obscure Musical Lyric for the week of Aug. 17/09

Good morning music fans, forty years ago, the final acts at Woodstock were still playing. At approximately 9:00 a.m. on Monday Aug.18, 1969, a left handed guitarist took the stage to a dwindling crowd. In 13 month this impressario was already dead, so sad. In addition to his passing, another participant Janis Joplin, died weeks after the festival. And so the three days of the "Woodstock Music & Art Fair was over. I wonder how many realized that this event would be a significant gatepost in musical history.

Some Woodstock trivia:

Joni Mitchell (who wrote the song Woodstock) was signed to be on the Dick Cavett instead of attending Woodstock, Iron Butterfly was stuck at the airport, Jethro Tull turned it down because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal(and apparently Ian Anderson didn't want to perform in front of a "bunch of unwashed hippies). Carlos Santana was paid $1,500.00 for playing. The event was actually held at Bethel NY at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm. Jefferson Airplane was the first band to confirm they would attend, Ravi Shankar is the father of Norah Jones and The Grateful Dead were shocked (literally) whenever they touched their microphones..............and no Joe Cocker was not stoned or drunk at Woodstock, at least when he was performing................ now you know some of the rest of the story (with apologies to the late great Paul Harvey).

I wanted to end this journey to Woodstock on a fun note, so huge props to my friend Perry, who sent me the video you will see at the end of the week. I hope that you will enjoy it. Here are the lyrics and the questions:

Do you need anybody?

I need somebody to love

Could it be anybody?

I want somebody to love

I would like to know the following

The name the song:

Who wrote it:

Who sang it at Woodstock:

What exactly was he saying anyway(watch the video closely):

I hope you have a great week. I'm off today. My beloved has surgery in Hamilton this afternoon, so this was prepared ahead of time. In five days I will be on vacation (yes again), we need the time to rest and recuperate and we are going to do that. I hope you have enjoyed this little foray into the past and particularly the music of Woodstock. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any suggestions for the blog.