by Weston | Sep 2, 2009 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Posted by Weston Blelock Bob Liikala’s Group 212 Inter-Media Project exhibit at the Historical Society of Woodstock will close on September 6th. Liikala has been on hand since the August 8th opening to guide visitors and discuss the project’s formation and... by Weston | Aug 28, 2009 | Roots Book |
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... by Weston | Aug 28, 2009 | Roots Concert, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
When we were invited to spend the Woodstock Festival’s 40th anniversary weekend at our friends’ home in Woodstock itself (actually Bearsville, a few miles west on Route 212), I checked the local gig schedule and saw that former Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin... by Weston | Aug 25, 2009 | Roots Concert, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
We’d like to express our appreciation to the many individuals and organizations that so graciously gave their time, enthusiasm, and resources, helping to make the August 15 concert and Zero-Carbon fundraiser a resounding success. Heartfelt thanks go to the in-kind... by Weston | Aug 22, 2009 | Roots Book, Roots of Woodstock Blog |
From the 8/13/09 issue of the Woodstock Times, “Woodstock Nation on the Shelves” by Paul Smart: “Perhaps the biggest book bash the town’s seen in some time, the bringing to life, via an actual-to-heavens musical concert for the locally-produced Roots... by Weston | Aug 13, 2009 | Roots Concert |
From the August 13, 2009 issue of The New York Times: “WOODSTOCK, N.Y. Before Woodstock, from 1967 to 1969 there were small-scale, noncommercial musical festivals in the woods called Sound Outs that helped the promoter Michael Lang come up with the idea of the...
