Celebration at Big Sur
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Celebration at Big Sur

“Everyone did it... for the sheer love of it.”

★ 3.7/10 TMDB 1971-12-10 82 min

Star-studded show recorded at the Big Sur Folk Festival, Big Sur, California, September 13th and 14th, 1969. Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, John Sebastian, and others. This film captures a remarkable moment in folk, rock, and pop history - the famous folk festival that brought traditional acts like Dorothy Morrison & The Combs Sisters and Carol Ann Cisneros together with the psychedelic rockers of the day who were most deeply rooted in the folk revival. Older songs like ‘Oh Happy Day,’ ‘Rise And Shine,’ ‘All God’s Children,’ and ‘Swing Down, Sweet Chariot’ meet Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock,’ Joan Baez’s ‘Sweet Sir Galahad,’ ‘Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released,’ CSNY’s ‘Down By The River,’ and many more of the now-classic songs of what was then called the ‘new rock.’ The scene is notably intimate and - aside from one fan’s dustup with Stephen Stills - mellow, with many rare, close-up moments with the stars.

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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Self
David Crosby
David Crosby
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Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
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Graham Nash
Graham Nash
Self
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Self
Neil Young
Neil Young
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John Sebastian
John Sebastian
Self
Dallas Taylor
Self
Greg Reeves
Greg Reeves
Self
Mimi Fariña
Mimi Fariña
Self
Chris Ethridge
Self
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