From normpeterson@earthlink.net Mon Feb 12 23:11:34 2007
Subject:Re: Woodstock Memories

GREAT story! How cool you were there.
Norm

> [Original Message]
> From: stephen weinreb
> To:
> Date: 2/12/2007 5:08:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Woodstock Memories
>
> It was all about being there and hearing these groups
> live. Some were great, some weren't very polished, but
> they were all the originals and every thing was LIVE
> and happening real time. My fondest memory was walking
> back to my tent through the woods at around 3 a.m. on
> Saturday night. The path had been strung with
> Christmas tree lights about 10 feet up, and even
> though I was at least 1/2 mile from the stage, the
> sound system was so good that I could hear crickets,
> owls, and at the same time, Creedence Clearwater
> pushing out one of the best versions of "I put a spell
> on you" I've ever heard.
> I consider myself fortunate to have been there. I love
> the movie..it fills in all the stuff I missed and goes
> up close to the stuff I couldn't see. For a wannabe
> hippie kid right out of high school , I was in heaven.
>
> --- Dave Bradley wrote:
>
> > It's actually painful listening to how bad some of
> > those iconic acts were.
> > Joan Baez's voice, while I can't fault her for
> > singing off pitch or
> > anything, makes me want to run screaming from the
> > room. The Who were
> > certainly not at their best. Sha Na Na fer heaven's
> > sake. Even Hendrix came
> > on so late that everybody had gone home.
> >
> > Santana is just about the only band that still holds
> > up from that film,
> > although Ritchie Havens rocked.
> >
> > Moe
> >
> > On 2/12/07, David Jacques
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Just watched Woodstock again on VH1 Classics.. I
> > still think that the best
> > > performance was Santana's Soul Sacrifice. Def the
> > best B3 performance by
> > > Gregg Rolie. Great distorted B3 with one Leslie
> > behind him and one behind
> > > the drums.
> > >
> >
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