Festival Express (2003) Movie Script

Driving that train
High on cocaine
Casey Jones,
you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
And you know that notion
just crossed my mind
[ music ]
This old engine makes
it on time
Leaves central station
'bout a quarter to nine
Hits river junction
at seventeen to
At a quarter to ten
you know it's drivin' again
Driving that train
High on cocaine
Casey Jones,
you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
And you know that notion
just crossed my mind
[ music ]
Drive your train, whoo!
[ music ]
Trouble with you
is the trouble with me
Got two good eyes
but still don't see
Come round the bend
you know it's the end
The fireman screams
and the engine just gleams
Driving that train
high on cocaine
Casey Jones,
You better watch your speed
Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
And you know that notion
just crossed my mind
Driving that train high
on cocaine
Casey Jones,
you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead you know
Trouble behind
And you know that notion
just crossed my mind
And you know that notion
Just crossed my mind
[ guitar music ]
Goin' down the road
feeling bad
Goin' down
the road feeling bad
Goin' down
the road feeling bad
Oh no, no
Don't wanna be treated
this way
Mama told me, son...
We were going
to get a whole bunch of...
acts together and do
a big festival.
And rather than do it
at one site,
I said, "We're going
To travel the country
On a private train."
[ music ]
Well, the normal mode
was to go into a ci...
fly into a city, do the show
and then leave.
So this was...
You were kind of...
more like a travelling circus.
Walker: I wanted it to be
a party, so I put...
amps and a Hammond B3
and a drum kit in the bar car
and I set it up like that.
Oh, no, no
Don't wanna be treated
this way
It was unusual because
you never expected to...
to open a passenger
car door and...
and see a band playing,
you know.
Microphones and cameras and...
It was... it was not only
a concert on the stage,
it was a concert for
the entire travel.
The phrase that's
become common now
about leaving your ego
at the door,
we left... we left our egos at
the station, quite frankly
Walker: I had a hard time
getting C.N.
to agree to rent me the train.
Originally they told me that...
I'd have to...
go from west to east,
and I said, you know, no way.
It's "Go west, young man."
[ music ]
And just imagine putting
a bunch of crazy musicians
together,
and... and telling them to go
have a good time,
try and have a good time.
Not a problem.
[ music ]
I knew that this was going
to be our home,
for the next week, you know
I said, "Wow,
what an adventure."
I thought, "This is really
In the spirit of...
of... of the music,
and of the times," you know,
in trying new things.
[ music ]
I said, "This going
to be exciting."
And the people they had
on there was exciting,
[ chuckling ]
as the train ride was.
[ music ]
It was a train full
of insane people,
careening across
the Canadian countryside,
making music night and day.
And then occasionally
we'd get off the train
and go play a concert.
[ guitar music ]
Man: The Grateful Dead,
The Grateful Dead.
[ guitar music ]
[ wild cheering ]
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
I was standing on the corner
With a dollar in my hand
I was looking for a woman,
sweet mama
Didn't have no man
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
That girl I love
She's sweet and true
And that dress she wears,
sweet mama
It's pink and blue
She brings me coffee
She brings me tea
You know she brings me every
darn thing
But the jailhouse key
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
[ music ]
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
I was walking down main
Deep Ellem too
You know all the women
round there
Got the texas blues
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
Don't ease don't ease
Don't ease me in
I've been all night long
coming home
Don't ease me in
[ cheering ]
Garcia: Thank you.
And the idea of this festival
was an ingenious one.
Instead of, like,
getting everybody from
all over the continent
and everywhere to come
to one place,
it would be like the mountain
would go to Mohammed.
Like, you would
take this festival
to the various places,
and it was a great idea,
except, of course,
by this point, it...
it had reached Canada,
the idea that all these
festivals really should be free.
Just in front of the festival,
we received this leaflet,
that told people to boycott
buying tickets
for this festival.
And it said that, you know,
you know, this is our music.
$1 4.00 is an outrageous fee
and the festival should be free.
As I recall,
there were some people
who were quite vocal about
thinking that...
the musicians should be
playing...
We should be playing for free,
regardless of the expense
that it takes for us to get
there and...
and the fact that
we need to make a living,
details like that.
I had $27,000.00 worth
of pay-duty police.
400 men a shift.
And I had them on horseback.
And I had a good relationship
with the police department,
so I knew I was going to be
facing protesters,
and I was prepared for that.
Man: There are a hell
of a lot of people out there.
They're having their heads
busted by the pigs.
Crowd: [ yelling ]
And why don't...
He made his money.
Why don't you let them in now?
You don't need
to get any more money.
[ yelling ]
See what I mean?
The pigs are on his side.
He's a pig like
the rest of them.
Hey, could everybody calm down,
for a minute?
Oh, wait a minute.
[ yelling ]
Hold it. We're trying to do
something, and...
and Jerry Garcia would like to
explain to you
exactly what we're trying to do.
The thing we're trying to do
is organize another sort of
scene that we can have here,
and we would like,
if possible, man,
to have, like, about a half hour
of just coolness,
so that we can
work something out
that would be an alternative
to all this hassling,
and see if we can avoid getting
people hurt.
Man: Let people in.
It's the only alternative.
Garcia:
You have to remember, man,
that somebody put their neck out
to put on a festival here,
they didn't have to do it.
All this stuff is, like,
voluntary in nature.
[ angry yelling ]
Now we're trying to ma...
Put on a free stage, man.
You don't have to go for it.
You can believe it or not, but
that's where it's at right now.
Be back in a while.
I talked to
Superintendent Art Woolmer
of Metro's finest,
and I said, "There's a little
park not far from here.
Why don't we set up a free
concert over there?"
And he said, "No problem."
He said, "Good idea."
Performer: We finally got it...
all that together,
that we were talking about
before for the people outside.
Here's Sam Cutler, the manager
of the Grateful Dead,
to explain it all to you.
Cutler: What we've managed
to get together
is two flatbed trucks,
and we'll be over
in Coronation Park.
It seemed to us,
as long as we were there,
we could go ahead and play
something for free, and we did.
[ music ]
I set from Reno
I was trailed by 20 hounds
Didn't get to sleep
that night
Till the morning came around
I set out running
but I take my time
A friend of the devil
is a friend of mine
If I get home
before daylight
I just might get
some sleep tonight
[ music ]
These kids came without
money in their pockets.
They had no intention of paying.
So just to get them away
from the gates
So that paying customers
could make it in,
was really in my best interest,
and I didn't mind doing it.
You know, the word was out
that the protests
had, you know,
fucked the promoters,
and that despite the music and
despite the pleasure that
the people who were attending
were having with the music,
it was going to be
a financial disaster.
Well, I'd like to see them,
you know,
get as many people as can
possibly come.
Because it's a... there's
a fantastic amount of...
Great, great line-up
of talent, you know.
Yeah, well, it's funny... if you
figure... if you figure...
people say the tickets are too
high, but if you figure,
it's less than a dollar per
super group, you know?
Announcer: Folks, The Band.
