Biography:
Bert Sommer (February 7, 1949 – July 23, 1990) was a folk singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had a hit with the song "We're All Playing In The Same Band." He was briefly a member of baroque-pop group the Left Banke, co-writing and singing lead on the "Ivy Ivy"/"And Suddenly" single.
Sommer also played Woof in the original Broadway production of Hair and "Flatbush" of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on The Krofft Supershow in 1976. He did not reprise the role in the second season.
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Thread #79340 Message #1765433
Posted By: GUEST,yian
Thread Name: Woodstock performer Bert Sommers - info?
Subject: RE: Bert Sommers / Bert Sommer
[Verse 1]
Jennifer
D C G D
Jennifer's heaven, for jenny I'd stay
D C D
Skin shining white as a dove
D C G D
lying beside her I melted away
D C D Dm
into her river of love
[Chorus]
Dm C
Whoa, I'm lost in a maze
G A
counting the ways that she smiles
Dm C
time is slipping away, yeah
G C
lost in the arms of her love
D
so gentle and wild
[Verse 2]
D C G D
Jennifer's something you handle with care
D C D
fragile as crystals of glass
D C G D
Jennifers lips are as soft as the air
D C D
kissing her here in the grass
[Chorus]
Dm C
Whoa, I'm lost in a maze
G A
counting the ways that she smiles
Dm C
and time is slipping away, yeah
G C
lost in the arms of her love
D
so gentle and wild
[Verse 3]
D C G D
Jennifer's heaven, for jenny I'd stay
D C D
skin shining white as a dove
D C G D
lying beside her I melted away
D C D
into her river of love
[Outro]
into her river of love
into her river of love
Thread #79340 Message #1765433
Posted By: GUEST,yian
Thread Name: Woodstock performer Bert Sommers - info?
Subject: RE: Bert Sommers / Bert Sommer
[Verse 1]
Jennifer
D C G D
Jennifer's heaven, for jenny I'd stay
D C D
Skin shining white as a dove
D C G D
lying beside her I melted away
D C D Dm
into her river of love
[Chorus]
Dm C
Whoa, I'm lost in a maze
G A
counting the ways that she smiles
Dm C
time is slipping away, yeah
G C
lost in the arms of her love
D
so gentle and wild
[Verse 2]
D C G D
Jennifer's something you handle with care
D C D
fragile as crystals of glass
D C G D
Jennifers lips are as soft as the air
D C D
kissing her here in the grass
[Chorus]
Dm C
Whoa, I'm lost in a maze
G A
counting the ways that she smiles
Dm C
and time is slipping away, yeah
G C
lost in the arms of her love
D
so gentle and wild
[Verse 3]
D C G D
Jennifer's heaven, for jenny I'd stay
D C D
skin shining white as a dove
D C G D
lying beside her I melted away
D C D
into her river of love
[Outro]
into her river of love
into her river of love
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