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 ...
n August 1969, a groundbreaking rock festival took place, one of the best ever, witnessed by many thousands of people and featuring an amazing cast of diverse bands. No, I’m not talking about Woodstock, although that one wasn’t bad either. I mean the Atlantic City Pop Festival. ...
The singer Melanie, one of only nine women who performed at Woodstock in 1969, died at the age of 76 on Jan. 23. She was best known for her 1970 song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," which was inspired by her experience at the festival. Melinda Wilson Jason Merritt, Getty Images ...
After establishing themselves in the late ‘60s, including a breakthrough performance at Woodstock in 1969, Santana became a certified rock force in the ‘70s. The group released 10 studio albums in the decade, with 1970’s ‘Abraxas’ ranking as the most successful. The LP was Santana’s f...
They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album Surrealistic Pillow ranks on the short list of the most significant...
Recommended Listening: Santana became a superstar at the 1969 Woodstock music festival when they played the iconic "Soul Sacrifice," a combination of amazing organ beats with the lead's piercing guitar solos. Sacrifice the time; it will be worth it to enjoy this one. Fleetwood Mac American...
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...
reached #39 on theBillboardLPs chart and was followed later that year byI-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die(#67). Its opening track, “The ‘Fish’ Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” became a counterculture anthem that was performed solo by McDonald at the 1969 Woodstock ...
I saw the Allman Brothers, Pure Prairie League, the Outlaws (I think) among others at Legend Valley in Ohio back in 1978. 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...
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...