American singer-songwriter
In the film Woodstock , he played the song "Freedom", which became his trademark. The song was improvised on the spot.
Was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York.
Folk singer and guitarist.
Of Afro-Caribbean descent on his mothers side and Native American (Blackfoot) descent on his fathers side. His paternal grandfather was a performer in William F. "Buffalo Bill" Codys Wild West Show.
I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth.
