On August 21st Marty Angelo, the manager of Raven, a Buffalo-based group, e-mailed Weston Blelock to say that Raven played the Woodstock Sound Festival in 1968:
“I am not sure exactly what the event was called when Raven played Woodstock.
We always thought it was the Woodstock Folk Music Festival. As I started to refresh my memory on this event I was surprised to find on the internet so much more information than was available when I first wrote my book.
What I do know for sure is Raven played an event in a field, on a stage with a sound system. They appeared to be the only electric band there and were made to wait until the very end of the show to perform. We stood around all day and half the night waiting. The audience was not thrilled to see and hear a loud “electric” band. đ Gee, I wonder why? Continue reading