[ cheering ]
[ "Slippin' And Slidin' ]
Slippin' and a-slidin' peekin'
and a-hidin'
Been told a long time ago,
all right now
Slippin' and a-slidin' peekin'
and a-hidin'
Been told a long time ago
I've been told, baby,
you've been bold
Not gonna be
your fool no more
Oh my Melinda
she's a solid sender
You know you
better surrender
Oh my Melinda
she's a solid sender
You know you
better surrender
Slippin' and slidin'
peekin' and hidin'
Not gonna be
your fool no more
[ music ]
Oh big conniver nothing
but a jiver
I done got hip to your jive
Oh big conniver nothing
but a jiver
I done got hip to your jive
Slippin' and slidin'
Peekin' and hidin'
Not gonna be
your fool no more
Slippin' and a-slidin' peekin'
and a-hidin'
Been told a long time ago
Slippin' and a-slidin' peekin'
and a-hidin'
Been told a long time ago
I been told
that you been bold
Not gonna be
your fool no more
[ music ]
[ cheering ]
Thank you.
Good night.
[ cheering/applause ]
Man: I think
The promoters realized
this was a lost cause,
that they weren't going
to make a profit
and whereas some promoters
might say, "To heck with it,"
you know,
they said, "Well, we're...
we're on a train,
let's go for it."
Man: They knew how hard
they were bleeding
right from the first
Toronto concert.
And they must have known,
based on the numbers,
that they weren't going
to make that back.
But they never held up on
anything for the artists.
Walker: You know, when
we were in Montreal
ordering the train,
they were going to give me
a cafeteria car.
And I said, "I don't
want a cafeteria car,
I want a proper dining car."
And this is like
the "Orient Express"
to a lot of these musicians.
And I said, "Now I want
snacks at night,
and I want decent sandwiches,
not spam sandwiches
and not baloney
and not peanut butter and jam."
And I said, "If anybody says
that they've gotten up late
and they want breakfast,
you'll make it."
Dalton: Somebody
on the train said
Woodstock was a treat
for the audience,
and the train was a treat for
the performers.
I mean, you would get up,
people would be playing.
You'd go to sleep, get up again,
and there would be another group
of people.
There was no escape. I mean...
the only place you could go
really was to your room.
But sometimes you needed a rest.
Go back to sleep, but...
so it was kind of like...
Like this little "La BohEme"
Society, you know?
And people really began
to appreciate
what it was and love it.
[ "Country jam" ]
Sylvia Tyson: It was 24-hour-a-
day, it was non-stop,
so it was great to have
that opportunity
to actually hang with some
people that... that you liked
and would never normally
get to spend much time with.
Oh hear the mighty
billows roll
Better take Jesus with you
He's a true companion
For I'm sure without him
That you never
will make it home
[ music ]
That awful day of judgement
Is coming in the by and by
We'll see
our Lord descending
In glory from on high
Oh let us keep in touch
with Jesus
In the special love of God
May be ever called ready
When he calls us
over Jordan's tide
Oh look at that cold Jordan
Look at its deep water
Look at that wide river
Oh hear the mighty
billows roll
You better
take Jesus with you
He's a true companion
For I'm sure without him
That you never
will make it home
Oh what you gonna do
What you gonna say
How you gonna feel
When you come to
the end of the way?
Weir: As you know,
there was the blues car,
the country car,
the folk car, whatever,
you know, you could drift
from car to car
and get involved in any number
of jams that...
some of which really...
really did amount
to some pretty heady stuff.
Guy: You could walk in,
and you didn't ask me
what I was playing,
you just looked at me
and I looked at you,
and I nodded my head and vice
versa and you played.
And you didn't say,
"Play it like this,"
or, "Play it like that."
You just got into it
some kind of way, you know?
[ music ]
I can't do it, baby
Well Lord I tried so hard
But I just can't do it,
baby, no
[ music ]
I can't do it, baby
Yo!
Well Lord, I tried so hard
But I just can't do it, baby,
oh no
[ music ]
You made me mess up
my happy home...
[ music ]
Gradney: It was, I believe,
two and half days
from Toronto to Winnipeg,
and for any musician
that was on this train
it was like heaven.
Walker: Basically, you know,
we spent an...
Man: It's a focal point.
A very enjoyable two days
riding this train
with the groups,
jamming...
and... and being together,
unlike a lot of festivals,
you rush in an you rush out,
and they don't see each other,
they're here and
we're here all to make...
all to make a living and
to provide entertainment.
When it gets to the point
where... where...
where kids, as in Toronto,
want to become violent,
that doesn't go hand-in-hand
with the kind of entertainment
the groups want to provide
and we want to provide.
Weir: And all these kids
got uptight
because the admission was
too high,
and they decided they
were going to have a riot.
They busted
some cop's head, man.
They busted it wide open.
He's got a plate in his head now
and he may still be
in critical condition.
Is that worth
the 16 fucking dollars?
Woman: Okay, but... but how many
kids got busted wide open too?
Weir: Who started it?
Woman: No.
Usually...
Man: Nobody got busted.
No kids got busted at all? No.
Man: 22 kids got arrested
because they jumped the fence
and it was against the law,
they weren't supposed to.
Because when you play, you pay.
It's exactly...
Weir:
Is that worth a $16 ticket?
Is that worth $16?
Nearly killing some cop?
You know,
nearly killing a person?
Woman: And the Canadian cops
are boss.
And those cops up there,
I talked to a lot of them,
and they were all boss.
They were all good people.
The basic thing that
the Saturday papers,
and I guess they caught
the last bit before the...
[ clearing of throat ]
papers went to run,
all they showed was...
well, one pic...
one shot I know that was used
as a national photo
was a policeman's horse
reared up.
They forgot to tell you that
somebody threw pepper
at the horse.
They forgot to show you
the shots of the kids
that were inside
the show enjoying it.
Man: There was 40,000 people
in there that had fun.
You must
have talked to the 2,000
outside the gates
trying to get in.
Man 2: No, the 2,000 outside
the gates...
Man: Let me tell you something.
I want to show the camera,
I want to show the camera.
Take a look at that.
Man: Must we put up
with yellow journalism?
People in Toronto demanded
we let everybody in for free,
Or, if we wouldn't accept that,
they were willing to accept 60%
of the gross ticket sales,
which they would distribute
as they saw fit.
That was nice.
And also, they wanted
free food and free dope.
[ laughter ]
Weir: These people weren't
looking for free music,
they were looking for trouble.
They were looking for an excuse
to bust cops' heads.
They were, you know,
pathologically unauthoritarian.
I know, I'm...
I'm that way myself.
Walker: The press picked it up
and there was a movement
formed in Winnipeg
and then one in Calgary.
So ticket sales were
not doing very well,
mainly because of
the protesters.
So we lost a significant
amount of money,
and the bands all knew it.
So, I said, you know, "Hey,
let's carry on and party."
[ "Comin' Home Baby" ]
[ music ]
[ cheering ]
Announcer:
Mashmakhan, come on!
[ cheering/whistling ]
Announcer:
Buddy Guy. Buddy Guy.
[ wild applause ]
Yeah!
[ music ]
Your love gives me such
a thrill
But your lovin'
don't pay my bills
I want some money, honey
I gotta have it
It's all right it's all...
