After a childhood jamming with Leslie West and touring in the road band of The Music Explosion, our guest Ira Stone answered a newspaper ad in May 1969 that changed his life—Bert Sommer needed a guitarist for a gig coming up in August, a little thing called Woodstock. We’ll learn about how Ira and Leslie West obtained their unique guitar sound together, the making of Leslie West’s “Great Fatsby” record, which song Ira was playing when the very first standing ovation at Woodstock went down, and the last time Ira ever spoke with Burt Sommer before his death.  Next week: DE LA SOUL rated on the very day their catalog hits streaming!


Official playlist curated by Dave on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76VxC8TmAXciliYh78kKEe?si=RkpulOpaSGGr1pE5ZlVieA



Bert Sommer with Ira Stone, et al, at Woodstock, August 1969: https://youtu.be/TaMIfkWcEpY
Lyndsay Stone’s “Surrounded”, from her 2019 EP: https://youtu.be/QPbM-1O3lv8
Ira & Maxine living room pandemic performance, “Secret Place”, May 2020: https://youtu.be/oThwleu3Q-s


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