The power didn't cut out when Sha Na Na performed immediately before Jimi Hendrix at the conclusion of the famously rain-soaked Woodstock festival in August 1969 in Bethel, N.Y. But the Wurlitzer ...
Of all the acts that graced the Woodstock stage that weekend in August 50 years ago, perhaps the most unlikely was Sha Na Na, a group of Columbia University students who previously sang together in ...
Check out Pandora's "The Sounds of Woodstock 1969" playlist to listen to the music of the moment. When most classic rock fans think of the original Woodstock festival, held a half-century ago in ...
It was 50 years ago when Sha Na Na opened for Jimi Hendrix at a music festival called Woodstock during the summer of 1969 — you might have heard of it. Sha Na Na co-founder and drummer Jocko ...
How do you get to Woodstock after only eight or so gigs? If you’re Sha Na Na you impress Jimi Hendrix with your retro rock and R&B act, and he tells the festival organizers to put you on the bill. It ...
While college students were a big part of the audience at Woodstock in the summer of 1969, John "Jocko" Marcellino – then both a freshman at New York's Columbia University and the drummer for Sha Na ...
Even if you’ve never been to a sock hop, Quincy native Jocko Marcellino promises "You can rock it, you can roll it, you can slop it, you can stroll it'' when Sha Na Na cuts loose at Hanover Theatre in ...
Nothing about Sha Na Na’s rise to rock and roll fame was predictable. Born out of an a capella ensemble at Columbia University that sang popular ‘50s tunes, the group eventually picked up instruments ...
About 40 years ago, Jocko Marcellino was recruited to play football at Columbia University. But Marcellino's vision went beyond the gridiron. "I had an eye on Broadway," Marcellino says during a ...