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Topic: Festival Express Release available NOW! |
JB Arnold
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 10:30 am |
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Is available for purhase on Amazon.com now, with a release date of 11/2.
Features the Dead, The Band, NRPS, Great Speckeled Bird (with Buddy Cage), Janis, Buddy Guy, and a host of others on a weeklong train trip across Canada to do concerts. Vintage 30 year old footage of some of the greatest acts of the time (or anytime for that matter). This has gotten rave reviews everywhere.
JB
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"All in all, looking back, I'd have to say the best advice anyone ever gave me was 'Hands Up, Don't Move!"
www.johnbarnold.com/pedalsteel
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http://www.nrpsmusic.com/index.html
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Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2004 10:41 am
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I just saw this flick at a local theater. Incredible movie. Much more entertaining than I even expected it to be. Check out the young Buddy Cage too. It'll tap you back in to a time when rock was at its most sincere and raw and powerful. When The Band kicks off their first tune, the energy is just immense.
And Jerry.... Man I miss Jerry!
A must-see for anyone who loves rock and roll.
Three thumbs up
Brad Sarno
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Drew Howard
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Posted 22 Oct 2005 5:37 am
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Saw Festival Express last nite on Sundance.
Beautifully shot movie.
Combines my two loves, trains and music!
Used to ride CN with my father when we lived in Ontario in the '60's.
Lots of steel guitar here, Sneaky Pete with the Burritos, Buddy Cage jamming wth the Dead on the train, and on stage, too.
Lots jammin' on the train. A loaded Rick Danko sings and jams with Janis, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir.
Lots of kids protesting at all the stops, wanting to turn the festivals into freebies.
The interesting thing, is the promoters and the bands don't cave in.
If you loved the music of this era, this movie as good as it gets.
Drew
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Drew Howard - website - Fessenden D-10 8/8, Fessenden SD-12 5/5 (Ext E9), Magnatone S-8, N400's, BOSS RV-3
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2005 11:43 am
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| Festival Express is currently in the HBO lineup. |
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Al Terhune
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Newcastle, WA
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Posted 22 Oct 2005 1:09 pm
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Saw the DVD back in April -- like everybody's been saying -- really, really tops.
Al |
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John Lacey
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Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 23 Oct 2005 5:08 am
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| I've never, ever, seen a piece of media that brought me back to my youth the way this film did. It brought tears to my eyes many times and big smiles. |
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 23 Oct 2005 7:23 am
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At the risk of being a wet blanket I have a slightly different opinion of the film, which I rushed to see in a theatre when it came out last year. I remember (at 13) reading about that tour as it happened and knowing it had to be the most fun possible, to be one of the musicians on that train. And watching the movie was fun; it IS a wonderful period piece and document of a musical era that I was really into. But I'm sorry, I walked away thinking that there weren't really many actually good performances, certainly not many that I want to see over and over. And I don't just mean the drunken jams on the train (which WERE fun to watch). I just don't think many of the artists came near to living up to their reputations... So it's fun movie for sure, but in my opinion some of the posts here would make for expectations of great music which I personally don't think there's really a lot of...
Flame away if ya wanna, but just my somewhat contrary opinion!  [This message was edited by Pete Finney on 23 October 2005 at 08:25 AM.] |
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Al Terhune
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Posted 23 Oct 2005 7:59 am
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| Pete -- yep. The film is one heck of a piece of history. It's just priceless. I would highly recommend it for nostalgic purposes and history, but not to see each band's best performance of their lifetime. And although the performances might not be their best or even close to them, the footage is still priceless. I'll also add I don't think any of the prior posts mentioned incredible performances. [This message was edited by Al Terhune on 23 October 2005 at 09:00 AM.] |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2005 8:32 am
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I just want to point out that this topic is a year old. The DVD was released in 2004.
It's a fun ride (I have the DVD), but there's very little steel content. I'm moving this topic to the 'Music' section accordingly.
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