Heroes of Woodstock Tour

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Heroes of Woodstock Tour
Tour by Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, Ten Years After, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten and Country Joe McDonald
Start date1 August 2009
End date10 October 2009
Legs1
No. of shows16

The Heroes of Woodstock Tour was a

Levon Helm Band. Country Joe McDonald hosted all of the concerts, playing a couple of songs in between the different sets. The tour was widely viewed as a financial failure as attendance proved to be dismal across most of the dates.[1][2][3]

Notes

  • Canned Heat reunited with former members Larry "The Mole" Taylor and Harvey "The Snake" Mandel for the tour. The original Woodstock Festival lineup included Larry (The Mole) Taylor, Harvey (The Snake) Mandel, Allan (Blind Owl) Wilson, Bob (The Bear) Hite and Adolfo (Fito) De La Parra.[4]
  • Jefferson Starship added bassist Jeff Pevar for this tour. They had previously been touring without a bassist while Chris Smith provided synthesized bass.
  • Tom Constanten performed the music of the Grateful Dead as a guest of Jefferson Starship.
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company performed the music of Janis Joplin. Although Big Brother did not play at the original Woodstock Festival, Sam Andrew performed at it with Janis as a member of her Kozmic Blues Band.
  • Mountain guitarist/singer Leslie West married his fiancé Jenni Maurer at the concert held in Bethel, New York on August, 15 in front of approximately 15,000 people.

Soundboard downloads

With every ticket to a Heroes of Woodstock performance, the ticket holder received a free

.flac files were still available for purchase.[5]

Tour dates

June 12, 2009 – Del Mar Fairgrounds - San Diego County Fair, San Diego, CA [6]
Performers: Country Joe McDonald, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Canned Heat, Jefferson Starship, Tom Constanten,

July 31, 2009 – Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, Illinois

Performers: Jefferson Starship, John Sebastian, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 1, 2009 – Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Performers: Jefferson Starship, John Sebastian, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 2, 2009 – Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, Ohio

Performers: Jefferson Starship, John Sebastian, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 9, 2009 – The Barnyard, Livermore, Maine

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 12, 2009 – Nokia Theatre, New York, New York

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 13, 2009 – Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, New York

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 14, 2009 – MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 15, 2009 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, New York

Performers:

Notes: This was the site of the original Woodstock Festival and held on the 40th anniversary of the first day, Friday August 15, 1969. Blind 15-year-old musician Conrad Oberg opened up the show. Jocko Marcellino from Sha Na Na performed a song backed by Canned Heat. Gary Duncan guested with Jefferson Starship. Leslie West married his fiancé Jenny Maurer on stage to a sold out audience at the end of Mountain's set. Japanese vocalist Shiho Ochi of Superfly performed with Big Brother and the Holding Company singing "Down On Me" and "Piece of My Heart" as part of her Following the Steps of Janis documentary on the Music On! TV channel.[7]

August 16, 2009 – Tsongas Arena, Lowell, Massachusetts

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 18, 2009 – Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 20, 2009 – Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Edgar Winter, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 22, 2009 – Blues Ranch, Winthrop, Washington

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald, Randy Hansen

August 23, 2009 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

August 26, 2009 – Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

September 7, 2009 – Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, California

Performers: Jefferson Starship, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald

October 10, 2009 – Spotlight 29 Casino, Coachella, California[8]
Performers:

External links

References

  1. ^ "By the time we got to Woodstock: 40 years later". Reuters. 6 August 2009.
  2. ^ "JEFFERSON STARSHIP AND THE HEROES OF WOODSTOCK: 26 JUNE 2010 – NEW BRAUNFELS, TX". 19 July 2010.
  3. ^ Pareles, Jon (16 August 2009). "Back to the Garden, Without the Shock, or all that Mud". The New York Times.
  4. ^ ""Canned Heat Tour Dates"". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. ^ ""Heroes of Woodstock Download Center"". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. ^ "Heroes of Woodstock 06/12/2009".
  7. ^ "Superfly "Heroes of Woodstock" Special ~Following the Steps of Janis vol.2~ |音楽番組ならMUSIC ON! TV". 2009-10-07. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  8. ^ "'The Heroes of Woodstock' Announce Commemorative Tour". 21 April 2009.