Woodstock: How Does It Sound 40 Years Later? Aug 15, 2009
But Joe Cocker was the real king of Woodstock. We think of him now as a series of tics and growls, but his seven-minute version of "With a Little Help from My Friends" begins in complete control, slowly building until halfway through, when his sweet-voiced backup singers ask, "Do you need anybody?" Cocker responds. (Time.com)
- From the Left: Woodstock at 40: At least we gave peace a chance 0 Aug 15, 2009
Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. It was billed as three days of peace and music. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
1969 remembered Aug 14, 2009
The Band, Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, Sly & The Family Stone, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Paul Butterfield and The Who. And still today I can hear Jimi Hendrix, twisting the strings of his guitar into The Star Spangled Banner. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Groovy, man! Reliving Woodstock on DVD Aug 13, 2009
Ive seen those newly released concert outtakes (loved Joe Cocker and Johnny Winter; nearly committed hara-kiri during the Grateful Deads interminable ramble of Turn on Your Love Light). Ive watched Barbara Kopples terrific, lovingly detailed documentary Woodstock: Now & Then, which I could hardly recommend more highly; it will by shown on VH1 this Friday and the History Channel on Monday (it was a co-production of both). (MSNBC -- News)
Cream of the crop Aug 13, 2009
" Expect most of Three Dog Night's hits on Saturday; they don't have time to play them all. Wells said they'll also sing an album track or two, such as "You Can Leave Your Hat On," which they recorded before Joe Cocker did and a new song from a forthcoming studio CD, their first since 1983. E-MAIL THIS ARTICLE Your name: Your e-mail: Your friend's e-mail: Your message: See this story as it was printed in Erie Times-News' electronic edition. .This content provided by GoErie.com/Erie Times-News is... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Commentary: Woodstock gave peace a chance Aug 13, 2009
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At least we gave peace a chance Aug 12, 2009
Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. It was billed as three days of "peace and music." It became a generational signpost: Woodstock. (Juneau Empire)
Woodstock 1969: Mud, music and merriment Aug 10, 2009
It had been a precursor to the bigger festival with such names as Cass Elliott, Joe Cocker, B.B. King and Janis Joplin. Berg said he thought at the time that would be it for concerts for the summer. (The Herald-Mail Online)
Woodstock celebrates 40 online Aug 10, 2009
It was a muddy, messy, musical affair featuring more than 30 bands and singers including Santana, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and many others. The gathering spawned a successful concert movie and two best-selling double disc LP albums. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Eagle landed, they took off Aug 10, 2009
While artists like Joe Cocker and Santana boosted their careers at Woodstock, the Dead were notoriously flat. Jerry Garcia, the band's late guitarist, told interviewers that his guitar was being hit with bouncing blue balls of electricity - the kind that comes from bad wiring, not strong psychedelics. (Sydney Morning Herald)
‘We were a clan of groovy humans’ Aug 9, 2009
But I did see Jerry, and Janis, and Jimi, and Jorma, and Joe Cocker, and John Sebastian, and Joan Baez, and Johnny Winter, and Country Joe, which was spiritual enough. Goldilocks and I split a hit of Orange Sunshine and wandered like nomads through the crowd, Zeus and Hera on an epic journey through the magic puddle of existence. (Boston Globe)
SELLING THE SCENE Aug 9, 2009
The newly remastered collectors edition of Michael Wadleigh's original documentary is a four-hour director's cut, plus two hours of previously unreleased performances by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Santana, Johnny Winter and others. Plus, an hourlong bonus feature with Martin Scorsese, Hugh Hefner and others telling fest tales. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Woodstock’s spirit plays on Aug 9, 2009
It houses 330 photos and multiple video rooms spiced by a 132-seat theater showing Woodstock footage with split-screen edits of recent interviews with original performers such as Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker, and Phil Lesh, to younger acts like Vermont s Grace Potter, who rhapsodizes about Joplin s influence. But the most compelling video is in a mini-IMAX-like room with 50-foot-tall screens and another overhead that enable you to feel a panorama of the whole experience, right down to the clouds... (Boston Globe)
Quill founders recall the band’s Woodstock set Aug 9, 2009
