You like the 70's? Who here has seen the Festival Express?

hi all,

I watched a wicked cool movie yesterday called the Festival Express. It was a tour across Canada in 1970 with bands like Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Sha-na-na, The Band, The Flying Buritto Brothers, and a few more cool bands. They toured around Canada by trian, all bands on the same train, travelling together. All they did was jam all night on this train with each other and looked like a damn good time. They had a huge Canadian Club bottle of whiskey that had floating gel caps in the bottom, known as L**. They'd just stay up all night partying and jamming with each other.

It was filmed in July of 1970 and sadly, Joplin died from an overdose just a few months later.

I was wondering if anyone else has seen this flick? It was released in 2003 and I really enjoyed it. I love seeing footage from back in the day. Music was so real then, and all the bands just jammed, did drugs, and drank with each other the whole way there.

If you haven't seen it, and you're a fan of the 70's era of music, I suggest you check it out.

Never heard of it... I will look it up though,sounds like a good movie,I remember the 70's well,was a good time for me...

It is a damn good movie, damn good I say! It's worth checking out. If you liked Woodstock '69 footage, you'll love this footage even more. :thumbsup:

I see "The Band" is in it,,,an absolut fav band of mine back then...

Ya, great movie, for sure. For me it's right up there with Zeppelin's "Song Remains the Same."

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Originally Posted by Skink

I see "The Band" is in it,,,an absolut fav band of mine back then...

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Hell yes! Amazing band back then.

The nice thing about this movie is not only does it have live performances by all these acts, but it shows them jamming on the train with all the other bands. I mean, they had a drum set on this train, guitars and amps, and even an organ.

I recommend it to anyone who likes that era of music. :smokin:

YES!! see this movie!! :) :)

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Originally Posted by MaryJaneScott

YES!! see this movie!! :) :)

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Listen to them dammit!! :)

hell yeh man i love that movie. last year we had a snow day and i rented it and got blazed and loved that thing

still searching for this flick...