Word would go out thru the grapevine or posters plastered everywhere let people know something was happening in the park. There were no sponsors, no bigger than life superstars. But people showed up anyway. They brought the party with them and loved the bands. Local bands, some not even that good would play. There were some good bands to be sure, but it wasn't the musicianship that mattered, it was their attitude, their love for life and fellow man in a rapidly changing world. It was a social thing. People were tiring of commercially manufactured images like Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Boddy Rydell and the big record companies picked up on the local scenes, began signing bands and the race was on. The whole world was watching and listening. It was young. It was wild. It was freedom. It was love. It was one big Celebration of Life.

Local bands, before they becme stars, could be approached on a personal level in that beautiful era. But as their super fame spread you couldn't get near them anymore. And each time you saw them you paid a higher price. The machine that made them also took them from you. These fantastically talented bands, and beautiful people deserve everlasting recognition for what they gave us. Many of those bands superstar bands wanted to play at Goodstock. Rather the machine they belong to, the management companies, the agents, wanted them to play, in fact some insisted. Even to the point of listing Goodstock on theior tour calendar weeks before Goodstock was contacted. I think they understood that Goodstock is the last vestage, the last strong hold of the spirit, or maybe they saw it as just another stop on a commercialized hoopla Summer of Love tour. Goodstock has very little in common with a commercialized Summer of Love which is for sale. Don't expect ribbons and bows and frills. It's what's inside the gate that counts. Goodstock is not for sale. It's a gift to you and your children. Let's make this Goodstock your generation's Woodstock!

You won't see superstars from the 60s at Goodstock. They're gone. Sixties supergroups are mostly tributes to themselves now, cover bands with hardly ever more than one or two of the original members, and in-fighting over who owns the name or who can play what songs made them unattractive to the Goodstock spirit. Outrageous demands for extra special treatment and unreasonable contracts that specified expensive equipment that no one else could use, and demands to control everything from advertising, to the final say on who else was on the bill, the arrogance of wanting paid even if they didn't show, and with fees out of proportion to the revenue generated by their dwindling audiences they have outpriced themselves. But I don't include all 'national' bands, as some are not superstars, but only think themselves to be. And again there are some nationals with a hit or two that are the salt of the earth. Good people, easy to work with, willing to drop the overbearing contractual clauses. But in the end it's still related to money, no matter how relatively little or much. They can't afford to travel far to play for little or nothing. It's a business reality now, not the way it was when bands who had the will found the way just for exposure.

Goodstock is not about egos. It's not even entirely about the 60s. There are some great new talents with us too.Tomorrow's Pink Floyds, Grateful Deads. Goodstock ! It's about YOU! The real you. Take time to step back and take a look at yourself, where you have been, and where you are going. There are no fakes here, only good people, and great ROCK AND ROLL. The kind that attracted you a long time ago. It never went away, you did. But it's been waiting for you faithfully. Its an evening in the park with good times and music, while you leave your troubles at the gate. You are about to discover for yourself the superstar quality there in every one of our bands. Some of them go back 40 years and still have the magic of all original members. They weren't in the right place at the right time for fame to destroy them. For three days you will experience the heart and soul of rock and roll. If you miss it, you will kick yourself forever, because you will never have another chance to see live, some of the greatest musicians that ever played. It's not to late for you. Take your dreams back from the machine.