planning, and final “explosion” in Bethel, New York in the summer of 1969, as told by Michael Lang, the primary visionary and producer of the festival, a 24-year-old impresario who programmed all the now-legendary bands, and the free-wheelin’, anti-capitalist who let the half ...
At various times one saw Chip Monck, the man who designed and executed the Woodstock sets, later to do the same for Altamont; Sam Cutler; Rock Scully; Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh of the Dead; Lenny Hart, part of the Dead management (he was heard telling Taj Mahal over the phone that ...
they were considered one of the top bands in rock, amassing a string of hits that included “Got the Life,”“Freak on a Leash,”“Falling Away From Me,”“Make Me Bad,”“Here to Stay,”“Did My Time,”“Right Now,
This quarter we are interested particularly in biographical works about sport-philandering Baby Boomers who claim they helped deliver the first baby born at Woodstock or swived either Grace Slick or Alvin Lee before either was famous or developed a drinking problem. That should be legions of you...
John Morris, one of the organizers of 1969's Woodstock music festival, died in November at the age of 84. Morris' career first took off in San Francisco, where he often worked with concert promoter Bill Graham and acts like Jefferson Airplane, the Doors and the Grateful Dead. He continued...
1969: Woodstock music festival Public Domain 1969: Woodstock music festival Billed as "three days of peace and music," the Woodstock music festival featured more than 30 rock bands and was attended by more than 400,000 in upstate New York. The event is widely regarded as a key turning point...
(it peaked at No. 51) has the perfect mixture of hook and narrative, capped by that unforgettable exhortation from singer A. Jay Popoff — "Please tell me why." We can only venture a guess as to why this song has stuck around so long. But go ask the large number of local bands ...
He began recording his own music at home on an 8-track long before it was considered ‘retro’ to do so. Over the years he’s been in more bands than one could comfortably keep track of; Tin Honey Gold, Idiot Purge, and St. Bastard, to name a few. If you’re looking for a ...
'At Budokan' Cheap Trick (1979):Cheap Trick had released three albums with middling sales when they played Tokyo in 1978. A year later, they were one of the planet's biggest bands thanks to this electrifying live album that feeds off the audience's relentless adoration. ...
'At Budokan' Cheap Trick (1979):Cheap Trick had released three albums with middling sales when they played Tokyo in 1978. A year later, they were one of the planet's biggest bands thanks to this electrifying live album that feeds off the audience's relentless adoration. ...