Ow! It's all right
It don't get everything,
it's true
What it don't get
I can't use
I've got to have it, baby
Hey hey
It's all right
It's all right
It's all right
Gonna be all right
You told me,
now listen to this
I can't hardly tumble
to the words of rock'n'roll
Gotta have it
That's what I want
Ah-h-h-h...
[ music ]
I told ya I've got
to leave you now
Got to but you
doubted somehow
I gotta go
I hate to go, yeah
I got to go-o-whoa
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
I've got to go
I've got to go now
W-a-a-a-a yeah
So long.
I've got to go-o-o-whoa
Bye-bye.
Ciao, bye.
Bye-bye.
[ music ]
[ cheering/whistling ]
[ wild applause ]
Crowd: More. More. More...
Announcer:
Will you welcome please...
the Flying Burrito Brothers.
[ cheering ]
It's a lazy day
I'm down with
nothing else to do
It's a crazy day
I got a thing that I want
to try with you
Now, baby, don't go away
Please don't spoil
my lazy day
Now isn't it better?
didn't you know?
Sittin' down here
by the radio
I'm gonna make you worry none
about your income tax
I don't have much money
I'm gonna show you
how to relax
It's a lazy day
I'm down with nothing else
to do
It's a crazy day
I got a thing that I want
to try with you
Now, baby, don't go away
Please don't spoil my lazy day
[ music ]
Sittin' down here
by the radio
I'm gonna make you dizzy
Sparkle like a
brand new dime
I don't have much money
But I always got plenty
of time
It's a lazy day
I'm down with
nothing else to do
It's a crazy day
I got a thing that I want
to try with you
Now, baby, don't go away
Please don't spoil
my lazy day
[ music ]
Lazy day
It's a lazy day
It's a lazy day
[ whistling/cheering ]
[ mixed shouting ]
[ music ]
I pulled in to Nazareth
I was feeling 'bout
half past dead
I just need to find a place
Where I can lay my head
Hey, mister, can you tell me
Where a man
might find a bed?
He just grinned and
shook my hand
And no was all he said
And I want you to
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And
And
You put the load right on me
put the load right on me
[ music ]
I picked up my bag
I went looking for
a place to hide
When I saw old carmen
and the devil
Walking side to side
I said, "Hey, Carmen,
Come on let's go downtown"
She said, "But I gotta go
But my friend can
stick around"
And you can
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And
And
You put the load
You put the load
Right on me
Right on me
[ music ]
Go on down, Miss Moses
'Cause there ain't nothing
that you could ever say
It's just old Luke
And Luke's waiting on
the judgement day
Well, Luke, my friend
What about old Anna-Lee?
He said, do me a favour, son
Won't you stay and keep Miss
Anna-Lee company?
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And and
And you put the load
Right on me
Put the load right on me
[ music ]
Crazy Chester followed me
And he caught me in the fog
He said,
"I will fix your rat
If you just take Jack my dog
I said "Wait a minute,
Chester,
You know I'm a peaceful man"
He said, "That's okay, boy,
Won't you feed him
when you can?"
Yeah yeah yeah
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And
And
You put the load
You put the load
Right on me
Right on me
[ music ]
Catch a cannonball now
To take me down the line
My bag is sinking low
And I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny
You know she's the only one
Who sent me here with
her regards for everyone
Now I want you to take
a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And
And
You put the load
You put the load
Right on me
Right on me
[ music ]
[ cheering/whistling ]
Announcer: Janis Joplin
[ tapping of drumsticks ]
[ music ]
Cr-y-y-y-y-y
Baby
Cry baby
Cry baby
Welcome back home
You know, she'll tell you
Honey, I know she told you
that she loved you
Much, much more than I did
But I know she left you
And you swear that you
just don't know why
But, honey, you know
that I'll always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry
Cry baby
Cry baby
Cry baby
Oh, honey,
welcome back home yeah
Don't you know
Honey, nobody ever going
to love you
The way I try to do?
To take your pain
And all your heartache too
And, honey, you know
That I'll always,
always be around
If you ever want me
Come on and cry
Cry baby
Cry baby
Cry baby
Honey, like you always
seem to do
And I know that
it might be true, darling
That the grass always
looks greener
When you're looking in
somebody else's yard
But, honey, you left
the real thing
Waiting for you at home
I swear you did
I had a man.
He said, "Honey,
honey, you know that I love you.
See, but I've got to go
and find myself,
you know, I've got to go
and find my life.
I've got to go and find myself
over in Africa.
Or over in New York City
or over in Olema."
Some place those cats are
always wandering of to.
I've never figured out exactly
where it was.
They're always going somewhere,
man.
And I said, "Baby,
don't you realize...
you're looking for your life
over there, honey?
You wanna know where
your life is?
Your life's waiting like a
goddamn fool right here."
For you, man.
And one morning you're going
to wake up in Casablanca,
One of those fancy places,
honey,
you're going to be freezing
to death, man.
You're going to wake up
and you'll say,
"Good, good Lord.
Good, good, good Lord.
I just went off and left
that woman
in that great big
huge double bed
with the great big fur rug
on top of it
and those satin sheets, man,
What am I doing in Casablanca,
man?"
I mean, really, man,
One of these days that
cat's going to wake up
and say that to himself.
And when he comes back home,
there,
just like the capricorn
that I am,
I'll be standing there waiting.
Saying, "Baby, I knew one day,
honey, I knew, knew,
knew one day,
that you'd finally
come on home to me."
Honey, when you walk
through my front door,
I'm going to be able to tell
by the look in your eyes.
I'll say, "Good God, the man
finally done got it."
Lord, that man finally
done realize.
So you can put your head
on my shoulder, baby, yeah,
'cause I know you've got some
more tears to shed, dear,
so come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on,
And cry, cry baby
Cry baby
Cry baby
Oh honey, welcome back home
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cry baby
Cry, cry, cry, cry, dear
I know when you
wanna get a bit lonely, baby
Cry
Cr-y-y-y-y-y
Cry baby
You can talk
to your mama now
Honey, you can talk to your
sweet loving mama now
Cr-y-y-y-y-y
Cry baby
Cry baby
Cry-y-y-y-y-y
Cry-y-y-y-y-y
Cry-y-y-y-y-y
Cry baby
Cry baby
[ music ]
[ cheering ]
[ blaring of train horn ]
[ "Funk jam" music performed by
Buddy Guy Blues Band,
Rick Danko and others. ]
When we left Winnipeg,
It was like, "Can we leave now?"
you know?
Because everybody just wanted
to get right back on the train.
We went back on the train
and we had an overnighter
to Calgary
And that was a long one,
but nobody really noticed.
[ "Funk jam" music ]
[ jamming ]
[ music ]
Till: It seemed that time was
sort of suspended,
you know, like usually,
a performer wants to get there,
Get his job done and get home.
In this situation, you wanted it
to go on forever.
[ music ]
Guy: Well, I couldn't keep up
with them, man.
They was partying
all night long.
And I said, "I got to go
to sleep, man."
Every time I went to bed,
I thought I was going
to miss something
and I said, "Well,
I got to go back again."
And I wouldn't... as a matter
of fact, I never did stay in
the bed for an hour.
This train was not for sleeping.
It was for
a lot of other things,
but not for sleeping.
