[note on the songlist: "Better Take Jesus' Hand" is listed on many
tapes
-- and on Dick's Picks #8 -- as "Cold Jordan"....]
November 2, 2004 Region 1 DVD release from New Line Home Entertainment,
of
the concert film Festival Express, recorded in 1970 and released in
2003.
The DVD set has over 50 additional minutes of exclusive performance
footage not seen in the theatrical version of the film, and also offers
25
minutes of additional interviews, "The Making of the Festival Express
Film" featurette, the theatrical trailer and a photo gallery as well as
a
16x9 widescreen version of the film with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Sound,
DTS and stereo surround sound, with English and Spanish subtitles and
closed captions.
Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental,
moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis
Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. Set in 1970, Festival Express
was
a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and
imagination of a generation and a nation. What made it unique was that
it
was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lived, slept,
rehearsed and did countless unmentionable things aboard a customized
train
that travelled from Toronto, to Calgary, to Winnipeg, with each stop
culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience, both off-stage
and
on, was filmed but the extensive footage remained locked away -- until
now. A momentous achievement in rock film archaeology, Festival Express
combines this long-lost material with contemporary interviews nearly 35
years after it was first filmed.
Song list - original film
1. Grateful Dead Casey Jones
2. Grateful Dead Don't Ease Me In
3. Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil
4. The Band Slippin' and Slidin'
5. Delaney & Bonnie etc Goin' Down the Road
6. Buddy Cage/ Various Artists Traditional Country Song
7. Buddy Guy & Rick Danko Baby Here I Come
8. Jerry Garcia & Sylvia Tyson Better Take Jesus' Hand (1st version)
9. Mashmakan Comin' Home Baby
10. Buddy Guy Money
11. Flying Burrito Bros Lazy Day
12. The Band The Weight
13. Janis Joplin Cry Baby
14. Buddy Guy & Jerry Garcia I Can't Do It Baby
15. Rick Danko & Janis etc Ain't No More Cane
16. Buddy Guy & Rick Danko Soul Jam
17. Various Artists Sunshine of Your Love
18. Sha Na Na Rock & Roll is Here to Stay
19. Ian & Sylvia & The Great Speckled Bird CC Rider
20. Grateful Dead New Speedway Boogie
21. The Band I Shall Be Released
22. Janis Joplin Tell Mama
23. Janis Joplin Me & Bobby McGee
24. New Riders of the Purple Sage Better Take Jesus' Hand (2nd version)
DVD "bonus" songs
1. Grateful Dead Hard to Handle
2. Grateful Dead Easy Wind
3. Janis Joplin Move Over
4. Janis Joplin Kozmic Blues
5. Buddy Guy Hoochie Coochie Man
6. Mashmakhan As Years Go By
7. Eric Anderson Thirsty Boots
8. Ian & Sylvia Tears of Rage
9. Tom Rush Child's Song
10. Seatrain Thirteen Questions
