Have you seen the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin documentary "Festival Express?"?

Question

In the documentary "Festival Express," there is a part in it in which Janis Joplin (wearing purple outfit and purple glasses) and Jerry Garcia (playing his guitar) are both sitting inside the train. On Janis' right side, there is a plastered guy in a white t-shirt that Janis later referred to as "Danny." "Danny" is also playing the guitar and singing. Ultimately, Janis, Jerry, and "Danny" are making some music. My question: Who is this "Danny?"

Answer 1

Yeah, here's a link I found on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pY4ohB6VYw
The guy is Rick Danko from the band The Band. I think this is what you were talking about.

Answer 2

The Trans Continental Pop Festival, better known as Festival Express, was a legendary 1970 tour across Canada by some of the world's biggest rock bands, including The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and The Band. The tour was also the subject of a theatrical documentary film made with footage shot during the 1970 tour interspersed with interviews with tour participants who shared their recollections of the time.

Released in 2004, the film was produced by Gavin Poolman (son of the original 1970 film shoot's producer, Willem Poolman) together with John Trapman, and directed by double Grammy Award-winner Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology ) with music produced by Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin), and features original footage shot in 1970 by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Peter Biziou (Mississippi Burning, Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Truman Show). The film earned $1.2 million at the US Box Office, and the DVD went straight in at number 1 on the Music Video & Concert DVD top-sellers charts at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Tower Records, etc., and has had an average customer review rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. According to RottenTomatoes.com, the leading independent source of US film reviews, Festival Express was the second most critically acclaimed film released in 2004:

The tour was unique in that rather than flying to each city, many of the musicians traveled by chartered CN train, fostering an atmosphere of musical creativity and closeness between the performers. The trips between cities were a mix of jam sessions and partying. Among the memorable scenes depicted in the film was a drunken jam session with The Band's Rick Danko, the Dead's Jerry Garcia and Janis Joplin.

By the time the festival started, there was a belief among some North American youth that large concerts like the Festival Express should be free. As at Woodstock, many young people showed up with no intention of paying the $14 admission. Despite the financial hardship this caused promoters Ken Walker, Thor Eaton, and Dave Williams, the train continued on, providing a rich environment in which the traveling bands could jam and interact. Musician Kenny Gradney, who performed with Delaney and Bonnie, said "It was better than Woodstock, as great as Woodstock was."

Answer 3

Wasn't Danny with"The Band"?"The Band" was always performing with alot of great artists back in the days.That was a great documentary."Festival Express" was more of a party to all the bands that got together and participated,so who wasn't plastered?lol Wish I could have been there.It was bad a**!

Answer 4

I still have yet to watch the whole movie, but I did see that incredible scene. I don't even like Jerry Garcia but found him mesmerizing in that jam.

I'm pretty sure you're talking about Rick Danko, bass player/vocalist for The Band and one fun-loving guy!

Answer 5

save going, you're purely on the beginning up of my checklist. yet once I had to %. from the above checklist the single that I maximum enjoyed THEN (I graduated extreme college in 'seventy two), it would be a tie between Jefferson airplane and Sly & The family contributors Stone. Janis died the day in the previous my sixteenth birthday and that i remember crying interior the bathe approximately it that night, even in spite of the incontrovertible fact that I di no longer preserve her all that lots. cherished usa alot, too.

Answer 6

It's Rick Danko from The Band. I always thought she was just really wasted when she referred to him as "Danny", but maybe that was her nickname for him.

Answer 7

Good question, I've never wondered cause i was too busy listening to them jam. Are there credits at the end of tha doc??