Woodstock Performer Melanie Safka Dead At 76

HuffPost ^ | January 24, 2024 | David Moye

[fatboy]

“Her mother owned a craft store called Paint-in-Place.”
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It was located in The Monmouth Mall in Eatontown NJ. Small store well organized. Used to shop in that mall when I was a kid.

[clive bitterman]

Yes, in the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, NJ. when it was still an outdoor mall. They had pictures of Melanie all over the store (she was at her height of popularity then) and her sister, who looked a lot like her, worked there. The last I’d heard of Melanie was that she had purchased a large tract of land in Middletown, NJ. near the Swimming River Reservoir that was supposedly a farm but after that, nothing. R.I.P.

[MoochPooch]

The Troubadour was THE place and the start of so many singer-songwriters of that era

My father, a physician, had Doug Weston as a patient. Dad became a regular visitor to The Troubadour. I saw Melanie perform there.

Later The Troubadour got eclipsed by The Roxy.

[Captain Compassion]

She was the hippy queen after Woodstock. I first listened to her music in ‘68 while in the Navy. Loved her ever since. RIP Melanie.