Apparently, even in the midst of all the self indulgent sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll the Gospel could be found at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in August of 1969.
Back then spirituality was everywhere, and references to Jesus were very common in music on the Billboard Top Ten List, so I shouldn't have been surprised to find this outtake of Arlo Guthrie singing Amazing Grace at Woodstock.
I love this song and I love Arlo, so what a truly great find it is. Arlo began his Woodstock set with Coming into Los Angeles (a song about smuggling marijuana) and ended with Amazing Grace, an interesting juxtaposition. Too bad it was never released before, we only got to see and hear Arlo sing about drug smuggling.
If the link above doesn't work try the following. It's not from Woodstock but it's still awesome.
"There's always a little bit of heaven in a disaster area."
~Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney) Woodstock 1969
Peace, Love, and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)
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3 comments:
Thanks for that. I'm a big Arlo fan and this is a gem! God bless.
I met Arlo once. He loves God. This song has been available for a long time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Nn6-MnEbI
Thanks for sharing the link to Arlo & Pete!
P.S. I love your tie dye shirts. I think that we met back in 1999 during a Christian music festival at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
Peace, Love & Light!
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