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Title: Slippin' and uh Slidin'...
Review: The WOODSTOCK DVD is entertaining and it is also a must-own for music buffs, but it was a travesty that the Band were not seen in the film because they played a terrific set there. On FESTIVAL EXPRESS, the Band finally get the amount of screen time they deserve in films like this (THE LAST WALTZ notwithstanding) but even still, it could have been longer. Why couldn't we have gotten footage of Richard Manuel singing "Tears of Rage" instead of those other two? Anyway, their performances here are great, vocally shaky, but they were beginning to hit their stride. At least we have a live "I Shall Be Released" with Richard, and a ROCKING "Slippin' and Slidin'". As for the other performers, they don't exuberhate as much technical virtuosity and energy as the Band, but the whole thing is worth watching once. Danko survived many trips, but the ones he had on this train looked particularly disorienting--but nonetheless he still picked and sang!
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