Merrick also wrote "From the Prison," which Richie Havens recorded for his second studio LP, "Something Else Again", released in January 1968 Something Else Again. Havens opened his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair ("Woodstock") with "From the Prison" . Havens was the opening act at Woodstock, so Merrick's song thus has the distinction of being the first song sung at Woodstock.