Very few people slept
on this train.
Weir: Most all of us were new to
drinking at that point too.
We'd all been taking L.S.D.
Or smoking pot or whatever
and this was a new experience
for a lot of us.
And it... it worked just fine.
[ "Funk jam" music ]
Walker: The C.N. Guy came to me
and said,
"They've drank us dry."
And I said, "Well,
where's the next stop?"
And he said, "We're not
scheduled for a stop."
I said, "You are now."
[ grunting ]
Walker: So I told everybody
on the train,
"They've run out of booze,
but we're making
an emergency stop."
And then we passed a hat,
and if I remember correctly,
I think we collected about $800.
So we made a run
on the liquor store.
Then on the way out, I saw,
up on a shelf,
A display bottle
of Canadian Club.
And so I said... I looked up
and I said,
"I'll have that too."
And he said, "It's a display
bottle, it's not for sale."
I said, "It's for sale now
and if you don't climb up
and get it down,
then I'm going to get somebody
to climb up and bring it down."
So when we got back
to the station,
the guys that were with us,
the performers that were with
us, were absolutely ecstatic.
Andersen: They did run out
of booze
and they did stop in Saskatoon,
the whole damn train stopped,
like, in front
of a liquor store,
and they bought the place out.
So the ride that night, I mean,
there was a party
you couldn't believe.
[ "Sunshine Of Your Love" ]
[ music ]
Weir: Somebody had doctored that
big bottle of Canadian Club
and you could see little gel caps
at the bottom
floating around down there.
I did my best to stay away
from that, but...
even so, there was
more going on than...
at that point than just
the alcohol.
There were
psychedelics involved.
And I-I don't know
what kind or how much,
but that... that train was sort
of buzzing down the...
the rails.
We achieved lift-off for sure.
[ music ]
You shoulda been
on the river...
In C.
[ striking of chord ] G.
... 1910
O-o-h
They were drivin' women
Just like they was men
O-o-o-h
Ain't no more cane
On the brazos
Oh o-o-o-h
It's all been ground
Down to molasses
Whoa oh whoa
[ music ]
Danko: Then...
and then Jerry takes it.
[ guitar music ]
So then she said...
"We've all been here
for 43 years."
Man: 44.
And everybody said,
O-o-h oh oh
Danko: So she said,
"If everything isn't legal
by the time we get down to it,
and you make it free and it
lasts for years."
And everybody said,
Oh oh oh
So, the last time we'll say...
we'll say,
Ain't no more cane
On the brazos
O-o-o-h oh o-o-h oh o-o-h oh
Men: Ain't no more cane.
It's all been ground down
to molasses
Whoa o-o-h whoa o-o-h
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa
[ guitar music ]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-h
Hit it now.
[ guitar music ]
[ whooping ]
Man: Ain't no more brain
in the castle.
We say, "Thank you,
Jerry Garcia."
Joplin: No more brain at all,
man.
Joplin: Fuck it.
God bless you, folks.
God bless you.
Peace, love, truth, beauty.
Man: Rock on.
[ mixed chatter/laughter ]
Joplin: Are we
in Calgary already?
Man: No.
Are we in Calgary yet?
Garcia: We're stopped.
Weir: Maybe we're in Alberta.
Maybe we ought to run out
and take a look. Alberta?
Garcia: Alberta, let your hair
Hang down.
Alberta, don't let
your hair hang down.
No. And we're also stopped,
man.
We could get off the train
and go and buy something.
An old folk singer,
I've heard that.
Garcia: Janis, I've loved you
ever since the day I saw you.
I got to tell you.
God's own cop-out, man.
[ laughter ]
Man: Oh, keep on rocking.
I don't think we can quit now,
man, really.
[ whooping ]
It's gotten too good.
How are you doing, Danny?
[ guitar music ]
[ clanging of crossing signal ]
Joplin: Oh, yeah. I got you.
Hi, man, how you doing?
Rock and roll.
[ blaring of train horn ]
Crowd: [ chanting ]
Man: Open the fucking gates!
Dalton: When we got to Calgary,
The mayor was
this radical character
who came out... on and...
and he said, in this very kind
of grandiose way,
"I...I demand that
the children of Calgary
pass through the gates free."
Walker: Well, the mayor of
Calgary decided
that he was going to become
a big hero to these kids
who were also protesting and...
he came backstage
and said to me...
that I should open the gates
and let the children
of Calgary in free.
And I refused.
So he called me "Eastern scum"
And "a capitalist rip-off
son of a bitch."
And my answer is his teeth
in my knuckles.
That was my answer.
Crowd: [ cheering/whistling ]
Announcer:
give a hand, Sha Na Na.
[ cheering/applause ]
We've just got one t'ing
to say to youse.
[ wild cheering ]
And that is that rock and roll
is here to stay.
[ music ]
Rah-rah-rah oh, baby
Rah-rah-rah oh, baby
Rah-rah-rah
Rah-rah-rah
Rock 'n roll is here to stay
It will never die
It was meant to be that way
But I don't know why
I don't care what people say
Rock 'n roll is here to stay
We don't care
what people say
Rock 'n roll is here to stay
Rock 'n roll will always be
our ticket to the end
lt'll go down in history
Just you wait, my friend
Rock 'n roll will always be
lt'll go down in history
Rock 'n roll will always be
lt'll go down in history
Everybody rock
everybody rock
Everybody rock everybody
rock
Come on, everybody rock
Everybody rock 'n roll
everybody rock 'n roll
Everybody rock 'n roll
everybody rock 'n roll
Come on
every body rock
Everybody rock 'n roll
Rock 'n roll
yeah rock 'n roll
Rock 'n roll, rock 'n roll
Rock rock 'n roll
If you don't
like rock 'n roll
Think what
you've been missin'
But if you like to bop
and stroll
Come on down and listen
Let's all start
to have a ball
Everybody rock 'n roll
Rah-rah-rah oh, baby
Rah-rah-rah oh, baby
Rah-rah-rah
Rah-rah-rah
Rock
[ cheering/whistling ]
[ music ]
[ wild cheering/whistling ]
Announcer: Sha Na Na.
They've got to catch a plane,
say goodbye to them.
Give a hand, please.
Beside from some earlier rain
this afternoon,
It's been a beautiful day
with the temperatures
near the 80s.
An ideal sort of day for
this type of festival.
With 6,500 people here
this afternoon,
The big crowds are really
expected tonight
and as we mentioned earlier,
this could be the high point
of the rock Festival
Express Tour.
[ cheering ]
[ music ]
Please don't dominate
the rap Jack
If you got nothing new
to say
If you please, don't back up
the track
This train has got
to run today
Spent a little time
on the mountain
Spent
a little time on the hill
Saw things
getting out of hand
I guess they always will
I don't know, but I was told
It's hard to run with
the weight of gold
Other hand,
I've heard it said
It's just as hard with
the weight of lead
[ music ]
You can't overlook the lack,
Jack
Of any other highway to ride
It's got no signs
or dividing lines
And very few rules to guide
Spent a little time
on the mountain
Spent
a little time on the hill
Heard some say,
"Better run away"
Others say,
"Better stand still"
I don't know, but I was told
If the horse don't pull
You got to carry that load
I don't know whose back's
that strong
Maybe find out
before too long
[ music ]
One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give
[ music ]
One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give
One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give
One way or another
One way or another
One way or another
This darkness got to give
[ music ]
[ cheering/whistling ]
Announcer: We'll have lan and
Sylvia in just a minute,
the great speckled bird.
