Woodstock 40th Anniversary

Rhythm N. Bliss · July 16, 2009, 03:55:32 AM

Yes, it was 4 decades ago & still seems pretty fokkin amazing!
There's some pretty cool memorabilia to be had.
Cool to see some of the bands that didn't make it to the movie.
Mountain was good:

Just found out tonight that Corky Laing was just their roadie at Woodstock!

I went to the West Coast version which was not even half the people.
Newport '69 @ Devonshire Downs in Northridge, California was a 3 day festival too.
It was weak tho. Saw Hendrix but he SUCKED. He'd gotten busted just before going on & was stoned out & weirded out. Alas
I saw the movie 10 times tho with all my friends & girlfriends from school.
My bud Steve who's the guitarist in my 2 bands saw it all.
He said MOUNTAIN was his fav next to Hendrix!!
I have the whole Hendrix set on video. Highly recommended

uwe · July 16, 2009, 05:05:00 AM

Nice EB-1 sound. Funny, it only occurred to me now that Pappalardi was a pick player. Kind of Jack Bruce'ish with a pick.

Uwe

Dave W · July 16, 2009, 08:08:22 AM

Whatever happened to fringed leather as a fashion statement?

IIRC Felix usually used his thumb.

uwe · July 16, 2009, 10:13:36 AM

"Whatever happened to fringed leather as a fashion statement?"

It's alive and well, Dave.

Youth is fleeting, imaturity lasts forever.

Highlander · July 16, 2009, 05:44:11 PM

I didn't know Sean Bean sung as well as acted...!

bobyoung · July 18, 2009, 10:18:39 PM

Quote from: Rhythm N. Bliss on July 16, 2009, 03:55:32 AM
Yes, it was 4 decades ago & still seems pretty fokkin amazing!
There's some pretty cool memorabilia to be had.
Cool to see some of the bands that didn't make it to the movie.
Mountain was good:

Just found out tonight that Corky Laing was just their roadie at Woodstock!

I went to the West Coast version which was not even half the people.
Newport '69 @ Devonshire Downs in Northridge, California was a 3 day festival too.
It was weak tho. Saw Hendrix but he SUCKED. He'd gotten busted just before going on & was stoned out & weirded out. Alas
I saw the movie 10 times tho with all my friends & girlfriends from school.
My bud Steve who's the guitarist in my 2 bands saw it all.
He said MOUNTAIN was his fav next to Hendrix!!
I have the whole Hendrix set on video. Highly recommended

I believe N.D. Smart was their first drummer, he played for Barry and the Remains (Boston) on a few of their later tunes and was great. I don't know where he came from or what happened to him. What a great fuzz tone of Felix's bass.
I saw them twice three piece during the early 70's, great band.

Highlander · July 19, 2009, 08:03:44 AM

Only got to see them once, long after Felix was gone, supporting Deep Purple in '84(?)...

N D Smart II is still around and occasionally playing... Worked with Todd Rundgren for a while in the 70's...

http://www.thecoolgroove.com/smart.html

Neil Young missed the cut, too, with an "unreleased" song with CSN&Y called "Sea Of Madness" - this version is from Big Sur - not a LOOOOONG song, only around 4 minutes, but watch on if you want to see Steve Stills being restrained after a bit of an issue with a member of the crowd... NY is not playing guitar here but on Stills' Hammond B3... one of NY's great "lost" songs...

bobyoung · July 19, 2009, 04:01:53 PM

"You're all doing it for money!"

"We're playing for free, since you didn't pay, shut up!" haha!

Nothing worse than a belligerent hippy. They were good live.