It was 50 years ago this August when hundreds of thousands of hippies, flower children and music fans descended on Bethel New York and the farm of Max Yasgur for three days of love, peace music and art. It became known as Woodstock and became the stuff of legend. Carlos Santana was among the performers shortly after his bands first Lp was released and his performance helped make him a star.
He will be back this summer for the 50th anniversary concert in Watkins Glen New York. The lineup of acts was announced yesterday. It includes 60's icons Robert Plant, John Fogerty, John Sebastian, Melanie, The Dead, David Crosby, Country Joe McDonald, Canned Heat, & Hot Tuna. Oh, and if you need something a bit newer…The Killers, The Lumineers, Chance The Rapper, The Black Keys, Sturgill Simpson, Jay Z, Imagine Dragons, Halsey, Janelle Monae, Brandi Carlile, Judah & The Lion, The Raconteurs are just a few of the acts scheduled. I would imagine the ticket situation will be more tightly controlled than 50 years ago when 10's of thousands of people showed up without tickets and promoters finally just threw the gates open. It's all happening August 16-18. You going?
Clay Matthews to the Rams for two years, Randall Cobb to the Cowboys for one. In my humble opinion Matthews is pretty much done as a difference maker and Cobb just can't stay on the field. I think one of the young recievers can take that spot joining Adams and Allison in ther starting lineup.
There is a story going around about the Brewers talking with free agent pitcher Craig Kimbrel. 3 months ago you would have thought that was nonsense but with the concerns about Jeremy Jeffress health and the fact that so many free agents including Kimbrel are still available the main question now is will Kimbrel take alot less than he thought just to pitch this season or will he sit it out? Former All-Star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez just signed a minor-league deal for crying out loud.
It was this date in 1971 that Janis Joplin had her only #1 hit posthumously as the Kris Kristopherson penned “Me and Bobby McGee” went to the top of the charts. It really is a great performance
Wausau West and Wausau Legion baseball grad Chandler Fochs picked up his first college win on Tuesday as Western Illinois beat Iowa Wesleyan. Fochs threw 3 innings giving up two hits and one run striking out 6.
The Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Association announced their All-State team on Tuesday. Sam Techel, Cade Lemmer and Jacob Cebula of Wausau West and Jack Rhode & Tucker Wittkopf of Northland Pines were named first team. Area players recieving hornorable mention include Colton Flammini of Wisconsin Rapids, Barrett Brooks, Dayne Hoyord, Cole Bielke & Jake Minch from SPASH, Brett Wilkens, Brady Sneeden & Gunnar Schiffman of Northland Pines, Marc Sippel & Jake Bailey of Wausau West, Issac Wickersham, CJ Levis & Eric Langsetrh of Antigo, Max Bembister of Tomahawk.
Player of the Year was Sam Stange of Eau Claire North
Coach of the Year was David Cox of Northland Pines
Missed this yesterday…50 years ago on March 19 1969 the Milwaukee Bucks won a coin flip with the Phoenix Suns and won the right to draft Lew Alcindor. Alcindor led the Bucks to the title two years later. The Suns took Neal Walk with the second selection
Quotes Of The Day
“Judge Hagedorn got the NRA endorsement but it is Judge Lisa Neubauer who owns the guns (30 of them in all). According to Wisconsin Sportsman, Hagedorn owns none.”-Daniel Bice
“Just to remind everyone–The Republicans were planning to blow up the Electoral College if the 2000 election went wrong for them.”-Charle P. Pierce
“The reason Trump hates John McCain so much is because McCain played a role in getting the dossier into the right peoples hands, and Trump knows that it will ultimately result in America discovering that he is a criminal, and further embed McCain in history as an American hero.”-Ed Krassenstein
Songs Of The Day (on this date in 1972 T-Rex released the LP “Electric Warrior”. Here are a couple of tunes including the biggest hit for Marc Bolan and the band.)
