Fields were a psychedelic blues band whose one chance at wider fame slipped away when their manager turned down an invitation to play the 1969 Woodstock festival without even consulting the group. Bands who appeared at Woodstock, even minor ones, were guaranteed a lasting place in music history, while Fields were left as an obscure footnote despite having a sound well suited to the festival's audience.

Led by guitarist Richard Fortune and drawing on the influence of Cream, the Jeff Beck Group, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Electric Flag, the band released a sole self-titled album in 1971. By the time it appeared, musical tastes had already moved on, and the missed Woodstock slot meant the record failed to make the impact it might have two years earlier, leaving Fields largely forgotten today.