The Band - The Weight (Festival Express) HD

In the summer of 1970, some of the eras biggest rock stars all took to the rails for Festival Express, a multi-artist, multi-day, multi-city concert tour that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lives, slept, rehearsed and let loose aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Winnipeg, to Calgary, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience was filmed both off-stage and on, but the extensive footage and sound tapes of the events remained locked away for decades, only recently having been rediscovered and restored. The film Festival Express is a momentous achievement in rock film archaeology which combines the long-lost material with contemporary interviews that add important context to the event nearly 35 years after originally being filmed.

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[RL]

The thumbnail of RD is worth its damn Weight alone in the most precious of metals🤘🎶🤘

[lukasbasques]

This is my favorite version, the energy is incredible

[alanhart]

R.I.P. Robbie, the writer of this song.

[TweedSuit]

Levon's drum kit is a vintage collectors wet dream.

[karenkramer]

Calgary Festival Band, a long with more incredible talent, is
one of my favorite memories. What a time we had !!!

[danishhald]

What an incredible performance! Levon is awesome! I love the pace or tempo of the performance. So good!

[jlspindler]

Robertson's "Testimony" memoir is great

[golds]

My vote- the new national anthem. It’s pure America. My regards for everyone... they painted a masterpiece.

[kirby]

A drunkard's DREAM if ever did see ONE
Watkins Glen July 1973 the band the Dead and Allman Bros Wish I could go there again

[buddysurfs]

The video Festival Express was a unique moment in time, all performed next to the train tracks, please don't knock them for the quality, watch the movie and you will understand why there were issues. This is a classic, accept it.

[davstre]

MYSON, AT AGE 12, PURCHASED DVD FOR ME. THIS WAS IN 1996. I HAVE ENJOYED SINCE! MY SON IS 28, STILL COOL AS THE MUSIC, THANKS ETHAN!

[gandalfthewhite]

love the band im  26 and cant stand modern music haven't listened to it since 2006 peace .

[cote]

This is the most American thing I've ever seen. God bless everyone here and BE SAFE!

[jighead]

Robbie's mic was muted. Thank god cuz levon and Rick were amazeballs. Garth and Richard were bringin it home

[ChriTur]

Levon yelling to the soundman, "Turn Robbie's mic off" at 1:03

[AlwaysHalloween]

i dare to say anyone knows where this is recorded *WE LOVE RICK DANKO*

[nicodrumsheaven]

TEMAZO, terrible banda, grandes musicos
the dylan band...
long live music

[crustycobs]

''NO, was all he said"...