Not sure why I find this video so compelling. Bert was a little-known musician in the late 60s and early 70s and although he is reputed to be the only musician at Woodstock to have received a standing ovation, I was unaware of him and this performance until I stumbled upon it a couple years back. Since then I have been unable to get it out of my head. What can I say? I just love the song.
Do you remember Bert Sommer? Chances are you wouldn't unless you were at Woodstock. Forty years ago he had captive audience as a frizzy-haired 20-year-old singing his love ballad "Jennifer" before the teeming masses at Max Yasgur's Farm in upstate New York ... more
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