I think that certainly,
what happened on the train
carried over on to the stage
because people just became
aware of the possibilities.
We ended up in Calgary
doing some stuff with a lot of
sort of crossovers too,
And, I mean, it really
was quite extraordinary.
Oh, C.C. Rider
See what you've done done
Yeah, Lord, Lord
C.C. Rider,
See what you've done done
Well, you made me love you
And now your woman's gone
One of these mornings
I won't be back till fall
Yeah, Lord
I'm goin' away baby and I
won't be back
Till fall
And if I find me a good man
I won't be back won't
be back at all
[ music ]
[ singing "C.C. Rider" ]
SylviaTyson: It was a totally
unique experience.
I've never had one like it
before or since.
There are a whole series
of moments
that are kind of crystallised
for me...
on different levels.
Some of them are musical,
some of them are
just sort of moments.
This is the part of this train
tour we've been waiting for.
[ cheering ]
[ music ]
They say everything
can be replaced
[ cheering ]
They say every distance
is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west down
to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released
They say every man
needs protection
They say that every man
must fall
Yet I swear
I see my reflection
Somewhere so
high above this wall
I see my light come shining
From the west down
to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released
Now yonder stands a man
in this lonely crowd
A man who swears
he's not to blame
All day long I hear him
shouting so loud
Just crying out that
he was framed
I see my light come shining
From the west down
to the east
Any day now
Any day now
I shall be released
[ cheering/whistling ]
[ cheering ]
[ drumbeats ]
Joplin: Hey.
[ cheering/whistling ]
Are you having
a rocking good time?
[ whooping/cheering ]
Well, I want to tell you
something, man.
I don't know where
you've been all week,
but we've been at a party.
Right? Right.
Really.
Really.
A par... I mean, I couldn't have
thrown a better party, man.
I finally met someone
who can throw
a better party than me.
And I would like to bring them
on stage
and tell them thank you,
just from the performers, man.
just from the performers, man.
Okay? Really.
We got Thor Eaton,
And Ken Walker, Ken Walker,
And Dave Williams. Right.
Let's get them out here.
I want to get them on, man.
Get them on and give them a hand
'cause they sure showed us
a good time, baby.
[ music ]
Garcia: Hey, John Cook,
where's the thing, man?
John, John.
Joplin: Wait, wait.
We happen to have a few presents
to give these boys.
The first one is
a genuine train...
that's labelled "Festival
Express" on one car
that's labelled "Festival
Express" on one car
and "Bar car" on the other car
'Cause that's where
The action was, man.
And this is from everyone
and it's signed by everyone.
This box is from me.
It's a case of tequila.
[ laughter ]
The train is for remembering,
man.
The tequila is for continuing,
Man.
The tequila is for continuing,
Man.
[ cheering/laughter ]
Joplin: All right.
Garcia: All right.
Will you give these people
a hand, please,
Who put this entire thing on.
[ cheering/whistling ]
This is from us to you, baby
Why, thank you.
You're welcome, baby.
Thank you. Thank you.
Just thank you for coming.
Hey, man, next time
you throw a train,
invite me, man.
that's for sure.
[ laughing ]
All right.
All right.
I'm ready, man.
[ music ]
Wh-o-o-o-a, yeah!
You thought you had found
yourself a good girl
One who would love you and
give you the world
Then you find, hon, that
you've been misused
Come to me, honey I'll do
what you choose
I want you to
Well, tell mama all about it
Yeah, tell mama
what you need
Tell your mama, babe,
what you want
Tell your mama,
babe, what you need
What you want what you need
What you want
whoa
I'll make everything
all right
Do you hear, she didn't have
no sense, dear
Wasn't worth all the time
that you spent
And that same man he throws
you outdoors
I just heard that mick stole
all your clothes
Hey
Well tell mama all about it
Tell mama what you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe
What you need
What you want what you need
What you want
Wow!
I'll make everything all
right, babe
[ music ]
Rock 'n roll!
[ music ]
Baby, was it worth all
the time that you spent?
Now that same man,
he throws you outdoors
I just heard that
he tore all your clothes, hey
Well, tell mama all about it
Tell your mama what you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe
What you need
What you want what you need
What you want
Anything I can do
Anything I can do for you
Tell your mama, babe
Whoa, mama, babe
Oh, mama, babe oh,
mama, babe
Hey, your mama,
babe tell your mama, babe
Hey, your mama, babe tell
your mama, babe
Wow!
Don't tell me no
I know you're lonely
Sometimes your man is bad
Sometimes when I know
you're lonely
Sometimes when I know
you're glad
I said every day I cry,
now, now
Every day I cry now so
Every day now, now
Hey, every day now, now
I know what you figure.
I tell you,
When you get lonely, and I
figure everybody does, right?
Because, as a matter of fact,
everybody does.
I figure if you're a woman,
I mean if you're really a woman,
You already know what
you need, man.
You already know what
you're looking for.
Man, I found out
at 1 4 years old.
And I've been looking
ever since too.
But if you're a young cat,
you know, like about...
1 7 years old and about
this tall, right?
If you be a young cat, man,
and you ain't
figured it out yet,
I'll tell you what
you need, baby.
When you get those strange
thoughts in your head,
You don't know where
they came from, man,
You got those strange little
weirdnesses happening to you,
you don't know what they are.
I'll tell you what you need.
You need a sweet-lovin' mama,
babe
Honey sweet-talkin'
mama, babe
You need a sweet-lovin' mama,
babe
Honey a sweet-talkin' mama,
babe
You need somebody
to listen to you
Someone to want you
Someone to hold you
Someone to need you
Someone to use you
Someone to want you someone
to need you
Someone to hold you
someone to want you
Someone to hold you
You need a mama, ma-ma, ma-ma
ma-mama, babe
Lord, a mama, ma-ma ma-ma ma-
ma ma-ma mama
Mama mama mama mama mama
mama mama mama
Mama mama mama
mama mama mama hey
Mama mama mama mama
Yeah, mama mama mama mama
Tell mama all about it
Tell mama all about it
What you need what you want
What you need
what you want
Anything I can do
Anything I can do
I'll be your mama, babe
Yeah, your mama, babe
Whoa, mama, babe oh,
mama, babe
Whoa, mama,
babe whoa, mama, babe
Whoa, mama, babe whoa,
mama, babe
Whoa, I'll make
everything all right
Hey!
Yeah!
[ music ]
[ whistling/cheering ]
Joplin:And feelin' good was
easy, Lord
Bobby sang the blues
And feelin' good was good
enough for me, uh-huh
Good enough for me
and Bobby McGee
Till: It was all too short
a time
But it seemed to go on forever
when you were there.
But when it was over,
there was a sadness.
There definitely was. It was...
It was a great experience.
Gradney: It was better than
Woodstock,
As great as Woodstock was.
And people who've heard of
Woodstock will go,
"Well, that's impossible"
because they didn't know
about this train.
