Woodstock Performers Thirty-two musicians, a combination of local and world-famous talent, performed at Woodstock. Around 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 15, Richie Havens took the stage and played a 45-minute set. Havens was followed by an unscheduled blessing by yoga guru Sri Swami Satchidan...
After appearances at the Monterey and Woodstock festivals at the end of the 1960s, the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Hite (vocals), Wilson (guitar, harmonica and vocals), Henry Vestine and later Harvey Mandel (lead guitar), Larry Taylor (bass), and Adolfo de ...
After the disbandment of the Experience in 1969, Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist without a band. When he performed at the famous Woodstock event, he called his backing band “a band of gypsies.” Band of Gypsys played four gigs at the Fillmore East and these were all documented. Of course, ...
Los Angeles band Sweetwater was supposed to open the three-day concert, but was delayed by traffic congestion. Singer Nasi Nevins was injured in a car crash in Dec. 1969 cutting short the band's career. Three surviving members performed at Woodstock '94. Bert Sommer, who played "Woof" in ...
He was the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Dig Deeper 24 Famous People Who Are Also Secretly Artists Also ranks #31 on The Best Acoustic Bands and Artists of All Time Also ranks #36 on The Best One-Hit Wonders of the 1970s 90 Linda Ulvaeus 129 votes Linda ...
Mexican-American icon and guitar great Carlos Santana roared onto the scene with his eponymous group in 1969 at Woodstock. With his fearless fusion of Latin rhythms, jazz and rock, Santana has since been a top-tier reference for American music. A spiritual seeker renowned for his spiraling psyc...
Collective Soul, and others. By the weekend, the weather took a turn and transformed the festival grounds at Winston Farm in Saugerties into a giant muddy puddle. Although Woodstock '69 was also rainy and mud-filled, the madness that ensued at Woodstock '94 led it to be dubbed...
” That was released as Daring Dan Hutton. Then I cut “Farmer’s Daughter” on Mercury as Basil Swift and the Seagrams. One day, a guy named Larry Goldberg contacted me. He was trying to get something happening at HBR. He was sort of an A&R guy, a hustler, not a musician. But...
Just as they had followed Dylan to Woodstock, so the Band now decamped to southern California. The move suited Robertson, who acclimated quickly to the Hollywood lifestyle, but the others felt like fish out of water. Northern Lights—Southern Cross (1975) at least proved that the Band had ...
(The Hollies) were all part of popular bands before teaming to create the harmonies that make up CS&N. The trio's self-titled debut album, released in 1969, featured the songs "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express." A spot at Woodstock that year helped cement their place in ...