Who are the couple on the cover of the Woodstock album?
Bobbi and Nick Ercoline
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesBobbi and Nick Ercoline, the couple featured on the Woodstock album, pose on the festival grounds 50 years later. The success of the Woodstock album made the cover-gracing couple an enduring symbol of the concert, which ran without much violence except for two fatal accidents.
How many people were at Woodstock?
400,000
Attendance estimates vary, but it’s believed at least 400,000 music lovers attended Woodstock. Woodstock didn’t actually happen in Woodstock, but on a farm in Bethel, New York, about an hour outside of the town of Woodstock.
Were there bathrooms at Woodstock 1969?
All in all, around 500,000 people attended Woodstock over the three days of the festival. Whereas Yankee Stadium, for example, has one toilet for every 62 fans, Woodstock only had one toilet for every 833 music fans.
Was Woodstock peaceful?
Still, despite—or because of—a lot of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and rain, Woodstock was a peaceful celebration and earned its hallowed place in pop culture history.
Who was the most popular band at Woodstock?
These are our picks for the top 15 acts of Woodstock:
- Country Joe McDonald.
- Jefferson Airplane.
- Sly & The Family Stone.
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
- Janis Joplin.
- Santana.
- The Who.
- Jimi Hendrix. Without question, the greatest performance of the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair was the final performance of them all—Jimi Hendrix.
Is the Woodstock album cover photo about the married couple?
Despite the lingering misconceptions, the Woodstock album cover photo has conjured up about the married couple, the photograph has a special place in their hearts — and in their home. A poster-size version of Uzzle’s iconic photo hangs above their breakfast table.
Who was the photographer at Woodstock 1969?
A photograph of the couple — wrapped in a tender embrace and a pink blanket — became the cover of 1970’s “Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More.” But at the time, they had no clue that photographer Burke Uzzle had even captured the shot at the festival, which took place the weekend of Aug. 15 to 18, 1969.
Who are Bobbi and Nick from Woodstock?
Couple on iconic Woodstock album cover still rocking decades later: ‘It’s us. That’s who we are. Still’ Bobbi and Nick Ercoline are the blanket-wrapped pair on the album cover of recordings from the famous peace and music festival and they’ve never untangled themselves
What happened at Woodstock 1969?
A little over 50 years ago, Nick Ercoline and his girlfriend, Bobbi Kelly, heard about a new upcoming music festival called Woodstock. The festival later became one of the most legendary music events of all time, courtesy of the American counterculture of the 1960s. Woodstock was a three-day outdoor affair held between Aug. 15 to 18 in 1969.