Dalton: You know,
it just was a...
a brief moment in time
when everybody came
together for one last time
to celebrate that utopian vision
that we all started with.
Weir: It was a truly wondrous...
time to be a musician.
You know, people took music...
music seriously
and the prospect for music...
becoming more than just...
entertainment or diversion.
Guy: I'll carry it
the rest of my life,
that I'll never get
the chance...
that chance to be with Jerry
and Janis again.
And things like that only happen
once in a lifetime.
Andersen: A magnificent
historical event occurred
in the history of rock 'n roll
and music.
And everybody knew it.
Walker: I think the lesson
I learned was
that I gave the public too much
and they didn't deserve it.
And if I was to do it again,
I wouldn't do it to that scale.
And I'm thinking of doing
another one.
You know, this train was happy
until we stopped.
Garcia: Yeah, let's roll!
Gradney: It's the truth.
Onward and upward.
Gradney: This... this train,
We hadn't had a newspaper.
We hadn't had a bath,
But this...
this train was groovy
We were happy, man.
Weir: Maybe we had a few pips
But we had some good times.
And then we had to stop.
[ music ]
[ cheering/ applause ]
[ music ]
Oh, sinner, as you tread
the last journey
Take Jesus
as your daily guide
Though you may feel pure
and saintly
Without Him walking
by your side
But when you come
to make the crossing
At the ending of
His pilgrim's way
If you ever will need
your saviour
You'll surely need Him
on that day
Now look at that cold Jordan
Look at its deep water
deep water
Look at that wide river
wide river
Oh, hear the mighty
billows roll
You better take Jesus
Jesus with you
He's a true
true companion
Oh, I'm sure without Him
sure without Him
That you never
will make it home
[ music ]
That awful day of judgement
Is coming in the by and by
We'll see
our Lord descending
In glory from on high
Oh, let us keep
in touch with Jesus
And in the special
love of God
You may be ever called ready
When he calls us
over Jordan's tide
Now look at that cold
cold Jordan
Look at its deep
deep water
Look at that wide
wide river
Oh, hear
the mighty billows roll
Now you better take Jesus
Jesus with you
He's a true
true companion
Oh I'm sure without him
sure without him
That you never
will make it home
Now what
what you gonna do?
And what
what you gonna say?
And how
how you gonna feel
When you come
to the end of the way?
[ whoop/cheering/applause ]
Garcia: Thanks a lot.
Deep in the darkest hour
Of a very heavy week
Three earthmen did confront me
And I could hardly speak
They left me in a hurry
They left me tired and sore
And when I'm fit for wishing
I hope they'll come no more
When I'm wishing
I hope they'll come no more
Standing by the exit
With one arm on the door
I listen to them argue
I asked them why and what for
They showed me 19 terrors
And each one struck my soul
They gave me 13 questions
Each one an endless goal
13 questions
Each an endless goal
Did you see the moon last night
Hung like a chinese bowl
You should have seen
the moon last night
At the party of the cell
Did you see the moon last night
Hung like a chinese bowl
You should have seen
the moon last night
At the party of us all
Deep in the darkest hour
Of a very heavy week
Three earthmen did confront me
And I could hardly speak
They showed me 19 terrors
And each one struck my soul
They threw me 13 questions
Each one an endless goal
13 questions
Each an endless goal
Crowd: [ cheering/applauding ]
This one was written
by a guy fromToronto.
[ strumming of guitar ]
Murray Maclaughlin.
Crowd: [ cheering ]
[ guitar ]
It's a song about leaving home.
it's a very honest song,
called "The Child's Song".
Goodbye, Mama
Goodbye to you too, Pa
Little sister,
you'll have to wait a while
To come along
Goodbye to this house
and all its memories
We just got too old
to say we're wrong
I've got to make
one last trip to my bedroom
I guess I'll have
to leave some stuff behind
It's funny how
the same old crooked pictures
Just don't seem
the same to me tonight
They're ain't no use
In shedding no more tears, Ma
They're ain't no use
In shouting at me, Pa
I can't live no longer
with your fears, Ma
I love you but
that hasn't helped at all
Each of us must do the things
that matter
And all of us must see
what we can see
Though it was long ago
you must remember
You were once as young
and scared as me
I don't know how hard it is yet,
Mama
When you realize you're growing old
I know how hard it is now
to be younger
I know you've tried
to keep me from the cold
Thanks for all you've done
it may sound hollow
Thank you for the good times
that we've known
But I must find
my own road now to follow
You will all
be welcome in my home
I've got my suitcase
and I must go now
And I don't mind about
the things you said
I'm sorry, Ma I don't know
where I'm going
Remember, little sister,
look ahead
Tomorrow I'll be
in some other sunrise
Maybe I'll have someone
at my side
Mama, give your love back
to your husband
And father you have
taught me well, goodbye
Goodbye, Mama
And goodbye to you too, Pa
Thank you very much.
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Maclaughlin: Thank you.
It was really kind of weird
for me
because I was the only one,
uh, though I thinkTom Russ
played a couple dates,
or, one of the dates, but I was
the only one on the show
that was just alone with
a guitar. [ Clearing of throat ]
And it was a little scary,
but, um...
you gotta do it.
You gotta do what you gotta do.
I mean, they didn't
have any musicians.
They just had me, the songs...
my songs, and the guitar.
Here's a song I'd like you to sing on.
You may know it.
It's called "Thirsty Boots".
Crowd: [ cheering ]
You know that I'm the open road
You've been sleeping in the rain
From dirty words and muddy cells
Your clothes are smeard and stained
But the dirty words, the muddy cells
Will soon be judged insane
So only stop to rest yourself
Till you are off again
So take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
Maybe I can try
I'm just looking for the evening
And the morning in your eyes
Tell me of the ones you saw
As far as you could see
Cross the plains
from field to town
A-marching to be free
And of the rusted prison gates
That tumble by degree
Like laughing children,
one by one
And they look like you and me
Sing it if you know it.
So take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe I can make you laugh
Maybe I can try
I'm just looking for the evening
And the morning in your eyes
Hum the melody with me.
[ harmonica ]
Sing it.
I know you are no stanger
Down the crooked rainbow trails
From dancing cliffs
and shattered sills
Of slanty-shackled jails
For the voices drift up
from below
As the walls are being scaled
Yes all of this,
and more, my friends
Your song shall not be failed
So take off your thirsty boots
And stay for a while
Your feet are hot and weary
From a dusty mile
And maybe
I can make you laugh
And maybe I can try
I'm just looking
for the evening
And the morning
In your eyes
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Well, at the time,
Mashmakhan had, uh,
just completed our first album.
Uh, we hadn't made a tour across
our own country yet.
We were quite well known
in Montreal area
and in Toronto, and Ontario
because of earlier entities
that we had been a part of.
With Trevor Payne
and the soul brothers
and a group called the triangle.
But, uh, when we changed
our name to Mashmakhan
and made that first album,
[ growing ] we hadn't made a tour
across the country
so suddenly, into our laps,
this was presented,
uh, an opportunity to go
across Canada on a train with,
with a load of the current stars
of the day.
It was like a dream, right?
[ chuckling ]
Didn't have to twist
my arm too hard for that one.