Other great performances guaranteed lucrative runs for the British journeyman Joe Cocker, Sly & the Family Stone, and others ... In the late 1970s, Cole helped Lang put together a road band for Joe Cocker. (Boston Globe)
* The enduring appeal of Woodstock Aug 9, 2009
Bands eagerly moved up to arenas from theaters; a week before Woodstock, for example, two of its acts, the Jefferson Airplane and Joe Cocker, shared a bill at the Fillmore East, which had all of 2,700 seats. Music soon expanded, or bloated, to fill its newfound arenas. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
SIRIUS XM Radio to Launch The Woodstock Channel in Celebration of Woodstock's 40th Anniversary Aug 8, 2009
The Woodstock Channel will launch on Friday, August 14, at 12:00 pm ET and air through Sunday, August 16 on Deep Tracks, SIRIUS channel 16 and XM channel 40, and will be devoted to the historic music festival featuring music, interviews and memories from the artists who were there, including Graham Nash, Leslie West, Arlo Guthrie, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Joe Cocker. SIRIUS XM listeners will hear music from artists in the exact order that they performed at the festival each day... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Related: Coliseum officials: We are taking a conservative approach to bookings Aug 8, 2009
There has been no major talent since singer Joe Cocker performed in May, drawing 1,200. And only a handful of acts are scheduled for the rest of the year - though one, country singer Kenny Chesney, could very well break attendance records. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Woodstock revival cancelled Aug 5, 2009
Speaking about the anniversary show in March, Mr Lang said he hoped the bill would include some of the acts from the original line-up, including Joe Cocker and Santana. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Woodstock co-founder Aug 3, 2009
The three-day event, on Aug. 14-16, 1969, brought 500,000 seekers to Max Yasgur s dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. They endured impossible traffic and torrential rains to have their minds summarily expanded and blown by communal positivity, by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joe Cocker, Santana and Jefferson Airplane, and, in many cases, by a variety of legal and illegal substances. Forty years later, Kornfeld, an award-winning producer, writer and manager, who s worked with everyone from Brian... (The Palm Beach Post)
Nathan Brown Nobody likes to admit they are getting old, but in football terms anyone over 30 is considered a veteran. Read more Aug 2, 2009
Theme tunes, if the AFL was a musical - RFNews - realfooty. Arguably the best rock and roll band in history, the Rolling Stones are still to get the respect they deserve from some players at the Richmond Football Club. (The Age, Australia)
Museum offers 'trip back to Woodstock' Jul 26, 2009
The final stops are a computer kiosk where visitors can leave messages and a barn theater where the sounds of Santana, Joe Cocker, The Who, Hendrix and others can finally be cranked at proper volume. Just a few steps from the museum is the entrance to the amphitheater, which has a woodsy feel that's a cross between the PG Pavilion and Hartwood Acres. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Woodstock revisited ... 40 years later Jul 26, 2009
AP Musician Joe Cocker performs for the thousands of people attending the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York August 1969 ... The faces of Woodstock have been ingrained over the years through film clips we've seen time and time again: Havens ad-libbing his way through "Freedom." Joe Cocker wailing "With a Little Help From My Friends." Santana summoning some pagan god on "Soul Sacrifice." Country Joe McDonald leading the crowd in the sing-along of 1-2-3-4-what-are-we-fighting... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Where are the musicians now? Jul 26, 2009
Joe Cocker: The 65-year-old can still wail and toured earlier this year. Country Joe McDonald and The Fish: The 67-year-old protest singer stood with Cindy Sheehan against the Iraq War and will perform in Bethel next month. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Celebrate Woodstock with new treasures Jul 21, 2009
All were celebrating a seismic explosion in conscious rock -- music spirited by the Beatles, Bob Dylan and "the movements" (anti-war, civil rights, feminist, ecological, psychedelic) and proffered by the likes of Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Janis Joplin, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker and the Band. Simultaneously, this surge of oversized shows served as a coming of age and coming together for the just-emerging baby boomer generation that would embrace its new... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Julie Fay: Toning the body to tunes on the iPod Jul 21, 2009
