Festival Express

Sep 19, 2003

1h 30m

★ 7.1

Festival Express... The longest party in rock-n-roll history.

Overview

The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.

Genres

Documentary

History

Music

Festival Express Trailers

Cast

Self - The Band

Rick Danko

Self - The Band

Levon Helm

Self - The Band

Garth Hudson

Self - The Band

Richard Manuel

Self - The Band

Robbie Robertson

Self

Janis Joplin

Self

Jon Bauman

Self

Richard Bell

Self

Jerry Garcia

Self

Delaney Bramlett

Self

Bonnie Bramlett

Self

Mickey Hart

Filmed at the legendary Ritz in 1991, this concert was one of three rehearsal “club” dates for the tour that would ultimately divide the band, and it took place at the 1,400-person-or-so-capacity Ritz. Rose tells the crowd he doesn’t like showing up to rehearsals (shocker) so this was his warmup, but he nevertheless delivers an impressive, throat-shredding performance throughout, even after injuring a leg mid-gig. He even sounds like he’s having fun. He does the Cool Hand Luke “failure to communicate” monologue himself in “Civil War,” which also features Slash riffing on Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).”

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