So we just leapt at it
and, uh, it didn't matter whether
we were getting paid or not.
At the time we were like the group
at the bottom of the totem pole
because it was our first record
and first national tour.
A child that says,
mother do you love me
And it really means
will you protect me
His mother answers him,
I love you
And it really means
you've been a good boy
And as years go by
True love will never die
At 1 7 his girl says
do you love me
And it really means will
you respect me
The teenage boy answers
I love you
And it really means can
I make love to you
And as years go by
True love will never die
I-I-I will love you
Forever
I-I-I will love you
Forever
At 65 his wife says
do you love me
And it means
I like to hear it again
Her husband says
to her I love you
But it really means
I'll love you till the end
And as years go by
True love will never die
Now you're asking me
if I love you
And it really means
will I marry you
And I answer yes I love you
But it really means
that I will be untrue
And as years go by
True love will never die
I-I-I will love you
Forever
I-I-I will love you
Forever
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Singer: As the years go by.
Uh, that record, 'as the years
go by' did wonders for us.
I mean it was a bit of a fluke how
that record even occurred.
Uh, the album was done
in New York.
Um, that little piece, 'As
the years go by' came after, uh...
we had this rather melodramatic
long piece on the record
and, uh, we were the first
to know that though, you know
And, 'As the years go by'
was a little bit of a sarcastic ditty
placed at the end of this very
melodramatic piece
and when we got the test
pressing back from New York,
uh, that long melodramatic
piece was gone.
Nowhere to be found.
And there sat
'As the years go by'.
Of course we were up
in arms because, you know,
they were messing with
our integrity now. [ Chuckling ]
But, uh, deejays starting
putting it on cartridge
and the next thing you know,
Columbia had themselves a hit.
And that was just... really,
prior to Festival Express.
And the song just exploded
both in this country
and took us to Japan,
so, uh, in retrospect,
a hit is a hit
And you can't knock that.
The beauty of the timing
was that, um,
In each city we arrived at
the song was, you know,
either one, two, three
on its local hit-parade.
So, like, although
we were new,
we were the flavour
of the month,
[ laughing ]
at the time of the tours
so that gave us a great boost
and a nice connection
with the audience.
And, uh, it just helped make
the whole Festival Express
a very meaningful memory
Well it was through, um, uh,
Kenny Walker, of course
and, uh, thor eaton and they did say
they were putting this together
and they wanted to have
a Canadian contingent,
even though they had some major
American names on it.
And, uh, so, uh,
he knew both lan and I,
being sort of, part of
the Toronto crowd and, uh,
and we immediately agreed
because we thought
it was an amazing idea.
[ guitar ]
This is a great Bob Dylan song.
About raising his kids.
And it's called 'Tears of Rage'.
and it goes like this.
We carried you
In our arms
On Independence Day
And now you'd throw us
All aside
And put us on
On
Our wa-a-a-a-y
Oh what, daughter
Beneath the sun
Would treat her father so
To wait upon him
In pain and...
And always answer no-o-o-o-o
Tears of rage
Tears of grief
Why must I be the one
To be the thief
Come to me now you know
We're so low
And life is brie-e-e-e-e-f
Well we pointed out
The way to go
Baby we scratched your name
In the sand
Though you thought
It was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand
But now I want you to know
That while we watched
You discover
there was no one true
But I remember
That I thought
It was a childish thing
to do-o-o-o-o
Tears of rage
Tears of grief
Why must I be the one
To be the thief
Oh come to me now you know
We're so low
And life is brie-e-e-e-e-f
It was a-a-a-a-a-ll
very painless
When you went out
to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never
We never could
Believe
And now our heart is filled
with gold
As if it was a purse
But oh, what kind
Of love is this
Which goes from
bad to worse
Tears of rage
Tears of grief
Why must I be the one
To be the thief
Oh come to me now
You know we're so low
And life is brie-e-e-e-f
Crowd: [ cheering ]
I-I barely knew who Buddy Guy
was myself,
other than by name.
And I think his terri...
the great album he made on,
uh, the 'Hoodoo Man' album,
I don't think it had been out
too long.
This was the very early 70's.
Uh, you know, in 1970.
Uh, that's as early as you get.
And, um, uh, I think
in a certain circuit in
the states, [ guitar ]
uh, it was customary that the artist
would go among the howling wolf.
All these guys played.
they went on the tables,
they walked on the bars,
they'd do this.
It was normal.
It's the first time
I had seen that.
I was so surprised, it was,
it was quite wonderful
but I couldn't figure it out
technically.
He must have had a lot of chords,
his roadie, strung together.
[ guitar ]
I learned that from
the late Guitar Slim,
out of, uh, Louisianna.
And, uh, when I first came
to Chicago,
when I went to the music store
to get that kind of lead
they told me, say,
it's not gonna work.
And I'm saying,
'Just give it to me.'
You know, 'cause I saw
Guitar Slim being introduced,
and I'm at the stage trying to figure
out how to play this guitar,
and I say, 'Well I wanna
be the first one there'
and there's no seat
so I was standing,
and all I heard was a guitar,
and I didn't see him.
And twenty minutes later a guy
brings him in on his shoulders.
And I said, 'I want
to play like B.B. King
but I wanna act
like Guitar Slim.'
And I've been doing
that ever since.
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Gypsy woman
told my mother
Just before I was born
Say you've got
boy-child coming
Gonna be a son of a gun
Gonna meet pretty women
Run and jump and shout
And the world gonna know
What's it all about
'Cause you know
[ blues ]
Hey, yeah
Got a black-cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got the Johnny Conkeroo
I'm gonna try
to mess with you
I'm gonna make you
little girls
Lead me by my hand
And the world gonna know
I'm a hoochie coochie man
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
On the seventh hour
On the seventh day
The seven doctors say
He were born for good luck
And for that you can see
I've got seven hundred
dollars woman now
Don't you mess with me
'cause you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
You know I'm your hoochie
coochie man
Everybody
Hail
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Playing outdoors in the daylight
is one of my favourite things
in the whole world to do.
I love to be able to see
all the way to the end.
I love to be able to see
the people dancing, you know
And, uh, outdoors especially,
because there's no walls to
bounce the sound back at you.
And you really have a clean,
clear kind of sound experience.
So, you know, for, and for us
that was always our favourite.
We wou...would prefer to play
outside, during the day if we could.
Hey, baby, here I am
I'm a man on your scene
I can give you what you want
But you got
to come home with me
And I've got a whole lot
of good old loving
And I got some in store
When I get to throw it on you
You've got
to come back for more
Toys and things that
come by the dozen
That ain't nothing
but drug store lovin'
Hey little thing let me light
your candle
'Cause mama I'm sure hard
to handle now
Gets around
But action speaks
louder than words
And I'm a man
with great experience
I know you got you
another man
But I can love you
better than him
Take my hand
and don't be afraid
I'm gonna prove every word
I say
I'm advertising love for sale
So you can place
your ad with me
Toys and things that
come by the dozen
That ain't nothing but
drug store lovin'
Hey little thing
let me light your candle
'cause mama I'm sure hard
to handle now
Gets around
Lovin'
It's all I need
Lovin'
Love is all you
I got to get some
Oh, baby, all right
Yes I do
Good love
Yes I got to get some
Yes I got to have some
Got to have some
I got to feel all right
My, my
I got to feel all right
My, my
Owl
I got to have it
Give it to me
Give it to me
All right
Ooh
[ guitar ]
Baby, here I am
And I'm a man upon the scene
And I can give you
what you want
But you got
to come home with me
And I've got a whole lot
of good old lovin'
And I've got some in store
When I get to throw it on you
You got to come back
for more
Toys and things that
come by the dozen
That ain't nothing
but drug store lovin'
Hey little thing let me
light your candle
'cause mama I'm sure hard
to handle now
Yes I am
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Singer: Thank you.
