Woodstock Counsel of Elders Local Tribe #1969

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Robert DoQui as “King George”, with Pam Grier starring in the 70’s blaxploitation classic ‘Coffy’!

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Future Woodstock performer Jerry Garcia in 1963.

Between 1962 and 1964, Garcia sang and performed mainly bluegrass, old-time, and folk music. One of the bands Garcia performed with was the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers, a bluegrass act. The group consisted of Garcia on lead guitar, banjo, vocals, and harmonica, Marshall Leicester on banjo, rhythm guitar, and vocals, and Dick Arnold on fiddle and vocals.

Soon after this, Garcia, Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and several of their friends formed a jug band called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions.

Around this time, the psychedelic drug L*D was gaining popularity. Garcia first began using L*D in 1964; later, when asked how it changed his life, he remarked: "Well, it changed everything [...] the effect was that it freed me because I suddenly realized that my little attempt at having a straight life and doing that was really a fiction and just wasn't going to work out. Luckily I wasn't far enough into it for it to be shattering or anything; it was like a realization that just made me feel immensely relieved."

A careful look at his right hand reveals his partially missing middle finger, which was severed in a childhood wood-splitting accident while camping with his family.

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Yes, parents used to buy these for their kids to play with in the garage/cellar. What could possibly go wrong? My friends had chemistry sets that we would use to concoct all manner of toxic brews. There was a certain innocence/naiveté back then that has long since disappeared.

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c1966....Charlie Watts.

Charles Robert Watts (June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.

Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an interest in jazz at a young age and joined the band Blues Incorporated. He also started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met future bandmates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones. In January 1963, he left Blues Incorporated and joined the Rolling Stones as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record sleeves and tour stages.

Watts' first public appearance as a permanent member was in February 1963; he remained with the group for 58 years until his death, at which time he, Jagger and Richards were the only members of the band to have performed on every one of their studio albums.

Nicknamed "The Wembley Whammer" by Jagger, Watts cited jazz as a major influence on his drumming style. Aside from his career with the Rolling Stones, Watts toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Charlie Watts Tentet.

In 1989, Watts was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. He is often regarded as one of the greatest drummers of all time.

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The Godfather ☮️ of Woodstock

Artie Kornfeld 🩵

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Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones performed at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on September 25 and 26, 1981, as part of their American Tour 1981. The two shows drew a massive crowd of around 180,000 people, making it a memorable event in the city's music history.

The tour supported their album "Tattoo You," and the Philadelphia performances were a highlight of the band's critically acclaimed tour. The shows featured the band's iconic hits and showcased their enduring energy and stage presence.

Also there is no visual evidence that Mick ate any Philly cheese steaks 🥩 while in town 😇

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Procol Harum (/ˈproʊkəl ˈhɑːrəm/) were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues, R&B, and soul.

In 2018, the band was honoured by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was inducted into the new Singles category.

The group named themselves after a male blue Burmese cat, which had been bred by Eleonore Vogt-Chapman and belonged to Liz Coombes, a friend. Stevens suggested the group name themselves after the cat, which the group immediately accepted. However, the cat's pedigree name was in fact Procul Harun, the Procul being the breeder's prefix, but the name was taken down over the telephone, leading to a misspelling. Although people informed the band that the name is Latin for "beyond these things", this is incorrect as the correct term would be procul hīs.

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1974....Jerry Garcia in front of the Grateful Dead's "Wall of Sound". ☮️

📷 by Bob Jacquin 6/16/1974