They were the penultimate act at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair, coming on right before Jimi Hendrix 44 years ago today. Sha Na Na was a 1950s revival group that hailed from Columbia University in New York City. By a stroke of luck, they were booked to perform at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in Bethel, New York in August of 1969 by festival producer Michael Lang … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “At The Hop” from “Woodstock” by Sha Na Na
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Song Of The Day – “Evil Ways” by Santana from “Woodstock”
This week we are celebrating the 44th anniversary of “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music” which took place August 15-18th 1969 on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y. Of course, everyone knows the festival by its more common name, Woodstock.. While most people are familiar with Santana’s blazing performance of “Soul Sacrifice” that single handedly established … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Evil Ways” by Santana from “Woodstock”
Song of the Day – “Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine” by Country Joe & the Fish
Song of the Day by Eric Berman - "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" by Country Joe & the Fish Today's Song of the Day by Eric Berman is a splash of orange sunshine from the 1967 debut album by Country Joe & the Fish called Electric Music for the Mind and Body. Country Joe McDonald, Barry "The Fish" Melton and company were already well established on their San … [Read more...] about Song of the Day – “Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine” by Country Joe & the Fish
Song Of The Day – “Theme From An Imaginary Western” by Mountain
Originally posted on August 28, 2012 Every so often, you hear a song that you haven’t heard in a long time, and it blows you away as if you were hearing it for the very first time. I had this experience last night at our weekly “Vinyl Night” gathering at the Firkin bar Libertyville, IL where one of the gang brought the 1970 debut album by Mountain called “Climbing!.” Now, … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Theme From An Imaginary Western” by Mountain
Song Of The Day – “At The Hop” by Danny & The Juniors
Three groups…three decades… three stories…one song! 1950s: Philadelphia school friends Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova formed a group called The Juvenairs in 1957. They were discovered at a Record Hop by John Madara who changed their name to Danny & The Juniors and introduced them to local record label owner Artie Singer. Madara and Singer liked … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “At The Hop” by Danny & The Juniors