The director, Bob Smeaton, recorded interviews in 2003 with many of the surviving musicians who put into words what the experience was like for the performers and how much they loved the train ride and treasured the memories. No one left the train during that week except to perform in the concerts. They demanded that the promoters, who lost a small fortune on the festival because of the protesters, should hand over most of the money from ticket sales to those protesters and the bands should play for free, despite their significant expenses – which sounds as spectacularly stupid now as it did then. On July 4th our group of about 10 friends from Edmonton got to McMahon Stadium early and grabbed some good space to the right of the stage. 2003 wurde diese Dokumentation erst bei den internationalen Filmfestspielen in Toronto uraufgeführt, bevor 2004 die DVD im Handel erhältlich war. A few seconds later Joplin launched into an inspired set, beginning with a knock-your-socks-off passionate rendition of Tell Mama. “I don’t know where you’ve been all week, but we’ve been at a party. Back on the field, after a few minor acts, the Grateful Dead took over for about two hours, opening with an acoustic set, following that with their brother band, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, which featured Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar and band mate Mickey Hart on the drums. The music is very good and provides some of the best footage of these vintage bands at their creative peak, but what makes the film truly special is that it gives us a backstage pass to watch the individual musicians interacting musically and personally on the train, something you don’t get in either Monterrey Pop or Woodstock, where the bands just arrived, played, and left. In addition to participating in the cross-Canada rock-and-roll rail tour Festival Express, they recorded a self-titled album for the short-lived Ampex label. Ian and Sylvia, soon to be divorced, were also on this tour, and Sylvia's interviewed fairly extensively. 12 hours of entertainment from some of the best rock bands in the world for $10 or $12 is an insane bargain. He was previously married to Sylvia Tyson. Sylvia Tyson sang, composed and occasionally played piano. Trotz dieser Vorfälle und trotz der großen Einnahmenverluste wurde die Tournee fortgesetzt. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson.From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she and Ian also fronted the country-rock band Great Speckled Bird. It was Friday night and the Festival Express was preparing to run out of steam. Best of all was an inspired rendition of one of my favourite songs, Rocking Chair, with Manuel singing, Garth Hudson on the accordion and Helm still playing guitar. One of the few people who actually slept on the Festival Express, the subject of a just-released documentary, remembers a time when musicians didn't have entourages . In the summer of 1970, right after the Festival Express tour had ended, Ian and Sylvia Tyson went into the studios of CFTO-TV in Toronto to tape the pilot for a new music series for Canadian network television. The performers, who didn’t have swim trunks and hadn’t had a shower during their 2 ½ days on the train, went for a massive skinny dip in the pool, including Janis Joplin, who shocked the pool manager, according to Walker. This is the story of the Festival Express. B. eigene Köche im Zug, statt einfache Imbisse) bereitgestellt, der zu der damaligen Zeit noch nicht üblich war. JERRY GARCIA, SYLVIA TYSON, FESTIVAL EXPRESS, 2003 Surrey, UK, 23 Jan 2018. Janis Joplin-Wikipedia I was there in Winnipeg – all day – with my good friend Kenny Finkleman. Instead of taking them across Canada on planes, the musicians and their crew went on the VIA Rail (a.k.a. Dave and I packed our stuff, thanked my mom for everything, gave her a hug and headed for the highway, feeling like vagabonds off on our next adventure. The Orient Express – No Artist: The Orient Express – Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ian Tyson And Others* Country Jam – Jerry Garcia And Sylvia Tyson: Better Take Jesus' Hand – No Artist: Toronto To Winnipeg – Buddy Guy Blues Band, Jerry Garcia And Others* I Can't Do It Baby – No Artist I asked him if they were playing last that night and he said he believed The Band was closing the show. “One way or another, this darkness got to give.”