And then, right on cue, Joe Cocker reminds me that I m feeling all right. After a walk to cool down and some stretching, I m feeling even better than all right: proud of myself for surviving the go-directly-to-the-ER workout; smug because I haven t yet eaten lunch and I ve already burned it off. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Leon Russell performance benefits the Maury County Senior Center Jul 13, 2009
The Carpenters soared with Superstar and Joe Cocker recorded with Delta Lady ... Joe Cocker s famous Mad Dogs shmen tour of the U.S. had the band Leon organized and led behind him. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
New albums join expanding 'Idol' collection Jul 13, 2009
Producer Dave Cobb (Shooter Jennings, ) helps give the Season 7 finalist a soul-rock sound circa the late '60s/early '70s think Joe Cocker, the Spencer Davis Group. The album includes Heart on My Sleeve (a moderate adult-contemporary hit), plus a cover of the ' To Love Somebody. (USA Today -- Life)
Tom Wilkes, 69; art director who won Grammy for ‘Tommy’ Jul 12, 2009
He designed the covers for the Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet, Neil Young s Harvest, Eric Clapton s Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker s Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and George Harrison s Concert for Bangladesh and All Things Must Pass. As he did with many of the albums, Mr. Wilkes also shot the cover photo of Joplin for her 1971 Pearl album, which shows the flamboyant singer lounging on a settee. (Boston Globe)
Musicians make some crazy demands Jul 12, 2009
Joe Cocker, for example, wanted his beer re-iced several times during each show, he noted. At times, Ms. Wallace has had to send as many as three employees to make stops at six to seven stores to meet the varied and quirky demands of artists. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Leon Russell set to rock CSCC’s Cherry Theater Jul 11, 2009
The sessions yielded the classic Leon Russell hits Delta Lady, Hummingbird and A Song For You just a few of his tunes that were later covered by Ray Charles, B.B. King and Joe Cocker and many others. Limited editorial space doesn t allow the room to list all of Russell s accomplishments or the hit songs he s written for other artists. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Album Cover Artist Tom Wilkes Dies Unexpectedly at Home in California Jul 5, 2009
Janis Joplin - "Pearl" Ike Turner - "Outta Season" Eric Clapton - "Eric Clapton" Dave Mason - "Alone Together" Joe Cocker - "Mad Dogs shmen" Flying Burrito Brothers - "Gilded Palace of Sin" John Prine - "John Prine" Emmylou Harris - "Blue Kentucky Girl" and "Elite Hotel" Leon Russell - "Stop All That Jazz" REO Speedwagon - "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish". In addition to creating hundreds of posters, logos, books, trade ads and illustrations, Wilkes produced and directed TV and... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Woodstock spawns multitude of multimedia 40 years later Jun 26, 2009
The four-hour director's cut has been remastered and expanded with two hours of 18 unreleased performances by 13 acts, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter and Santana, and an extra hour of interviews with chroniclers such as Martin Scorsese and Hugh Hefner. Wadleigh says the added performances don't get the multi-camera, split-screen treatment that made the original film so distinctive, "but they don't suffer for it they're more peaceful. All of them are of... (USA Today -- Life)
Boom Boom Roumbanis Jun 16, 2009
And Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, John Cougar or Mellencamp, Meatloaf, Etta James and Bette Midler, Janis Steppenwolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Rat Pack, U2, The Isley Brothers and 3. 2 gigabytes of others. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Shows of the week Jun 3, 2009
What(ex: pizza or concert). Where(ex: 85004, Phoenix). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Pixar scores big again Jun 2, 2009
DVD of Woodstock 40th anniversary re-release on June 9 to feature new footage of CCR, Grateful Dead, Who, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, more. Britain's Daily Express reports Dylan, McCartney to record together this summer. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Hot acts, hot tickets May 31, 2009
Tonight, this weekend, May 5th. Tonight, this weekend, May 5th. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A big (jazz) plus May 26, 2009
