Yeah, its a great story. I like Richie a lot. Got a couple of his records and the great thing is they always seem to be dirt cheap whenever I see them. Super voice and that Woodstock version of Freedom is flawless.
Actually the 3 hour thing is folk lore. In reality he did only play for 20 minutes but he always claimed the 3 hour story so it stuck. A radio station in Philly played Woodstock as it happened last summer.