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The Festival Express is coming! (it's here!)
#2439544 - 03/16/04 01:43 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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As i was reading my new issue of RELIX at work today, i came across an artical about the Festival Express! In the summer of 1970, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and a host of other musicians took a charted train trip across Canada. And it's on film. Really good film. Coming to theaters this July. DVD to follow. But go out of your way to catch it in the big screen for the concert experience. At the Toronto Film Festival last summer, tears were rolling down checks during Janis's soul-baring, and spontaneous applause erupted in the mid-song, as if it were a jass club. can't wait to see this one! http://www.festivalexpress.com/main.html
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Edited by kindkesey (11/02/04 02:41 PM)
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2439603 - 03/16/04 01:58 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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Yeah, that's gonna kick any other summer flick's ass so hard.
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2439693 - 03/16/04 02:21 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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papa john phillips said he couldn't remember writing "me and my uncle" on that trans-canada rock-n-roll choochoo trip... heh...
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2440370 - 03/16/04 05:41 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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Oh sweet I'll have to try and catch that one on the big screen!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2440394 - 03/16/04 05:48 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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sounds great, I've read about it in several books, can't wait to see that!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2440413 - 03/16/04 05:54 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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OK....OK
What song did Robert Hunter, who was on the train, wright about the experience!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Ripple]
#2440913 - 03/16/04 07:52 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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come on?
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Ripple]
#2440991 - 03/16/04 08:10 PM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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"Might As Well"
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: BluMonkee]
#2442001 - 03/17/04 02:15 AM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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hum........
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Ripple]
#2442037 - 03/17/04 03:34 AM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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Casey Jones?
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Krishna]
#2442064 - 03/17/04 04:18 AM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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Might As Well
Great North Special, were you on board? You can't find a ride like that no more Night the chariot swung down low Ninety nine children had a chance to go
One long party from front to end Tune to the whistle going round the bend No big hurry, what do you say? Might as well travel the elegant way
Might as well, might as well Might as well, might as well Might as well, might as well Might as well, might as well
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: BluMonkee]
#2442322 - 03/17/04 07:16 AM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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correct you are!!!!!!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: BluMonkee]
#2442326 - 03/17/04 07:17 AM (20 years, 16 days ago) |
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love this lyric:
One long party from front to end Tune to the whistle going round the bend No big hurry, what do you say? Might as well travel the elegant way
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Ripple]
#2443963 - 03/17/04 03:48 PM (20 years, 15 days ago) |
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After starting this thread, i had to skip ahead in the current book i'm reading (Garcia, by Blair Jackson) to the festival express part. I only found a couple of pages of stuff, here's one.....
"Ripple" is easily one of Hunter and Garcia's best-loved works, though they rarely performed it outside of the acoustic sets the group played in 1970 and 1980. "We were on the trans-Canadian train trip," Hunter said. "Jerry woke up one morning, sat out on the railroad tracks somewhere near Saska-toon and put it to music." " It just seemed to happen automatically," Garcia noted modestly.
thought that was kinda kool!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#2443992 - 03/17/04 04:01 PM (20 years, 15 days ago) |
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Heh, no offense : Well, that big dumb blonde With her wheel in the gorge And Turtle, that friend of theirs With his checks all forged And his cheeks in a chunk With his cheese in the cash They're all gonna be there At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Ev'rybody from right now To over there and back The louder they come The harder they crack Come now, sweet cream Don't forget to flash We're all gonna meet At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I took my counselor Out to the barn Silly Nelly was there She told him a yarn Then along came Jones Emptied the trash Ev'rybody went down To that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I'm hittin' it too hard My stones won't take I get up in the mornin' But it's too early to wake First it's hello, goodbye Then push and then crash But we're all gonna make it At that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash Well, I looked at my watch I looked at my wrist Punched myself in the face With my fist I took my potatoes Down to be mashed Then I made it over To that million dollar bash Ooh, baby, ooh-ee Ooh, baby, ooh-ee It's that million dollar bash I think Mr. Zimmerman may have been a little jealous.
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: Che_Night_Soil]
#3309662 - 11/02/04 02:40 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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After waiting so long for this, i picked up my copy today at best buy!
while every one else is watching the out come of the election, i'll be somkin nugz and watching this movie!
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Re: The Festival Express is coming! [Re: kindkesey]
#3309678 - 11/02/04 02:43 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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Definately going to see that!
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