He was the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Dig Deeper 24 Famous People Who Are Also Secretly Artists Also ranks #32 on The Best Acoustic Bands and Artists of All Time Also ranks #35 on The Best One-Hit Wonders of the 1970s 90 Linda Ulvaeus 129 votes Linda ...
Cocker's career took off when he released his cover of The Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" in 1968, which not only reached number one on the UK Singles Chart but also was a defining performance at the legendary Woodstock festival. His distinctive style of performing, often ...
How Bob Marley brought reggae into the mainstreamOverview of Bob Marley's career, including footage of the One Love concert, which has been called the “Jamaican Woodstock.” See all videos for this article In 1969 Clapton and Baker formed the groupBlind Faithwith keyboardist-vocalistSteve Winwoo...
attendees began to express their discontent through vandalism and fires, with several stages and structures being set ablaze. Reports of sexual assaults and allegations of poor security only added to the turmoil. Ironically, it was the exact opposite of the original Woodstock's "peace and love" ...
Michael Shrieve and others. So close was their musical bond that Santana seemed to have arrived fully formed during a now-legendary appearance at Woodstock. Unfortunately, it wouldn't last: Carlos Santana eventually drifted from the group's foundational Latin-rock sound, and the original band disi...
Rock and Roll Hall of FamemusicianDavid Crosbydied at the age of 81. Founding member of the Byrds, he is synonymous with the legendary group Crosby, Stills, Nash (and sometimes Young.) His death was reported Jan. 19. Memorable for their performance at Woodstock, their hits included "Wooden...
1969—Recorded only a month after Woodstock, the September 20 concert was the band’s fourth show in two days at New York’s Fillmore East and featured both acoustic and electric sets. Stephen Stills and Neil Young compiled and mixed the original eight-track concert recordings. [Available in ...
dipping. No one died. No groovy babies were born. It didn’t close the Interstate due to people trying to get to the fest. It was not declared a disaster area. And Joni Mitchell didn’t write a song about it even if she did play at AC Pop (briefly; see below), unlike Woodstock....
attendees began to express their discontent through vandalism and fires, with several stages and structures being set ablaze. Reports of sexual assaults and allegations of poor security only added to the turmoil. Ironically, it was the exact opposite of the original Woodstock's "peace and love" ...
It was the first concert at this outdoor venue. Oh man! It was like Woodstock. We even had the rain. I was with two other people. We had a large cooler full of beer and some food, two blankets, sunscreen, a couple of chairs, and some other stuff. We got in really early ...