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  5. Janis Joplin's Ultra-Rare "Zip Train (219 Train)" Is Her Best Kept Secret

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  1. Festival Express

    Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. [2] The film combines footage of the 1970 concerts and on the train ...

  2. Festival Express : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. The film combines footage of the 1970 concerts and on the train ...

  3. Festival Express (2003)

    Festival Express: Directed by Bob Smeaton, Frank Cvitanovich. With Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel. The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts like Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and The Band.

  4. Woodstock on a Rail in 'Festival Express' : NPR

    The documentary Festival Express captures a 1970 train tour across Canada with Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and other music icons. Director Bob Smeaton talks to NPR's Liane Hansen.

  5. Train kept a rollin': a brief history of the (in)famous 1970 Festival

    Ken Walker had ensured that the train was equipped with sound systems so that the artists could jam. The result was once-in-a-lifetime jam sessions with legendary artists of different styles and genres. Janis Joplin told a Herald reporter that it was the best party that she had ever been to. The Morrow Report.

  6. The Trans-Continental Pop Festival

    The Trans-Continental Pop Festival (better known as the Festival Express) set off on a warm summer's day in 1970. The now legendary tour was unique in that rather than flying to each city, most of the acts travelled on a chartered train. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin (with her Full-Tilt Boogie Band), The Band, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends ...

  7. Grateful Dead Sources: June/July 1970: The Festival Express

    "It's Mother," Janis Joplin said about the five-day train trip (June 29th - July 3rd). "It's the best time I've had since I left Port Arthur." Jerry Garcia, walking along the corridor, poked his head into the bar where Janis and Bonnie Bramlett were rapping. ... "We did this tour because of the idea of the train, which ...

  8. Janis Joplin

    Join Janis Joplin and other rock legends on a train ride across Canada in 1970, as they jam, party and share their music with the Festival Express. This rare footage captures the spirit and energy ...

  9. Festival Express (2003)

    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.

  10. Festival Express streaming: where to watch online?

    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 ...

  11. Festival Express

    This compilation of footage from the Grateful Dead's Canadian train tour depicts the height of the band's music and fame for five days in 1970, along with that of performances from Janis Joplin ...

  12. The Festival Express party train made rock history on the rails

    Mar 10, 2014 - The Grateful Dead, the Band, and Janis Joplin took a legendary ride in 1970.

  13. Festival Express

    Festival Express is a documentary about the 1970s train tour across Canada, some of the biggest rock bands from America played during the tour like Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.In the film, you will see the whole footage during the tour and the scenes aboard the train you will also see interviews from the present-day with numerous participants who ...

  14. Janis Joplin

    Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. ... [19] [34] Joplin jammed with the other performers on the train, and her performances on this tour are considered to be among her greatest. Joplin headlined the festival on all three nights.

  15. Festival Express 1970

    See how a group of musicians planned a cross country festival via train in Canada in 1970. Grateful Dead "Scarlet Begonias" playing in the background.Thank ...

  16. Festival Express train across Canada: Janis Joplin 1970

    Because this biography concentrated on the last day of her life on earth, they failed to mention that Janis Joplin appeared at Woodstock on the weekend of 16th-17th August 1969. However they did briefly mention the "Festival Express Train" across Canada in mid 1970. Let me quote the summary of the film called Festival Express which was ...

  17. "Joplin's Shooting Star"1966-1970

    Janis Joplin featured in a 'Newsweek' cover story, 'Rebirth of the Blues,' May 26, 1969. In the rock 'n roll firmament of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was a shooting star who burned white hot for five short years. She died of a heroin overdose at age 27. Joplin sang her own brand of the blues in an incendiary style.

  18. Janis Joplin Concert & Tour History

    Janis Joplin Concert History. Janis Joplin (born 19 January 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States, died 4 October 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, songwriter, composer and painter. Originally the lead singer for the blues rock band Big Brother & The Holding Company, Joplin left the band in late 1968 for a solo career.

  19. The Real Story of the Joyful and Humorous Janis Joplin

    Janis and Bonnie discuss the female rock experience in the bar car of a train during the Festival Express tour in 1970. The tour features Janis, Delaney & Bonnie, The Grateful Dead, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Ten Years After, and various musicians, making stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary for open-air performances.

  20. Festival Express (2003)

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  21. John Lennon's Connection To Janis Joplin's Last Recording

    Janis Joplin's final recording was a message to John Lennon done at the request of Yoko Ono. ... Joplin toured Canada on the Festival Express train tour with the likes of the Grateful Dead and The ...

  22. Janis Joplin Biographical Timeline

    June 28- July 4 Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band join the all-star Festival Express train tour through Canada. July 11 Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band perform at the Sports ...

  23. Janis Joplin Concert Setlists

    Get Janis Joplin setlists - view them, share them, discuss them with other Janis Joplin fans for free on setlist.fm! setlist.fm Add Setlist. Search Clear search text. follow ... Edit tour; Add to festival; Report setlist; Aug 11 1970. Janis Joplin at Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA.

  24. Un train, des hippies et du rock : l'incroyable histoire ...

    VIDÉO — En 1970, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead ou The Band embarquent à bord d'un train pour performer dans plusieurs villes du Canada. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu. Retour sur le ...