Happy Birthday, Bert! (& book update!)
It all started for me in December 2017. I decided to beat the crowds I imagined swarming at the 50th Woodstock Anniversary at Bethel Woods, the site of the original … Continue reading
Smile ~ Bert Sommer*
***** “Okay, okay—it’s coming up! Here I come, here I come!” — Bert Sommer (1979) The lanky thirty-year-old nudged his friend; the two of them slouched down in the Cinerama … Continue reading
Just Smile
Bert Sommer ended his set with a huge smile. Not just on his face, but also in a song: His first live performance unfurled organically in this peaceful, beautiful setting, … Continue reading
Bert Sommer in Brockport (“it was the ’70s”) . . . and a bit of my M.O.)
I am casting a net—hoping to pull in a catch of informed insights, quirky anecdotes, and pithy quotes from people I have never met. Telescoping back more than fifty years—and … Continue reading
Bert Sommer — Shindig! Issue #94
There he was again—the tall, gangly kid with the tangled mop of hair, his floppy sneaker laces dragging around the stage as The Vagrants set up. What was he, 16? … Continue reading
Sharon Watts Writes 