Festival
“Newport is an oasis of beautiful music - and beautiful people ... who take the high road to”
1967•1h 37m•6.0•Released
DocumentaryMusic
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.
Director
Murray Lerner
Writer
Murray Lerner
Languages
English
Studio
Patchke Productions
Cast
Horton Barker
Self
Fiddler Beers
Self
Theodore Bikel
Self
Pete Seeger
Self
Bob Dylan
Self
Howlin' Wolf
Self
Donovan
Self
Johnny Cash
Self
Judy Collins
Self
Mike Bloomfield
Self
Son House
Self
Brownie McGhee
Self
Sonny Terry
Self
Peter Yarrow
Self
Paul Stookey
Self
Production
Company
Patchke Productions
Producer
Murray Lerner
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