What’s really bonkers about Sha Na Na is that when they appeared at Woodstock, they’d only performed a handful of times (mostly just around their college), had no record contract, and hadn’t released any songs. But their bass player was a friend of Jimi Hendrix and Jimi was a big fan, so he recommended they open for him. Their set was a total shock and surprise, the crowd went nuts, and it ended up kicking off the 50’s nostalgia wave of the 1970s.
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