As a band you get
to play outdoors
during the daytime
in the summer a fair bit.
So it wasn't new to us.
I-I do enjoy, bein' you know...
What I don't enjoy is
the heat of the day so much.
Uh, if there's no shade and
the sun's hot and stuff like that,
Uh, I don't know about that.
But uh, other side... Otherwise,
playing outdoors is just fun.
During the day.
You know,
it's not quite the fantastic
um, experience
playing at night
when, you know,
your visual sense is, sort of,
taken a back seat to your...
your other senses,
Uh, in terms of,
you know, importance.
Um, but still, you know, there's
an hallucinogenic realm
that you go into
whenever you're listening
to music anyway,
or playing music.
Hit it.
Easy wind
Going cross the bayou again
There's a whole lotta women
Out in red
on the streets today
The river keep a-talking
But you never heard
a word it say
I been ballin' a shiny
black steel jack-hammer
I been chippin' up rocks
for the great highway
I live five years
if I take my time
Ballin' that jack and
drinking my wine
Easy wind
Flowin' cross
the bayou again
There's a whole lot
of women
Out on the streets
in red today
And the river keep a-talking
You never heard a word it said
I been a-chipping them rocks
From dawn till noon
While my rider hide my bottle
in the other room
Doctor say you better stop
ballin' that Jack
If I live five years I'm gonna
bust my back
Yes I will, now
Easy wind
Cross the bayou
the other day
There's a whole lotta women,
Mama
Out on the streets
in red down the way
And the river keep a-talking
But you never hear
a word it say
[ harmonica ]
Lord
Gotta find a woman
be good to me
Won't hide my liquor try
to serve me tea
'cause I'm a stone jack baller
And my heart is true
And I give everything
that I got to you
Yes I will
Easy wind
Blowin' cross the bayou again
There's a whole lotta women
Out on the streets
in red that way
And the river keep a-talking
You never heard what it say
Crowd: [ cheering ]
Thank you.
I think, you know, that all these
people were in their prime.
And it was also, you know, um,
the end of an era in another sense.
Of course Jimi Hendrix just died
before this trip started
And Janis died shortly after.
Pigpen I think, a year later.
Um, Richard Manuel who wasn't on
the train, but was in the band.
Rick Danko, Jerry Garcia,
Pigpen.
Um, yeah, it's amazing that,
you know, the number of people
who are...who are gone from
that...from that trip,
and, uh, and, you know,
that's why it's so precious
to be able to see them again.
Please don't you do it to me,
babe no
Please don't you do it
to me, babe
Either take the love I offer
Or let me be
I ain't got the time
for walkin' no
Ain't got the time for walkin'
What's a poor boy to do
with your love
Love just danglin'
Hey
Make up your mind, honey
You're playing with me
Make up your mind, honey
You're playing with me
I say, hey
No need to play
my loving, babe
Come on now
Let me honey let me be yeah
Say that it's over baby
Say that it's over dear
But still you hang around,
come on
Won't you move over
You know that I need a man,
yeah
Know that I need a man
When I ask you to you just say
That you think you can
Yeah
You ain't quite ready
for walkin' no
Ain't quite ready for walkin'
What's a brother to do
with your love
Lord, just dangling
Well I know that it's dangling
Well I know, know, know
Like a carrot, baby now
Like a carrot dear
Like a carrot baby now
Like a carrot dear
Hey, come on, hey
I gotta hey
Come on hey
I gotta love
You teasin' me
Hey you teasin' me
Hey you teasin' me
Hey you're teasin' me
Like a carrot baby now
Like a carrot dear
Like a carrot baby now
Thank you!
Crowd: [ cheering ]
I can't speak for Janis, but my...
I'm sure if all the gentlemen
in this room
have been in a situation where
you might have over-imbibed
at some point.
And the old saying,
'The hair of the dog'.
But if you continue passed
the hair of the dog,
uh, things become
part of your system
and your resistance...
Uh, it...it's not that surprising
to me that you could be crazy
and, you know,
be on a real bender
and the next night be able
to be, you know, perform.
Sometimes if you're
not feeling that well,
you're reduced to like,
your gut...
your gut, uh, instincts
and talents.
And maybe that's why
she was so on top of it.
Well she was
a very intelligent girl.
She was not a...
a silly girl at all.
I think, uh, you know,
that certain things
that people do
through their lives,
I mean, there's positive
and negatives.
She just happened to get
caught on the negative side
of a particular thing, and...
It was not a good thing.
But, we all know that.
But, uh, she was always there to
perform for the people, always.
She... she lived for that.
She really did.
Time keeps moving on
Friends, they turn away
Lordy, Lord, Lord
Well I keep moving on
But I never find out why
I keep pushing too hard
And baby I keep trying
To make it right to another
Lonely day
Whoa, yeah
Dawn has come at last
Honey, time keeps a-moving on
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Well I'm 25 years older now
So I know it can't be right
And I'm no better, baby
And I can't help you no more
Than, honey,
when I was just a girl
Yeah
But it don't make
no difference, baby
No, no
'Cause I know that
I could always try
There's a fire inside
of everyone of us
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna hold it, yeah
I'm gonna use it
till the day I die
Don't
Honey, don't you expect
any answers, dear
Oh no, they don't come
with age
No-no, no
Hey
They ain't never gonna
love you any better, baby
And ain't never gonna love
you right
So you better take it now
Said right here and now
Yeah
But it don't make
no difference, baby
No, no
'Cause I know that
I could always try
There's a fire inside
of everyone of us, hey
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna use it, yeah
I'm gonna hold it
till the day I die
Don't make no difference
No, no-no
Well I hate to be the one
I said you'd better
leave me now
And you'd better love
love your life
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna hold it, yeah
I'm gonna use it, say what
Don't make no difference,
baby
No, no-no
Well I hate
I hate to be the one
I said
Every time you're gonna
want to love somebody
Every time you're gonna want
to need somebody
You're gonna want
to turn and run
I'm gonna be there
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no
When you wanna
put out your hand
All you want is somebody
to pick it up man
He ain't gonna be there
Said you know he ain't
No, no, no-no
No, no, no-no
No, no, no-no
No, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no-no
No, no, no-no
No, no, no-no
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Who-a-a
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Whoa-oo
Honey, want, I wanna
Reach out my hand
I said, darling
all I ever wanted
Was for you to understand
Whoa-oo, whoa-whoa
Whoa-baby,
I wanna pick up and leave
Lord, honey, everyday
Crowd: [ cheering ]