Matthews Southern Comfort Backing Tracks

Matthews Southern Comfort Backing Tracks – Woodstock

Matthews Southern Comfort (MSC) was a British country rock/folk rock band, formed in 1970 by former Fairport Convention singer Ian 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. Watkins and Swallow, left the band shortly after the band was formed and were replaced by bass player Andy Leigh and drummer Ray Duffy.

They recorded two albums during 1970, and 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.

Matthews Southern Comfort Backing Tracks

Woodstock

Lyrics

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
When I asked him, where are you going?
This he told me
I’m going down to Yasgur’s farm
Think I’ll join a rock and roll band
I’ll camp out on the land
I’ll try and set my soul free

We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel just like a cog
In something turning
Well, maybe it’s the time of year
Or maybe it’s the time of man
And I don’t know who I am
But life’s for learning

We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden

By the time I got to Woodstock
They were half a million strong
Everywhere there were songs
And celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden