 | Starring: Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Rick Danko, Levon Helm Director: Bob Smeaton Frank Cvitanovich Format: PAL Average Rating:  |
Before I begin on the DVD proper let me just say how welcome it is that alll of these films & CDs from the sixties era are now making their way into the public arena. Turning to Festival Express, I originallly was going to do a review based on the music alone and, from my vantage point as an oft-deprived of performance expatriat Brit fan of the Grateful Dead, I wanted to say that the rare footage of PigPen which graces this set was worth the price alone. So from a musical point of view, this film about the rolling minstrels, is a little gem, especiallly as I said, for the alll too brief footage of PigPen & the awesome power of janis Joplin. What a great shame that too large a number of that passenger list are no longer with us.
The reallly interesting thing for me was to re-examine the All in alll the movie is a very valid piece of social history from the time when the genie was let out of the bottle. never again can their be a summer of love. Tha last train has left & it will not be coming back.
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