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Rolling Rocknew
Hurtling across Canada during the summer of 1970 was a trainload of musicians – among them Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Buddy Guy – who partied and played music ’til the very end of the line.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Smeaton, Festival Express
Old Rock Documentary Gets Performers Back on Tracknew
The long-lost audio and video from a little-known concert tour that took place in Canada in 1970 has been recovered and made into a film. The footage included performances from the Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy and Janis Joplin, who would die but three months after the tour rolled into its final stop in Calgary.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-30-2004 |
Movies
Recalling Music, Protest of Woodstock Eranew
Bob Smeaton's documentary of Canada's 1970 Festival Express concert tour captures the era's peace-and-love ideals unified by rock 'n' roll, as well as the more militant, violent impulses of the protest movement. Watching Festival Express is like seeing the performances of Woodstock 1969 alongside the riots of Woodstock 1999.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Smeaton, Festival Express
