http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/view/117545
National Desk
September 04, 2009
Organizers Will Announce More Big Names in Two Weeks.
40th Anniversary of Woodstock; Free Concert Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, Sunday, October 25, 2009.
Acts confirmed with more to come: Leslie West (Mountain); Lester
Chambers (the Chambers Brothers); "Country" Joe McDonald (of Country
Joe and the Fish); Denny Laine (of Paul McCartney, Wings, Moody
Blues); The Original Lowrider Band (WAR, with Lee Oskar); Greg
Errico, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson (From Sly and the Family
Stone); David and Linda La Flamme (It's a Beautiful Day); Michael
McClure (Beat Poet) and Ray Manzarek (from the Doors); Lydia Pense
and Cold Blood; Terry Haggerty (from the Sons of Champlin); Annie
Sampson and her band; Nick Gravenites Band; Harvey Mandel and the
Snake band; Barry "The Fish" Melton (of Country Joe and the Fish);
Jerry Miller and Jim Post; Lost Creek Gang and the Merry Pranksters
with Ken Babbs, George Walker, and Mountain Girl; El Chicano; Alameda
All Stars (Gregg Allman's Band); Edwin Hawkins and The New Edwin
Hawkins Singers "Oh Happy Day"; David Denny (from Steve Miller) with
Prairie Prince (of The Tubes), Diana Mangano (formerly of The
Jefferson Starship), Greg Douglas, Carlos Reyes; PF Sloan; Jimmy
McCarty (from Detroit Wheels); Peter Kaukonen (from Jefferson
Airplane); John York (from the Byrds); Leigh Stevens (from Blue
Cheer); Narada Michael Walden; Kathi McDonald and Friends; Cathy
Richardson band; Vilenti and Saunders; Mitchell Holman (It's a
Beautiful Day), Miles Schon Band; Jose Neto and Friends; The
Mutaytor; Rock Hendricks (Bobby Womack, The Jackson 5, The
funkidelics); Scoop Nisker - KFOG; David Harris - speaker; Matthew
Rosenthal - Prevent Hate; Bettina Aptheker - Free Speech Movement;
Ben Fong -Torres (Rolling Stone); David Hilliard - Black Panther
Party; Benjamin Hernandez - Harts and Hands elders; Blue Thunder -
spiritual healer, Teton; Dennis Banks - AIM Wounded Knee; Dennis
Peron and Richard Eastman (Marijuana Initiative); David Rovic; Rabbi
Joseph Langer ; Ed Rosenthal; Terrance Hallinan (Former SF DA); Paul
"Lobster" Wells (DJ), Aron "Pieman" Kay (from the Yippies); Alex
Reymundo - comedian; Some acts can not be advertised until 30days out.
Poster series: Stanley Mouse, Arnold Skolnick (original Woodstock 69
poster artist), Chris Shaw, Mike Dolgushkin, Wendy Wright, David
Singer, Mark Henson, Carlon Ferris, Dave Huckins, Lee Conklin, Bob
Masse, Andrew Annenberg, Victor Moscosco, Michael Moss, Thomas
Yeates, Chrissy Costello, Gilbert Johnson and Dusty Hughston, Michael
Rios, Burry Olsen, Pat Ryan, Ron Donovin - Fire House Crew.
In honor of Jimi Hendrix, who headlined the festival in 1969, 3,000
guitar players will attempt to break the World's Record for the
Largest Guitar Ensemble playing "Purple Haze" -- all at the same
time! Players are encouraged to register at:
www.steveroby.com/Jimi_Hendrix_Archives/Register.html
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