It is 8:45 on the last night of Woodstock. It is a cool, summer evening with a wonderful breeze. As the sun disappears and the moon rises, a powerful figure with a shock of red hair is under a spotlight. He sings, "Ground Control to Major Tom...." Bowie's voice is so strong it actually shocks the crowd.

Jimi Hendrix watches from the wings. He thinks, "Jesus Christ this guy is beautiful."

As the next song, Moonage Daydream, progresses, Ronson begins his famous solo. He and Bowie have improvised a little dance. Ronson's solo sears the sky.

Bowie strips down to a jockstrap. He is incredibly thin and sinewy. He does Changes, Ziggy Stardust, The Man Who Sold The World and Rock 'N Roll Suicide. It is an astonishing setlist.

For the encore, Jimi Hendrix joins Bowie and Ronson and they do Five Years. Hendrix's solo emulates a mother's sighing, telephones, toys, and a young girl laughing. As Bowie sings, "We've got five years," Jimi's guitar starts weeping. It is his most famous solo.

breath-taking

Don't forget the Motor City.

Wasn't Ziggy a few years away in '69? The whole principle of the character was opposition to the formlessness of hippie-inflected rock performance. If he had appeared at Woodstock I wonder if the audience would have been ready for him. Almost no one heard Hendrix when he finally went on - his set was really only appreciated in retrospect.

Nail me to my car

Well that's some thing I didn't know he was there wouldn't tha t
act been great to see was it filmed ???
bats

Yea, I'm just using my imagination, good points though as always Em.

Why, thank you, Sam. I do go on a bit but it's because I'm old. And a contrarian.

Nail me to my car

i am starting to like sam (against my better judgement) and i really like old em. interesting thoughts...maybe they are the same person ... maybe the are just like me ... lonely ships in the night.

We're not the same

But maybe we are

Is it nice in your snowstorm?