Quill the band are from the Boston area, well known in the Northeast and that's about it, performing at Woodstock didn't do much for them either as far as notoriety.
Rock, Rock, Rock, that's what Johnny Winter did at Woodstock. Some may have heard him for the first time, regardless; they were standing in the aisles for the blues rocker.
Two of the original members of The Who, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend are left and witnessed many Woodstock anniversaries as for the other two Keith Moon and John Entwistle did not.
Bert Sommer spent most his career as a solo artist, however; he did spend some time in the band The Left Banke ("Don't Walk Away Renee', "Pretty Ballerina"), a band out of New York.
Woodstock wasn't just all about heavy rock, or folk music, you got a chance to re-live the '50's with a group that displayed great stage presence, Sha Na Na.
A unique story here while John Sebastian had left The Lovin' Spoonful in 1968, he was simply a spectator at Woodstock watching Country Joe McDonald when noticed by one of the concert staff and approached him to ask if he would play a set since a lot of the performers scheduled were late due to traffic problems.
I would have to say Santana was one of the fastest growing household names after Woodstock then any other band, with the direction of Carlos Santana and the vast array of personnel, Santana was a solid performer.
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Not a lot of time to establish some chemistry with the band Mountain as Leslie West, N.D.Smart, Felix Pappalard and Steve Knight only performed together as a unit three times prior to Woodstock.