by Weston | Feb 5, 2013 | Roots Book |
I’ve been a Jerry Jeff Walker fan since forever. Recently I heard about the Guy Clark tribute album, This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, and bought it when I heard that Jerry Jeff was on it. It’s a good thing I did. The two-CD album is a standout. According to...
by Weston | Jan 19, 2013 | Roots Book |
To some, Clarence Schmidt (1897-1978) was an endearing Santa Claus-sized man, and to others, he was the grandfather of pop art. Whatever your position, no one can deny his outrageous take on life in the 1960s. His colossal “House of Mirrors” (HOM) ranged up a hillside...
by Weston | Nov 20, 2012 | Roots Book |
Earlier this year, we were dismayed to learn from Liza Vittek that David Vittek, her dad, had passed away. He was just 66. Vittek, the bassist, guitarist, and part-time drummer for Holy Moses left us on February 25. Billy Batson, his old bandmate, said recently...
by Weston | Sep 4, 2012 | Roots Book |
On April 21, 2012, fifty-five members of the Norwegian Folk College visited Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. During the morning, they toured the museum and grounds. In the afternoon, they were bussed over to Woodstock, NY, to learn about the backstory of the 1969...
by Weston | Mar 19, 2012 | Roots Book |
This past Saturday night, the Bearsville Theater was packed for the Pete and Peggy Seeger concert. Pete led many sing-a-longs and told lots of stories. In one, he told of composing “Where Have all the Flowers Gone” on his way to a concert at Oberlin College—one that...
by Weston | Jan 9, 2012 | Roots Book |
In the 1960s, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, The Band, and later Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were active in the Woodstock area. So, what was it like to grow up in Woodstock in the 1960s? Recently I chatted with Frank Spinelli, the photographer and writer, to...