. Sadly, the three stars of the film, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia and Rick Danko all died way too young. I remember me and Jerry Garcia crawling onto the roof of one of the train cars and howling like coyotes.”, About four days before Canada Day my pal Dave and I were winding up a long visit to the New York area using my parent’s home in New Jersey as a base and planning to hitchhike back home to Edmonton soon. Movies. The concerts were linked together because all the musicians travelled and lived together on a private Canadian Railroad train which was open only to the perfomers, roadies and a few groupies. Ian And Sylvia Buddy Guy Rock Festivals Janis Joplin Grateful Dead Concert Posters Day … Ian And Sylvia. She wrote her first song, ‘You Were On My Mind’, in 1962, and three years later it reached #3 on the Billboard chart for a group called We Five, subsequently hitting the British charts as a hit for Crispian St Peter. “First, I’m going to pick you up – and then I’m going to put you down!” – Buddy Guy. “I don’t know where you’ve been all week, but we’ve been at a party.” – Janis Joplin. Folk (later, country) singers, active 1961-75. Saved by Paul Dittmer. Just like in Winnipeg, Buddy Guy stunned the crowd with his blues guitar playing and singing. One of the people sitting with us said his life was complete now that he had met Jerry Garcia, which earned him a lecture from Garcia, who told him meeting a rock musician was no big deal and he should aspire to accomplish much more important things in his life. 146:22. Those who did come to Winnipeg Stadium had a fantastic time. Ian Tyson, Soundtrack: Road to Nowhere. As a full-time duo by 1961, they performed that year at the Mariposa Folk Festival and in folk clubs in New York and Chicago. Deadheads of the world, unite at a theater playing “Festival Express.” There is also The Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Mashmahkhan and Ian and Sylvia Tyson (doing a … I liked their first few songs, but then they played their only ‘hit,’ As the Years Go By, with its tinny organ and vapid lyrics. I split from my friends and went inside – just could not understand why it should be free… Seeing Janis at about 2 am was a lifetime memory – I was already a huge fan and she was everything!! The real action was taking place on the CN private train, however. Jan 2, 2018 - Explore MotherMcree13's board "Festival Express 1970" on Pinterest. Chatting with Miss Joplin, Rush, Ian and Sylvia, and other entertainers at the bash, I learn they all dig the Vancouver scene and were disappointed Vancouver as a site for the festival was cancelled. The next number was sung by Bonnie Bramlett and various other artists joined in through the course of the set. Anderson acknowledged it was very tough doing an acoustic set in front of a festival crowd, but I was impressed by him. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Festival Express was plagued by trouble from the onset, as idealistic young crowds stormed the Toronto gates in protest of what they considered to be an outrageous $14 ticket price. Near the end of the song the camera pans to the left than back right and I can spot myself and a number of friends grooving away. Der Festival Express war 1970 eine Konzerttour vom Osten zum Westen Kanadas. Oktober 2020 um 15:12 Uhr bearbeitet. Den Musikern wurde dabei ein Luxus (z. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson.From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she and Ian also fronted the country-rock band Great Speckled Bird. As it turned out the last three performers were the three headliners, the Dead, The Band and Janis Joplin. Special event from 13th January to 4th March 2018 that provides the opportunity to see tropical butterflies flying about in the glasshouse. I never got to see Ian and Sylvia live, but luckily got to know their stuff in college and it's in my DNA. Neben kanadischen Folkliedern wurden auch britische und einige Bluessongs verwendet. Festival Express. The promoters hired camera and audio crews to film and record the performances and the action on the train, but due to financial problems and legal disputes the documentary, Festival Express, was not completed for 33 years, emerging like a time capsule in 2003 after 30 hours of video and audio were recovered from a Toronto garage and Canada’s National Archives. I nodded my head or vice versa and you just played.”, “I recall getting into a drinking contest with Janis Joplin and I was seriously out-matched,” recalled Ian Tyson. It was a very special Canada Day. Things really started to rock when red-hot blues guitar player and singer Buddy Guy hit the stage and had the crowd on their feet with sizzling versions of Hoochie Cootchie Man and Money, using a ridiculously long power cord that enabled him to walk off the stage right up to the crowd while playing up a storm. The Winnipeg crowd was by far the smallest of the tour, largely because many people were scared off by riots and violent clashes with the police in Toronto by protesters who demanded the concert be free. A few songs later he stepped onto a fork lift which carried him right out to the crowd as he used his ridiculously long power cord. Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia. In this film we see no security officials, no handlers, no PR men, and no prima donnas, just raw footage of the artists joking around and jamming like mad, not even noticing or caring that they were being filmed. In the summer of 1970, right after the Festival Express tour had ended, Ian and Sylvia Tyson went into the studios of CFTO-TV in Toronto to tape the pilot for a new music series for Canadian network television. Format: DVD. Sykes reportedly demanded that “the children of Calgary be allowed into the festival for free.” Walker bluntly refused and Sykes called him “eastern scum” and “an animal who had come to this city to try and make a fast buck.” Walker, who was a large, fit, broad-shouldered man in his late twenties, proudly claims he then dropped Sykes with a roundhouse punch in the mouth, cutting his knuckles on Sykes’ teeth, and then jumped on him, and had to be pulled off the Mayor by a senior RCMP official from Edmonton K Division, who Walker claims said he did well, but he couldn’t punch the Mayor again. Viele der Musiker blieben in dieser Zeit im Zug, andere erschienen nur bei den Konzerten. Janis and Jerry called the promoters on stage and presented them with a huge toy train, signed by all the musicians. Bachman later confessed he was so nervous he misspelled ‘American’ and skipped the rest of the songs he planned to play. I thought he sounded pretty good and was disappointed he didn’t play more. I’m glad to hear my post triggered some sweet memories for you. I finally met someone who could throw a better party than me.”. We had to decide at midnight whether to stay or go as buses would no longer be running to take kids home. You would have, too. You would have, too. The festival lineup featured Janis Joplin, The Band, the Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ian and Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird, Eric Anderson, Tom Rush, Mountain, Mashmakhan and many others. Ian And Sylvia. I told him I was a huge fan and Dave and I started a friendly conversation with him. I have been to a lot of rock concerts and quite a few music festivals but Festival Express has a special place in my heart. I loved the Dead in those days, when they were at their peak, and it was heartbreaking to see the way heavy drug use, especially Jerry’s later heroin addiction, de-railed the band and paved the way to his early death. They brought their group Great Speckled Bird to the show to become the house band. Release Date: 10 Aug 2005. He was 53. What a day! Status: Offline. Ironically, the cancellation of the concert in Monreal, June 24, opened a date for the Grateful Dead to play that night at the Capitol Theater in Porchester, New York, instead, widely regarded as one of their greatest ever concerts and happily we were there to enjoy it. The albums can be defined as early country-rock music. The tour was a financial flop, and thanks of a fight between the festival promoters and the film producers, no film was edited or exhibited. INFO: Source: WEBRip Video compression mode: [MKV,1080p][H.264,AC3] Size MB: 2600 Total Run Time mn. The Summer of Love was always a misnomer, but this felt like the Winter of Hate. Well done. Festival Express (2003) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. “It was 24 hours a day. I had to watch the film decades later to appreciate what a wild train ride they enjoyed. Left to right: Buddy Cage, Jerry Garcia, Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson, Jim Colegrove, Delaney Bramlett. It was in 1961 that Ian and Sylvia headlined at Canada's legendary Mariposa Folk Festival. By the spring, the Festival Express was ready to roll with a dream lineup: Joplin, the Band, the Grateful Dead, Ian and Sylvia (along with their influential country-rock band, the Great Speckled Bird), Buddy Guy, Traffic, Ten Years After, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Tom Rush and Eric Andersen were all … I only wish I could have made it to Toronto, but I didn’t think my friend David and I could have gotten to Winnipeg in time for the rest of the tour. He was 55. See more ideas about Ian and sylvia, Sylvia, Folk music. I noticed that in the documentary Jerry Garcia can be seen smiling and applauding Sha Na Na at the end of their set. The most entertaining moment in Festival Express was not filmed. Ian Tyson, Soundtrack: Road to Nowhere. Sylvia Tyson, CM (born Sylvia Fricker, 19 September 1940, Chatham, Ontario, Canada), is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. The Band ended their set with a delightfully rowdy version of Little Richard’s Slippin’ & Slidin’. When Ian and Sylvia took the stage that evening they were joined by Delaney Bramlett, Jerry Garcia and others, as Sylvia sang CC Rider. Members of the Grateful Dead joked about hijacking the train and driving it back to San Francisco. Tracklist: Grateful Dead - Don't Ease Me In The Band - Slippin' and Slidin Solo on the train by Jerry … I always enjoy Canada Day because I love this country the way every immigrant does. When Ian and Sylvia took the stage that evening they were joined by Delaney Bramlett, Jerry Garcia and others, as Sylvia sang CC Rider. Great Speckled Bird performing (probably doing C.C. Ken Walker thanked Janis for coming and she replied “Next time you throw a train, invite me.” I have never seen performing artists so clearly having a great time. The smiles on the faces of the musicians reflected just how much fun they were having together, and it was a joy to watch. The ad for the Festival Express. “She drank me under the table. 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