As I’ve said before, IOW1970 wasn’t just a rock festival it was a music festival, and we had a wonderful diversity of performers, many of whom would rarely, if ever, play in the UK again.
Rosalie Sorrels wasn’t well-known at the time in England, and she probably still isn’t, but in terms of American cultural history she is a legend, a celebrated conservationist. Rosalie began as a folklorist in the 50s, putting together a monumental collection of songs and stories and trying to preserve that oral tradition by documenting and performing them. She has recorded 25 albums of her own and played on many others, written numerous books, been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, and twice been nominated for a Grammy. Now in her late 70s, she is still travelling and singing and telling stories. Great lady.
At IOW1970 she performed, as she often did in those days, accompanied by the excellent Dave Bromberg.
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