Celebration At Big Sur Part 2

BIG SUR Calif. 1969

A musical documentary of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival, filmed in a chaotic style reminiscent of Woodstock. It features performances by Joan Baez, John Sebastian, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Combs Sisters.

Some of the finest folk singers and musicians in the world positioned themselves on the edge of some of America's most glorious scenery for a farewell to summer and a celebration of nonviolence in mid-September. It was the sixth annual Big Sur Folk Festival.

The festival, held on the tree-shaded lawns of Esalen, also differed from other recent celebrations in that here the "scene" did not eclipse the music, but merely served as a complement. According to its producers, Nancy Carlen and Paula Kates, Big Sur was designed as a "performers festival," an opportunity for artists to come together after a hectic summer on the festival circuit for some peace and solitude.

Crosby Stills Nash and Young played the final set, as on Saturday, repeatedly bringing the thinning crowd to it's feet. For a finale - with the audience pushed forward around the pool, closer to the performers now - everyone at the festival reprised "Oh Happy Day".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Joni
• Mitchell
• David
• Crosby
• Steven
• Stills
• Neil
• Young
• Graham
• Nash
• Joan
• Baez
• Folk
• Festival
• Big
• Sur
• John
• Sebastian

[Josip633]

Will you upload the rest?

[zeppelinfloyd196]

most definitely, i'll be uploading this and some other festivals in the next few days. keep checking back.

[imflyinn]

This is amazing thank you so much for posting it, If only I was born 40 years earlier

[wyattjameson]

I wonder what people who were there in the audience think when they come on youtube and see themselves 40 years later in the movie.Must be surreal with all the huge change in the world compared to then.

[psychodelicrock12]

I want a MARTIN D-45 guitar that looks and sounds excellent like the one STEPHEN STILLS is playing with JOHN SEBASTIAN. Plus, a 12-string version of this would be excellent, and I do not want built in pickups on it at all.

[Rockstaralan]

That does it! I've made up my mind! I don't ever wanna see Hollywood...I'd rather go to BIG SUR instead!

[mkaipo1]

Esalen......what an experience! Growing up in the Monterey area, we'd head 'down coast' for a night in the hot tubs. So f****d up the next morning that the ride back was perilous.

[aircooledvw62]

Check out all the VW'S!!! I've got an old vw bus and I always wonder if it was at an old show like this:)

[landrykkb]

I remember I taped this once off Much Music,but I never ended up watching it.Don't you just love YouTube?

[geezerdaddy]

I was at The Big Sur Folk Festival over 40 years ago. I'm 63 now and remember it like it was yesterday. Thanks for posting this movie it really takes me back.

[troutslayer52101]

I stand corrected. As I read the comments, this is "Bullfrog Blues." I mistakenly called it "Mobile Line."

My bad...tune rocks jussa SAME! *puff~puff~PASS*

[troutslayer52101]

Oops! That din't work. Let me try it again:  coin.fileave. com/ Mobile Line1. mp3

remove the spaces.

[troutslayer52101]

I loved that "Mobile Line" Improv so much, I made a stereo mp3 of it! Feel free to check it out and make a copy! coin.fileave.com/Mobile%20Line­1.mp3

[demurets]

THAT CHICK IS LILLIAN ROXON!!!!!!!!! FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN MUSIC JOURNO WHO WAS BASED IN NYC AND WAS A DENIZEN OF MAX'S KANSAS CITY. SADLY SHE DIED IN 1973 - THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.