Todd Rundgren Was Presented with the Key to Woodstock, New York, Which Proclaimed October 23 Todd Rundgren Day [Video]

Todd Rundgren was honored with the key to the town of Woodstock, New York, on Wednesday, October 23, during a ceremony held in front of the Bearsville Theater. October 23 also was proclaimed “Todd Rundgren Day” in Woodstock.

The presentation coincided with the lauded singer/songwriter’s sold-out two-concert engagement at the venue on October 22 and 23.

Rundgren has a long association with the Woodstock area, where he lived and worked during the 1970s and early 1980s. Todd recorded many of his own albums and produced records by many other famous artists at Bearsville Studios, a facility founded by late music manager Albert Grossman that was part of a complex that included the theater.

Video footage of the ceremony was posted on the YouTube channel of the local newspaper the Daily Freeman. Woodstock town supervisor Bill McKenna presented Rundgren with the key as well as a small-sized replica of Todd’s favorite guitar, his foam-green Fernandes P-Project Strat-style model.

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