The crowd was ready for rock legend Joe Cocker when he took the stage at 9 p.m. While he wears his age plainly on his face, Cocker's voice packed the same punch as his famous Woodstock performance 40 years ago. Best known for covering other musicians' songs and making them his own, Cocker delighted the crowd with his renditions of "You Are So Beautiful" and "With a Little Help From My Friends.". (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Hey there, boomers, this ones for you May 22, 2009
Woodstock veteran Joe Cocker was just at UB the other day. You didn t see his arm skin flapping. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Jazz Plus is back May 22, 2009
Tonight, May 22, has Keb' Mo' and Joe Cocker on the big stage with locals The Whiskey Thieves entertaining the crowd between sets. Saturday, May 23, has Lyle Lovett's large band and Shelby Lynne and Sunday, May 24, brings Ziggy Marley and Chris Isaak to the stage. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene May 21, 2009
B.B. King, Joe Cocker and Keb' Mo' headline Santa Cruz Blues Festival. Even though the San Francisco Blues Festival is taking the year off, the annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival returns this weekend with a stellar lineup that includes headliners B.B. King, Joe Cocker and Keb' Mo ... "Leon Russell and Joe Cocker haven't played together in a long time," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Putting it together May 19, 2009
That show hits the stage at 8:30 p.m. On Friday, things start off with the cool sounds of Keb' Mo at 6:30 p.m. before heating up when rock legend Joe Cocker takes the stage at 9. Saturday will be more than a little bit country with back-to-back performances bringing a western flair. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
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Brassy's 30th reunion party Saturday in Cocoa Beach May 15, 2009
Some of the acts that came to Brassy's included Steppenwolf, Joe Cocker, Molly Hatchett, George Jones, Michael Bolton, Pat Metheny, Spyro Gyra, Joan Jett, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Winter Brothers and Three-Dog Night. "We were about a 1,000-seat nightclub," said former co-owner Lee Hemenway of Merritt Island. (Florida Today)
Chicken nuggets grow on trees May 15, 2009
Jazz festival promoters say, "Come for dinner and stay for the show!" Here's a chance to trot down to the Field of Dreams and hear Joe Cocker, Lyle Lovett, Ziggy Marley, Chris Isaak, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Shelby Lynne and many more stars, whether strictly jazz or not. Sonoma Jazz Plus will offer a "complete dinner ... for under 10" at the "SJ+ Bistro," where chef Bryan Martinez of Napa's Kinyon. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Final 3 'American Idol' Contestants Sing Their Hearts Out May 13, 2009
Danny Gokey sang Dance Little Sister by Terrance Trent DArby and chose You Are So Beautiful by Joe Cocker for his personal choice. The judges were on the fence about his performances, one minute loving him, and the next questioning his ability to do well. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Adam Lambert Rocks AI Again May 13, 2009
Danny You Are So Beautiful, Joe Cocker This was a really pretty arrangement. Randy said the vocals were amazing. (Suite101.com)
American Idol Recap 2009 Top 3 May 13, 2009
Danny Gokey You Are So Beautiful by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher, performed by Joe Cocker. It really looked like this was going to be an awful song choice at first, but once he got to the original part of the arrangement; Danny totally knocked it out of the park. (Suite101.com)
Laying odds on American Idols final three May 8, 2009
Laying odds on American Idols final three - American Idol- msnbc. Laying odds on American Idols final three. (MSNBC -- News)
An interview with Etta James May 8, 2009
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" (from "Etta James," 1973) Long before Joe Cocker made it a hit, James got down and dirty on this early-'70s funk number that sounds like a precursor to Chaka Khan and Rufus's "Tell Me Something Good.". "Lovin' Arms" (from "Come a Little Closer," 1974) James isn't especially known for keeping her thunderous voice in check, but when she does, like on this slow-burner, she can turn a ballad inside out. (Boston Globe)
City Council pledges $30,000 to Jazz Plus May 8, 2009
Sonoma Jazz Plus runs through Memorial Day weekend, May 21-24, and features Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Keb' Mo', Joe Cocker, Shelby Lynne, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak and Ziggy Marley. Tickets are available through. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Weekend music scene May 8, 2009
That show starts at 10 p.m. The boys will also be playing Friday, May 22, opening for Keb' Mo and Joe Cocker at Sonoma Jazz Plus. Tickets are going fast for that show. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
AT&T Delivers Rich Musical Roots of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to Fans Via Three Screens May 2, 2009
