History as you’ve never seen it: albums, artists’ births, rumours and more: discover with us what happened this week in music history Bethel, New York, United States, 1969. In a humid, sunny day of ...
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent.