Omah"Woodstock proved the turning point in Havens' career, thanks in part to scheduling chaos at the festival which featured headliners like Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Janis Joplin,
Originally scheduled to go on fifth, he got bumped up because of travel delays. His performance continued for three hours because the next act had not shown up."
I heard this episode as well on the radio the other day.
I agree, he was amazing. R.I.P.