Come Away Melinda concerts on May 2 and 3, 1963, which were issued later that year as "Reunion At Carnegie Hall, 1963". Later recordings include those by Judy Collins ("Judy Collins 3"), Theodore Bikel ("A Folksinger's Choice"), Tim Rose ("Tim Rose"), Bobbie Gentry ("Local Gentry"), Uriah Heep ("...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble"), Velvett Fogg ("Velvett Fogg"), UFO ("UFO 1"), Kenny Rankin ("Mind-Dusters"), The Big 3 ("Live at the Recording Studio"), Cat's Eyes, and L.Stadt. In the UK it was a number 47 hit for female singer Barry St. John in 1965. Come Away Melinda "Come Away Melinda" is a song written by Fred Hellerman
Heavy metal music cruder sound, Grand Funk Railroad, played the Atlanta Pop Festival. That same month, another Cream-rooted trio led by Leslie West released "Mountain", an album filled with heavy blues rock guitar and roaring vocals. In August, the group—now itself dubbed Mountain—played an hour-long set at the Woodstock Festival, exposing the crowd of 300,000 people to the emerging sound of heavy metal. Mountain's proto-metal or early heavy metal hit song "Mississippi Queen" from the album "Climbing!" is especially credited with paving the way for heavy metal and was one of the first heavy guitar songs to receive regular play on radio. In