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Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to doc a thriving, idealistic musical motion because it reached its peak as a well-liked phenomenon. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin’Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staples Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, Paul and Mary have been just some of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a variety of folks music that encompassed the style s roots in blues, nation, and gospel in addition to its newer flirtations with rock ‘n’ roll. Shooting in beautiful black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their followers, weaving footage from 4 years of the pageant into an intimate report of a pivotal time in music and in American tradition at giant.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New, restored 2K digital switch, authorised by director Murray Lerner
-New reconstruction and remastering of the monaural soundtrack utilizing the unique live performance and subject recordings, accepted by Lerner and introduced uncompressed
– When We Played Newport, a brand new program that includes archival interviews with Lerner, music pageant producer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow
– Editing Festival, a brand new program that includes Lerner, affiliate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn
– Selection of full outtake performances, together with Clarence Ashley, Horton Barker, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, and Odetta
– PLUS: A booklet that includes an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist bios by people music professional Mary Katherine Aldin