highlights from Bonnie Raitt and Joe Cocker. classic performances from Jimmy Buffett, Sting and Fats Domino with rare performance footage from the 2000 festival; and. (PR Newswire)
Dodge Theatre hits 2 million in attendance May 2, 2009
Upcoming shows include Robin Thicke and Jennifer Hudson (May 5), Styx and REO Speedwagon (May 15), Brian Regan (May 16), Flight of the Conchords (May 19), Queensryche (May 30), Glenn Beck (June 2), Joe Cocker (June 7), George Lopez (June 12-13), Yes and Asia (July 9), 311 (July 10), the Fray (July 14), Il Divo (July 15), Diana Krall (Aug. 5), Ricardo Arjona (September 12), The Killers (Sept. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
AT&T Delivers Rich Musical Roots of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to Fans Via Three Screens Apr 30, 2009
highlights from Sugarland, Bonnie Raitt and Joe Cocker. classic performances from Jimmy Buffett, Sting and Fats Domino with rare performance footage from the 2000 festival; and. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
JAZZ FEST ROUNDUP: Follow all of the past weekend's action Apr 28, 2009
Texas indie band Spoon and British '60s legend Joe Cocker drew humongous throngs to the main stages Friday, but nobody exuded more rock-star charisma than Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, the 23-year-old favorite son whose talent as a horn player and showman continues to flower. He and his band, Orleans Avenue, delivered a blistering set of bold, exuberant and cutting-edge jazz-rock fueled by funk and hip-hop. (USA Today)
MORE: Jazz Fest flaunts its Louisiana roots Apr 28, 2009
This year, Neil Young, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayall, Sugarland, Kings of Leon, Joe Cocker, Etta James and Tony Bennett are on the marquee. (Not that Year 1 didn't have its heavyweights: Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington and Fats Domino played. (USA Today -- Life)
Travel Back in Time to 1969 as Fremont Street Experience Presents 'Summer of '69: Vegas or Bust' Apr 28, 2009
Fremont Street Experience will bring the best tribute artists from around the country to Las Vegas to pay homage to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Joe Cocker, The Grateful Dead and others from Friday, August 14 through Sunday, August 16. They will take the crowd back to the heyday of true feel-good music. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
COVERS STEAL SEAL SHOW Apr 18, 2009
It's what the greats such as Joe Cocker and Tony Bennett do with incredible success. Seal is at the crossroads; he could either join the ranks of the legendary interpreters or continue on his current path and eventually slip into irrelevance, crooning out-of-fashion original pop.. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
State of Flow Apr 10, 2009
The four first joined forces in a Joe Cocker tribute band called Mad Dogs and No Englishman. But the band, which had an unwieldy nine members, eventually fractured. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Big Names Bringing Music To Final Four Apr 3, 2009
CBS is sponsoring a free show at the Fillmore Detroit featuring legendary singer Joe Cocker and rock band Train. Parties around the city during the weekend will include the official Playboy Energy Special Final Four Party. (KIRO TV, WA)
A time when a young man's thoughts turn to spring Mar 29, 2009
FOGGY Sunday March 29, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
New Orleans' zest for life»Big Easy loves food, music Mar 29, 2009
Let s start with Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Joe Cocker, Tony Bennett, Bonnie Raitt and, of course, the Nevilles. Add a dose of Kings of Leon, Erykah Badu, Preservation Hall Jazz Band the list is long. See it all at. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Cover story: Meet the Casino Ballroom's house photographer Mar 26, 2009
She's snapped shots of Little Richard, Cyndi Lauper, Laurie Anderson, Joe Cocker, Suzanne Vega and George Carlin. Photography by Nancy Grace Horton. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Woodstock founder plans 'sequel' Mar 25, 2009
Mr Lang is hoping the bill will feature such "legacy bands" as Santana, Joe Cocker and Crosby, Stills & Nash. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are also being considered, having headlined the ill-fated event a decade ago. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
New Kingston Boy Scout Troop 199 begins Mar 22, 2009
The show will feature the singing impressionist Joey Voices, who does everyone from Elvis and Frank Sinatra to Louis Armstrong and Joe Cocker. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased by calling Laura Fiore at 781-293-3231 or Colleen North at 781-585-2626. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
