Woodstock. Matthews Southern Comfort. Bass cover.

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2021 has been another very tumultuos and depressing year for the world so for the last week I thought I would do some slower and more melodic tunes. Day 5.
Matthews Southern Comfort (MSC) was originally a British country rock/folk rock band, formed in 1970 by former Fairport Convention singer Ian (later Iain) Matthews. The original line-up consisted of Matthews, lead guitarist Mark Griffiths (who would later become the bass player with both The Shadows and The Everly Brothers), rhythm guitarist Carl Barnwell, bass player Pete Watkins, drummer Roger Swallow and pedal steel guitarist Gordon Huntley.
Matthews abruptly quit during the height of their fame, shortly after their version of the Joni Mitchell song "Woodstock" became a worldwide hit, reaching the top of the UK music charts in October 1970, their only No. 1 hit single. "Woodstock" also charted in several European countries and reached No. 23 in the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.
Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" about the famous music festival held in upstate New York in August 1969, an event widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the history of popular music. Hers was one of three versions of the song released in 1970 and was included on her March 1970 album Ladies Of The Canyon. Aslo covered by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the third version by Matthews Southern Comfort became the best known version in the United Kingdom, and was the highest charting version of the song worldwide, reaching the top of the UK music charts in 1970.
Matthews would later admit to unease upon eventually meeting Joni Mitchell because he had changed the melody – (Ian Matthews quote:)"I couldn't reach [her] high notes" – but Mitchell replied that she preferred his arrangement. Matthews Southern Comfort bassist Andy Leigh would recall: "We took [the song] apart and reassembled it and we knew we had something. We were an album band. We didn't do singles." In fact, Uni had issued one single off each of the first two of the three Matthews Southern Comfort albums. "But we knew this [track] ... was something special."
As the name implies, the lyrics tell the story of a concert-goer on a trek to attend the festival. Mitchell, who was unable to actually perform at the festival herself due to scheduling conflicts, was inspired to write the song based on an account of the festival relayed to her by then-boyfriend Graham Nash, who had performed there. The anthemic song, as well as the festival it commemorates, is symbolic of the counterculture of the 1960s. The lyrics tell a story about a spiritual journey to Max Yasgur's farm, the place of the festival, and make prominent use of sacred imagery, comparing the festival site with the Garden of Eden ("and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden").
Despite having issues with "Woodstock's" success in 1970, Iain Matthews would state in 2017: "Any kind of success in this business takes me by surprise. 'Woodstock' was the first and most exciting. It's still opening new doors to this day."
Some fun facts about the Woodstock festival in 1969;
https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/50-facts-about-woodstock/
*Related story;
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woodstock-michael-lang-dead-1281681/