woodstock

rice puddin · 08-16-2009, 04:15 PM

Been doing some reading about Woodstock since its the 40th anniversary (a 3 day music festival for you youngins).Seems like Damo has the Woodstock vibe(peace,love,etc.) but probably would'nt have been mainstream enough to play a festival that large.Any thoughts?

mariaoran · 08-17-2009, 02:08 AM

He is not necessarily above mainstreaming it.
He's played most of the big ones: Bonaroo, Glastonbury, Austin city Limits, T in the Park (There's others i'm sure)... All of which in my opinion are pretty much mainstream.

verenita · 08-17-2009, 09:35 PM

EP as well as far as i know.

Rai · 08-17-2009, 10:27 PM

I mean no disrespect, but he is nowhere near Hendrix, Joplin, Baez, Shankar or The Who in any regard.

He would have been squashed by such amazing displays of badassery:

SisterMidnight · 08-18-2009, 12:49 AM

i don't think it's a contest. but to be fair, nobody can really compete with jimi

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Originally Posted by rice puddin

Been doing some reading about Woodstock since its the 40th anniversary (a 3 day music festival for you youngins).Seems like Damo has the Woodstock vibe(peace,love,etc.) but probably would'nt have been mainstream enough to play a festival that large.Any thoughts?

it depends on which country you're in whether he's considered mainstream. in the uk and ireland he seems to be thought of as fairly mainstream pop, but in america he's underground, NPR radio fare..

davidcotyalex · 08-18-2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SisterMidnight

but in america he's underground, NPR radio fare..

really?? never would have thought that but pay absolutely no attention to that sort of thing........

crosstown traffic is about as mainstream as it gets from where I'm sitting.

rice puddin · 08-19-2009, 01:32 AM

[quote=Rai;350361]I mean no disrespect, but he is nowhere near Hendrix, Joplin, Baez, Shankar or The Who in any regard.

I agree he's certainly not in the class of The Who,Joplin,or Hendrix!Funny thing the band tried to talk Jimi out of playing the Star Bangled Banner.I'd say he made the right decision.What a great moment in music history.

bearbait · 08-20-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SisterMidnight

i don't think it's a contest. but to be fair, nobody can really compete with jimi

it depends on which country you're in whether he's considered mainstream. in the uk and ireland he seems to be thought of as fairly mainstream pop, but in america he's underground, NPR radio fare..

Yeah, I've not heard him on any radio stations where I live, not even the so-called indie one, and I live in an area that has more progressive stations than most parts of the country.

08-16-2009, 04:15 PM	#1
rice puddin the old eskimo hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: cheesehead usa Posts: 57	woodstock Been doing some reading about Woodstock since its the 40th anniversary (a 3 day music festival for you youngins).Seems like Damo has the Woodstock vibe(peace,love,etc.) but probably would'nt have been mainstream enough to play a festival that large.Any thoughts?

08-17-2009, 02:08 AM	#2
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	He is not necessarily above mainstreaming it. He's played most of the big ones: Bonaroo, Glastonbury, Austin city Limits, T in the Park (There's others i'm sure)... All of which in my opinion are pretty much mainstream. __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern...

08-17-2009, 09:35 PM	#3
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	EP as well as far as i know. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

08-17-2009, 10:27 PM	#4
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	I mean no disrespect, but he is nowhere near Hendrix, Joplin, Baez, Shankar or The Who in any regard. He would have been squashed by such amazing displays of badassery: __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

08-19-2009, 01:32 AM	#7
rice puddin the old eskimo hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: cheesehead usa Posts: 57	[quote=Rai;350361]I mean no disrespect, but he is nowhere near Hendrix, Joplin, Baez, Shankar or The Who in any regard. I agree he's certainly not in the class of The Who,Joplin,or Hendrix!Funny thing the band tried to talk Jimi out of playing the Star Bangled Banner.I'd say he made the right decision.What a great moment in music history.