Celebration At Big Sur Part 6 - Joni Mitchell and CSNY

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, 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 reprise "Oh Happy Day".

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[Igotlife92]

This is the most amazing song, Joni will always be an inspiration to me.

[imflyinn]

This festival demonstrates the ideal way of living, in my opinion.

[MultiGuitarrist]

@Igotlife92 Hey you know the name of the song Cn you tell me please?

[prohumanbeing]

6:00 see? back in 1969, ecology meant picking up trash/anti-litter--ALL of it and sending ALL of to the dump/landfill. Now, I wonder what idiocy we're doing today?

; )

[threepoundandunder]

Territorial Pissings - Nirvana :)

[troutslayer52101]

In one of the most chaotic times of our nation, this was a time when the youth were crying, "Make Love--Not War!" What about "PEACE" doesn't this country get anymore? I so wish we'd have a revolution and put thee assholes in our u.s. government in their rightful places! WE THE PEOPLE! How much more of the crap of TODAY are WE gonna TAKE? Can I git'n AMEN?

[TheVermont420]

ONLY THE GREATEST TIME PEROID THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN

[66Nico]

Joni- great musician and great bum too! :)