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In my previous book report on Cheetah Chrome's autobiography I mentioned it's amazing that he's still alive to tell his story. Well, that goes double for Johnny Winter . Cheetah is an insane rock & roll wildman but I bet he could've picked up a few useful pointers from Johnny on partying, guitar playing and day to day mayhem. Johnny Winter was born in 1944 and caught the rock & roll bug when the music was still in its infancy. By the age of 15 he was leading his own bands in [...]

Continuing on with our celebration of all things Woodstock this weekend, we come up to the next disc in line in this great collection of Woodstock reissues. Janis Joplin - The Woodstock Experience Janis Joplin had just left Big Brother when she took the stage at Woodstock. Delayed by ten hours before her band finally had a chance to perform, it's instantly clear why Janis was considered a superstar. Perhaps daunted by the long delay, weather and technical [...]

Continuing on with our celebration of all things Woodstock on this 40th anniversary, today we have another review from the Woodstock Experience series. Tune in tomorrow for another review and a chance to win some of these CD's for your own collection. Santana - The Woodstock Experience I missed out on the original Woodstock Festival in 1969 by a few years, but the festival has affected me to degrees that never really hit me until recently. Obviously, the music [...]

Sly & The Family Stone - The Woodstock Experience It's pretty safe to say that just about everyone at Woodstock was high, but I don't think anyone was higher than Sly Stone on Sunday August 17, 1969. That includes Jimi and Jerry "Captain Trips" Garcia. Sly was riding high on the charts with the incredible Stand! album and was starting to get really carried away with cocaine and his ego. Listening to the full performance of Sly & The Family Stone's full set from Woodstock, it's easy to see [...]

The first day of the original Woodstock Festival was August 15, 1969 so next week will mark the 40th Anniversary of the festival. There were reports earlier this year that there was going to be a free festival this summer to celebrate this anniversary but formal announcements never followed. What did happen though is that Woodstock founders, Michael Lang and Joel Rosenman, launched Woodstock.com as a live music social network. In addition to the music-related content, " [t]here will be platforms for environmental initiatives, social issues, and other current topics. Visitors to the site can meet [...]