Did anyone else die?

i love ur story so sweet.

the camera is on him.... just look into those glasses... haha.

that's beautiful

Beautiful

I love it ;] god bless

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Great story.

Cool story...congratulations!!!:-)

that is AWESOME!

A very good story. Woodstock. although brief was a major break in the 'matrix we found ourselves some years later. No way that could be allowed to continue. But you what? There are some serious cracks in that matrix today. Peace, love and appreciation.

Yeah they tried Woodstock in the 90s but... it was a nightmare for many. We need our own Woodstock in this time. Perhaps it will be done on Skype.

great story bro

Does she look like she's about to cry or is it only me who thinks that ?

They were all distracted while the country was secretly selling out

He found Diane Keatons daughter.

My second cousin was at Woodstock festival in 1969

W☮️NDERFUL TIMES ... ^___^

LUCKY IM SO FREKEN JEALOUS 😭😭

Hard to believe that its gunna be 49 yrs gone by this august.

Hokey love story ruined in the middle anyway by bizarre tangential tale of how he witnessed a man crushed to death by a tractor...

I was hoping for a crazzy acid trip story

Wow…

"I see that we meet again".....Jimi H. It was the coming together of a previous gathering some 2000 yrs before..the Sermon on the Mount Christ Consciousness was in the air....LSD made it all possible

Summary of the story; A 19 year old priest went to woodstock (sober, at that) and saw the infamous tractor death, then it rained and smelled like shit. I thought I'd type this because he's a poor story teller.

nice story.