Festival Express

Seen this several times, despite my interest in this music being way more anthropological now than heartfelt when I was a kid. Rick Danko is so sketched out in acid-drenchedLand when he's singing in the train next to Janis - I thought I was gonna get some weird kinda contact high just watching him. Hilarious promoter - threatening everyone to get a show/more booze. Seeing The Band play was fucking great - funny how conspicuously absent they were on the train. Ah - the Canadian Prairies....

Good little slice of Canadian rock 'n roll history. Who knew a girl from Chatham Ontario wrote a #3 hit on the Billboard charts?

Some decent performances, not that much else. Janis Joplin and Buddy Guy are definitely worth seeing. Bluesy psychedelic rock is ok, but I guess you had to be there.

"Festival Express only delivers, at its best, a mild contact high." - Nick Schager

Great! The music I grew up to!