Woodstock: Forty years On-- Part 4

Last month I was writing about Bob Stroud's August 16th Rock and Roll Roots Salute to Woodstock, which had taken place 40 years earlier, the same weekend.

I will conclude the songs he played with his and my comments.

SOMEBODY TO LOVE-- JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-- A song that took the crowd back to the Summer of Love, the summer of 1967
VOLUNTEERS-- JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-- Nobody knew this song because the album hadn't been released yet. The "Volunteers" album wouldn't be out until November of 1969, but they were trying it out in front of a half a million people.

TOBACCO ROAD-- JOHNNY AND EDGAR WINTER-- There was a heat that was canned and a winter that was anything but frozen. In fact, there were two Winters, Johnny and Edgar, getting up in front of a half a million people and showing them how it was done. Johnny Winter bringing out little brother Edgar to steal the show.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT-- WHO-- How Daltry could hear above the din of Townsend, Entwhistle, and Moon is beyond me.

MARAKESH EXPRESS-- CROSBY, STILLS & NASH-- These next three guys were veterans of rock and roll, but this was only their second gig together and they were scared you-know-whatless. Their first gig together was right here in Chicago and second gig at Woodstock.
GUINNEVERE-- CROSBY, STILLS & NASH-- For only their second time playing toge, they do a masterful job. Basically, the voices of David Crosby and Graham Nash. That's not an easy song to do.

One Last Entry to Come. --RoadDog