OFF TOPIC with Steve Mixup. A place for me to tell the odd story or two about the post war rock generation. If they couldn’t change the world at least they brought us some wonderful music.
THE BIRTH PLACE OF ALL THE BRITS WHO PLAYED WOODSOCK FESTIVAL IN 1969
Five British bands played at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and three other British musicians were in world famous groups that also played. I am unaware of any other British musicians who played but I stand to be corrected. Two musicians who played with the British bands were from New Zealand and the USA. I count 24. I can’t quite narrow down Jimmy Jewell’s birth place but the birth places of everybody who played from the United Kingdom are listed, not precisely, just generally, and geographically they are represented thus:
The Keef Hartley Band
Keef Hartley – drums – Plungington, north-west Preston, Lancashire
Miller Anderson – guitar, vocals – Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jimmy Jewell – saxophone – maybe Manchester?? or North West generally. Not sure…..
Henry Lowther – trumpet, violin – Leicester
Gary Thain – bass – Christchurch, New Zealand
Ten Years After
Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals – Nottingham
Leo Lyons – bass – Mansfield
Chick Churchill – organ – Ilkeston
Ric Lee – drums – Mansfield
The Incredible String Band
Mike Heron – guitar, piano, vocals, percussion – Edinburgh
Robin Williamson – guitar, piano, violin, vocals – Edinburgh
Christina “Licorice” McKechnie – organ, percussion, vocals – Edinburgh
Rose Simpson – bass, recorder, vocals, percussion – Otley, Yorkshire
The Who
Roger Daltrey – vocals – East Acton, London
Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals – Chiswick, London
John Entwistle – bass, vocals – Chiswick, London
Keith Moon – drums – Wembley, London
Joe Cocker and the Grease Band
Joe Cocker – vocals – Crookes, Sheffield
Henry McCullough – guitar, backing vocals – Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Alan Spenner – bass, backing vocals – Dalston, London
Chris Stainton – keyboards, backing vocals – Woodseats, Sheffield
Bruce Rowland – drums – Park Royal, Middlesex
Bobby Torres – congas – New York
Graham Nash (with CSNY) – guitar, vocals, organ, percussion – Blackpool
Mitch Mitchell (with Jimi Hendrix) – Drums – Ealing, Middlesex
Nicholas Christian Hopkins (Nicky Hopkins) (with Jefferson Airplane ) – Perivale, Middlesex
