“After a year of incredible drama, I had a nervous breakdown. We had a huge success but at the same time there were people who wanted us destroyed. I know that sounds over the top but that’s how it felt. They wanted us dead, again that is how it felt to me, but I believe it...
” the singer recalled. “Whereas most of the people in the industry so far, we’d given them our tape and they were like, ‘Eh.’ But he really got it, so we went with him.”
You know, those things – but the part that mattered about Woodstock and why it will never happen again like that is that there was true love. That might sound corny, but people were sharing with complete strangers what little they had in the way of food, weed, who knows. People were ...
if that rings true for musicians, then Delaney & Bonnie were definitely good. The couple married just seven days after meeting, a whirlwind romance that quickly became professional as well. For many years Delany & Bonnie, found little success as recording artists but instead became known...
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investment prowess, Buffett has amassed a personal fortune of over $140 billion, according toForbes. He inspires legions of loyal fans to make a yearly trek to Omaha, Neb., for an opportunity to hear him speak at Berkshire’s annual meeting, an event ironically dubbed “Woodstock for ...
Now, in Taylor'sAPchat, the singer briefly reflects on where things were at earlier in the year and what he's doing to address that. “I found that my pursuit of work and all things ego was killing me. And nearly killed me," says Taylor. "So I’ve reinvested my life to the point...
Joni Mitchell neither attended nor performed at Woodstock, but after seeing reports about the festival that weekend, she wrote a song about it. Her own version of "Woodstock," featuring just her electric piano and mutli-tracked vocals, was released as the B-side to "Big Yellow Taxi" and on...
The Gibb brothers were unaware of any of that. They only knew that Stigwood was looking for songs and that he had faith in the group. "No one has ever talked to us about our songwriting. That's always amazed me," Robin Gibb told Rolling Stone in 1977. "I don't think people even...
Santana, 'Live at the Fillmore 1968' (1997) Santana was still rounding into shape, personnel wise, on this pre-Woodstock recording. But the cornerstone interplay between Carlos Santana and Gregg Rolie was already in place through a set that includes five never-before-heard songs and a remarkabl...