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 – Discovering Woodstock’s Lost Treasure
When you think about Woodstock, who comes to mind? Well, yes, the Who—and Jimi and Janis and Richie and Sly, Santana and Canned Heat and Arlo and . . . … Continue reading
Sharon Watts Writes 