{"id":17332,"date":"2019-08-16T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=17332"},"modified":"2019-08-16T08:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:04:35","slug":"my-conversations-with-woodstock-performers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/my-conversations-with-woodstock-performers\/","title":{"rendered":"My Conversations with Woodstock Performers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woodstock took place 50 years ago (August 15-18, 1969). If you find yourself in a Woodstock frame of mind, you might be interested in reading some interviews with artists who were there. Over the last decade-plus, I&#8217;ve had the honor and pleasure of talking to a few of them. Here&#8217;s a list with links.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/21\/richie-havens-on-a-quest-to-meet-everyone-in-the-world\/\"><b>Richie Havens<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Santana<\/b> [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/15\/santana-speaks-part-one\/\">Interview #1<\/a>] <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/15\/carlos-santana-from-woodstock-to-supernatural-to-africa-speaks-making-music-with-intention-part-1-of-2\/\">[Interview #2<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><b>Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/b> (Stu Cook and Doug &#8220;Cosmo&#8221; Clifford) [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2008\/01\/05\/creedence-clearwater-revisited-keep-on-chooglin\/\">Interview #1<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/01\/re-revisiting-creedence-part-one\/\">Interview #2<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/rockandrollglobe.com\/rock\/played-a-set-for-everyone-creedence-clearwater-revivial-at-woodstock\/\">Interview #3 (external link)<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><b>Jefferson Airplane<\/b> (Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady) [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/02\/jorma-part-1\/\">Interview #1<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/25\/hot-tuna-forty-years-on-still-going-steady-part-one\/\">Interview #2<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/27\/off-the-road-yet-on-the-road-a-talk-with-alvin-lee-part-one\/\"><b>Ten Years After<\/b><\/a> (Alvin Lee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/23\/interview-johnny-winter\/\"><b>Johnny Winter<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/19\/steve-katz-and-his-rock-n-roll-stories\/\"><b>Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears<\/b><\/a> (Steve Katz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17333\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/woodstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/woodstock.jpg 550w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/woodstock-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were several artists asked to perform who (for one reason or another) didn&#8217;t appear. I&#8217;ve interviewed a few of them as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/01\/i-think-were-alone-nowfor-an-interview-with-tommy-james-part-1\/\"><b>Tommy James and the Shondells<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Moody Blues<\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/a-look-back-at-days-of-future-passed-with-founding-moody-blues-ray-thomas-and-mike-pinder-part-one\/\">Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/07\/go-now-and-then-the-ray-thomas-interview-part-1\/\">Ray Thomas<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/10\/the-moody-blues-mike-pinder-promise-renewed-part-one\/\">Mike Pinder<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/31\/interview-graeme-edge-of-the-moody-blues\/\">Graeme Edge<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/13\/a-conversation-with-ray-manzarek\/\"><b>The Doors<\/b><\/a> (Ray Manzarek)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/procol-harums-salad-days-are-here-again-part-1-of-2\/\"><b>Procol Harum<\/b><\/a> (Gary Brooker)<\/li>\n<li><b>Jethro Tull<\/b> (Ian Anderson) [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/17\/the-ian-anderson-interview\/\">Intervew #1<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/10\/jethro-tulls-ian-anderson-looking-to-the-past-living-in-the-present\/\">Interview #2<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/12\/for-ian-anderson-its-not-just-another-day-at-the-office\/\">Interview #3<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/13\/ian-anderson-system-latency-and-the-opportunities-of-multimedia\/\">Interview #4<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><b>The Rascals<\/b> (Felix Cavaliere) [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/24\/a-conversation-with-felix-cavaliere-and-steve-cropper-part-one\/\">Interview #1<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/18\/the-felix-cavaliere-interview-part-1\/\">Interview #2<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodstock took place 50 years ago (August 15-18, 1969). 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