by Weston | Jan 23, 2023 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
In his memoir, Bill Graham Presents, Bill Graham wrote, “Albert Grossman had probably the best ears of anybody I knew, and [when] he played me some tracks off Music from Big Pink, I was just blown away.” When Music from Big Pink hit turntables in 1968, it...
by Joseph P. Eckhardt | Mar 26, 2021 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
For the better part of six decades, Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason were one of the highest profile couples of the Woodstock art colony—in more ways than one. At six foot three and six foot respectively, the “Big Girls,” as their friends called them, tended to stand out in...
by Weston | Apr 24, 2019 | Roots of Woodstock Blog |
Jim Morrison and The Doors broke through into national consciousness in 1967 with “Light My Fire.” Over the years, Morrison’s moody good looks—combined with the band’s visionary lyrics and propulsive music—helped to catapult them onto Rolling Stone Magazine’s all-time...
by Weston | Feb 22, 2018 | Roots Book |
Jean and Jim Young owned The Juggler during the late 1960s in Woodstock, NY. It was an avant-garde bookstore that sold guitar strings and had a magazine rack featuring copies of Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines. In 2008 Jean participated in a panel...
by Joseph P. Eckhardt | Jan 29, 2018 | Roots Concert, Roots Concert Releases |
No one had ever seen so many cars inching their way along the normally quiet country roads. Certainly not the deputy sent out by the county sheriff to impose some order on the tangled traffic. Everyone seemed to be heading in the same direction, descending upon an old...
by Weston | Apr 21, 2016 | Roots Book |
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Calixte Stamp, Chris Stamp’s wife. Last April, I saw a review of Lambert & Stamp, the documentary, in Rolling Stone. More recently, I screened a copy from Netflix. Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp managed The Who. Usually,...
