Tom Pacheco Benefit in Woodstock

Singer-songwriter Tom Pacheco has been an integral member of the Woodstock music scene for several decades. Recently, the revered tunesmith—whose songs have been performed by the Band, Jefferson Starship, Richie Havens, Rick Danko, and others—has been dealing with a costly health crisis that has left him unable to work. To help the much-loved this rough patch, a benefit concert by John Sebastian, Amy Fradon and Leslie Ritter, Scott Petito, members of the Fugs, and other will take place at Colony on April 7.

Pacheco got his start playing folk music in Greenwich Village in the mid-1960s before switching over to folk rock with the Ragamuffins and joining psychedelic country rockers Euphoria. In a duo with singer Sharon Alexander, he made one album in 1971 for Capitol Records before settling in Woodstock in 1976 and embarking on a long and prolific solo career. Spells in Austin, Nashville, and Dublin followed, and in 1997 he returned to Woodstock, where he has been based while touring his successful markets in Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe. A consummate songwriter’s songwriter, Pacheco has released 19 solo albums to date and two with Norwegian country artist Steinar Albrigtsen.

Here's an appropriate pick from his voluminous oeuvre:



“A Concert for Tom Pacheco” will take place at Colony in Woodstock on April 7 at 7pm. Tickets are $23.37.