| Keef Hartley Band | ||
Promo shot of Keef Hartley (not taken at Woodstock)
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| Performed on | Day 2 | |
| Started at | 4.45 pm, Saturday, 16th | |
| Played for | 45 min. | |
| Further Information | ||
| Festival Day Chronology | ||
| Prev. artist | John B. Sebastian at 3.30 pm | |
| Next artist | The Incredible String Band at 6.00 pm | |
The Keef Hartley Band was the first British band that performed at Woodstock. Unfortunately, their manager demanded to be paid upfront for the rights to record or film the band without their knowledge, so they were never included on any official Woodstock release until 2019, when the full Woodstock set was released.
They went on stage on Saturday, the 16th at about 4:45 pm.
Musicians[]
- Keef Hartley - drums
- Miller Anderson - guitar, vocals
- Jimmy Jewell - saxophone
- Henry Lowther - trumpet, violin
- Gary Thain - bass
Setlist[]
- Spanish Fly
- She's Gone
- Too Much Thinking
- Believe In You
- Medley: Sinnin' For You (Intro) > Leaving Trunk > Just to Cry > Sinnin' for You
Details[]
"Believe In You" comes from Keef Hartley's then still unreleased album Battle of North West Six (1970).
"Too Much Thinking" and the songs played in the medley are from the album Halfbreed (1969).
Miscellaneous[]
It is rumoured that they played with Santana's equipment and that they weren't content with their gig[1][2].
Woodstock was the first U.S. gig for the band. They played to support their album Halfbreed (1969).
In 2009 song fragments from an audience recording were discovered. The titles could be identified as[3]:
- "Too Much Thinking" (02:35)
- "Think It Over" (01:31)
- "Believe In You" (00:46)
Availability[]
Until 2019 no official sources were known. The full set was released on the collection Woodstock: Back To The Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive.
"Spanish Fly" and the three song fragments above come can be found audience tapes. According to Keef Hartley's autobiography Halfbreed his manager requested $2.000 in advance to be recorded and filmed which was refused[4]. However, a few seconds of audience footage were released in 2019 as part of Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation.
Images[]
References[]
- ↑ Pete Fornatale: Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock, 2009, ISBN 1416591192
- ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - Keef Hartley myths in various books
- ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - Woodstock audience tape: Keef Hartley
- ↑ Yahoo! Woodstock Project mailing list - notes from the Keef Hartley auto biography Halfbreed