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What happened to them? Woodstock at 40

AVB

AVB

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Here it is the end of the Woodstock 40th celebration. Everybody thinks that those who played were at the zenith of their careers but how many remember and can name one song by the following acts who also played the festival?

Sweetwater
Bert Sommer
Tim Hardin
Quill
Keef Hartley
Incredible String Band


Sweetwater - The first band to play at Woodstock. Best known for a traditional version of "Motherless Child", the song that Richie Havens sang right before their set.

Bert Sommer - Best known for "We're All Playing In The Same Band" and for being in the Left Banke for a short time.

Tim Hardin - He is best remembered for writing the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by Bobby Darin, and "Reason to Believe", covered by Rod Stewart.

Quill - Well known in the Northeast and even had a cult following they never hit it nationally. Due to a sync problem with the audio and film their performance was never part of the Woodstock movie. That problem was fixed by the time the next band came on; Santana.

Keef Hartley - He replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and later played with John Mayall. Never hit it big in the US.

Incredible String Band - Best known for "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" and the double LP "Wee Tam and the Big Huge" they won folk album of the year for their first record in 1966. Very influential in the folk-rock period of 1966-1974.

And now you know
 
I guess nobody cares what happened to them. Too old for the youngsters and the old folks can't remember :p
 
What did you say? :laugh:

I remember reading and watching the news about the festival on a farm in upstate NY. Just remember the rain and mud people on the news. Did they play music up there? :whistling:
 
Y'know, I was about a decade too late for all that---high school in the '70s, not the '60s---and we all felt like we'd really missed something. I kind of did, too, until one day in my 30s when I actually sat down and watched the Woodstock documentary. And the interviews. :rolleyes:

Clueless children are clueless children no matter what the decade. LOL!

~Boar
 
I remember the Incredible String Band quite well. Saw them live in Philadelphia. Oddest bunch of screwballs I ever saw in concert.

Doc.
 
Not A Nice Person said:
Y'know, I was about a decade too late for all that---high school in the '70s, not the '60s---and we all felt like we'd really missed something. I kind of did, too, until one day in my 30s when I actually sat down and watched the Woodstock documentary. And the interviews. :rolleyes:

Clueless children are clueless children no matter what the decade. LOL!

~Boar
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Boy, do I disagree with that statement. Those clueless children were confronted with a war in a country they never heard of,broadcast live every night on TV, along with body counts,the draft, political riots, assassination of their heroes, the shooting of their peers by the National Guard at Ohio State and race relations. Oh, let's not forget the Cold War, or do you not remember "Duck and cover" and the testing of air raid sirens on Saturday morning. All this might add just a bit of extra stress to an already stress filled adolescents. I don't believe any other generation has had to face so much in such a short period of time. We were not clueless.

Doc.
 
AVB said:
He's from Texas Doc. Lots of mitigating circumstances there.

Not A Nice Person said:
Clueless children are clueless children no matter what the decade. LOL!

~Boar
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Pshaw. :rolleyes:

I grew up expecting to get drafted to fight in Viet Nam, and remember the assassinations of both JFK and MLK vividly, although I suspect the Watergate hearings and the first men on the moon were the truly defining moments of my childhood.

You'll both notice, please, that I didn't say jack shit about any of that . . . I was talking about Woodstock. Go ahead, go watch again. I dare ya.

~Boar
 
Wasn't Sweetwater the band they based the movie Almost Facous on? I wasn't born until a year later but I really wish I could've experienced the music and performances at Woodstock. The footage of Alvin Lee and Mountain both stick out in my mind as being great performances.
 
I was a bit too young to attend Woodstock. I do remember all the travelers!

In particular....We were at the "Bow Wow" Restaurant. It was a long building, doors on each end.

I do not know what provoked it, but a whole bunch of "Hells Angels" rode THROUGH the place, on their way to Woodstock.

It was grand!
 
Reel to Reel? You have one? I'm coming over! :thumbs:

We are going to have to talk music, stereo, smokes, and let me raid your Scotch Stash, some day Ray :D

I'm glad you bring these topics up! I do have a nice Thorens Turntable though.
 
MadMonk said:
I was a bit too young to attend Woodstock. I do remember all the travelers!

In particular....We were at the "Bow Wow" Restaurant. It was a long building, doors on each end.

I do not know what provoked it, but a whole bunch of "Hells Angels" rode THROUGH the place, on their way to Woodstock.

It was grand!
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Were they on their way to Altamount?
 
MoeCizlak said:
MadMonk said:
I was a bit too young to attend Woodstock. I do remember all the travelers!

In particular....We were at the "Bow Wow" Restaurant. It was a long building, doors on each end.

I do not know what provoked it, but a whole bunch of "Hells Angels" rode THROUGH the place, on their way to Woodstock.

It was grand!
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Were they on their way to Altamount?
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!!!! Haven't heard that in 30 yrs!!! I don't know. My big sis told me "Woodstock". I'll have to call her.
 
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