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Bobbi Ercoline, whose image was immortalized on the cover of Woodstock’s live album, is dead. She was 73.
“As a person, she always gave,” he said. “How much do you really need if you have all you need or want? So she gave and gave and gave. She didn’t deserve this past year’s nightmare, but she isn’t suffering from the physical pain anymore, and that brings some comfort to us.”
“It said, ‘They closed the New York State Thruway. Don’t come,’ explained Bobbi. “We were on our way. We had to check it out.”
The couple and friends drove to the festival site, parking six miles away but close enough to hear the music.
“Everybody shared,” added Bobi in her recollection of the festival to PEOPLE. “It was a wonderful time.”
While the couple only stayed less than 24 hours at the festival, a photo of them embracing became the cover of the 1970 albumWoodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More.
“Wefound the blanket on the wayand picked it up,” explained Bobbie while describing the historic cover photo in a 2019 interview withAARP Magazine.
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“We had not come prepared. We didn’t have tickets. We just took the challenge, and we didn’t know what to expect. There were thousands of people walking miles and miles carrying sleeping bags and instruments, and lots of stuff got discarded. When we got on that hill, we couldn’t see the stage, but we had amazing sound.”
“It all composed very nicely with the hillside in the background and the foreground objects on the left and the side. It lent itself to a very beautiful composition,” he added.
Getting selected for the album cover caused an issue for Bobbi, she toldThe New York Postin 2019 duringWoodstock’s 50th anniversary.
“That’s when I realized I needed to tell my mother that I had gone to Woodstock,” Bobbi told the outlet.
The group was supposed to get back in time for church on Sunday, she told
The group’s initial intent was to get home in time for church on Sunday, she told New York’s Eyewitness News in an interview the same year.
“Proof that I did not go to Mass,” she said.
source: people.com
