Posts Tagged ‘grateful dead’

Bickershaw Festival 1972 DVD

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Rare archive film from numerous sources brings together the story of one of the great North-West festivals of the 70s. Over one and a half hours including music/film/stills from the festival. During the 70s there were only 2 great multi-day Greenfield music festivals with camping in North-West England, Bickershaw and Deeply Vale. Bickershaw, held on a fairly wet May weekend in 1972, was around £2.25 in advance for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Around 40,000 people attended and the festival inspired many audience members to pursue careers in the music industry. Features tracks from: Donovan – Only The Blues, Incredible String Band – Weather The Storm, Country Joe – Sweet Lorraine, Grateful Dead – Black Throated Wind, New Riders Of The Purple Sage – Watcha Gonna Do, Captain Beefheart – Click Clack, Family – Part Of The Load, Kinks – You Really Got Me, Captain Beyond – I Can’t Feel Nothing Past One. Also features interviews with Jerry Garcia, Nik Turner from Hawkwind, Brian Eastwood [guitar builder], poster artist Steve Jacuzzi Hardstaff & Mick Middles.