Re: [Harp-L] Blues Scale / Shapes

["G. E. Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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