Old music: Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock

The second best Fairport Convention singer secured a UK No 1 only to move on, leaving solo success behindWas it for only three weeks in autumn 1970 that Matthews Southern Comfort topped the UK chart with their cover version of Joni Mitchell's song about the legendary rock festival? Woodstock – which featured not only the best ex-Fairport Convention singer who wasn't Sandy Denny but also Gordon Huntley's sparkling pedal steel – still seems to bring out the sunshine whenever you hear it. The s...

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