With the 40th Anniversary of “Woodstock ’69” now here, the Woodstock celebration continues. What bands that should have been booked to perform at Woodstock ‘ 69?

1. Led Zeppelin – They were asked to perform at Woodstock ’69, but the band turned it down. A shame, they would have been good. In 1969, Led Zeppelin were a new band at the time as they only released Led Zeppelin I album that year. Even though Led Zep didn’t have much original material that year, I’m sure the band would have thrown in a bunch of cover songs to fill the set time at Woodstock.

2. The Doors – They would have been a great addition to the Woodstock ’69 lineup, they turned down the gig ’cause Jim was uncomfortable playing outside gigs.

3. Fleetwood Mac – with Peter Green fronting the band at this time of year in ’69, this would have kicked ass!

4. Pink Floyd – Enough said?

5. Bob Dylan – As much as I don’t like Bob Dylan too much, it was very weird on why he didn’t play the festival.

6. Tommy James and the Shondells – Another band that was asked to play but turned down, I’ve always loved this band, them being a part of Woodstock would have been something very special.

7. Jethro Tull – I wonder why they never played, it would have been a great opportunity for them.

8. Cream – Eric Clapton’s 1960’s heavy rock blues band would have been great!

9. B. B. King – Don’t hurt to have a little blues, don’t it? B.B. would have been perfect as well.

10. The Allman Brothers Band – Although they only had one album released that year, I can definitely see them playing on that Woodstock stage.

Kev

I have always said that most Capital District local music today is mostly shit and music that don’t grab me at all…but there are two new bands that came around the Capital District, New York area that really impressed me.

One band that comes to mind is Railbird, a Saratoga Springs based band…

Check out Railbird here:

http://www.myspace.com/railbirdmusic

This is another female fronted band called, Lunic, they recently opened for Creed at Spac. I didn’t see the Creed show, but since Lunic is an Albany based band, I decided to check them out. Lunic is unique and great rock n’ roll like you’ve never heard of.

Lunic here:

http://www.myspace.com/lunic

I wanna try to go out and see these two bands more often. Really good stuff and finally, bands that write really great original music!!!

You don’t see much of that here. Consider me a fan of both of these bands. No offense to other Capital District musicians but Railbird and Lunic is some of the best music I’ve ever heard around here.

Kev