Re: [Harp-L] Blues Scale / Shapes



Yeah. They were on their way to the top when their lead singer was in a car wreck and damaged her vocal chords.

VH1 did a movie about them.

Frankly this Kansas boy never heard of them back in their day. I only learned about them through Alex.

Gary Popenoe

On Mar 9, 2008, at 5:21 PM, David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Wow, Sweetwater!? They were indeed the very first "band" to play at Woodstock after it was opened by, I think in this order, Ravi Shankar and Richie Havens. Was Mahesh Maharesh Yogi there too? Something about breathing exercises ...

Sweetwater was a great band with cello and, I vaguely remember, flute as well as the usual keys strings drums etc. I don't recall whether they had any harmonica playing with them. I always thought they were one of the best bands there, certainly the most under-rated.

Thanks for the memory!

-Dave Fertig
From: "G. E. Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Blues Scale / Shapes
CC: Harp-L <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:17:21 -0800
To: Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

. . . My friend Alex Del Zoppo (keyboards) was one of
the founding members of Sweetwater. They were one of the opening acts at Woodstock.
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