Yesterday, we told you about the buzz surrounding the new Blood, Sweat and Tears documentary …
And got a couple of emails in response … including these …
“What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears” is a new documentary, shelved for decades about their tour that the State Department made them do in the Soviet Union.
There is a trailer for the movie on YouTube:
Should be a good one.
Keep up the good work!
Pete Heger
I sent a link to our coverage to Al Kooper … along with this message …
Hey we’ve got a lot of people talking about you again!
Just what I DIDN’T NEED …
ESPECIALLY after what BS&T became …………
AK
Yeah … but SOME of us know the truth …
(We just can’t change the past!)
Look what I got from Andrew Loog Oldham …
Somebody needed to offer reality and a proper history and tout the vision of Al Kooper.
Andrew
EXACTLY … he saw the whole thing … and heard it in his dreams … and then they pulled the rug right out from under him.
(Not to discredit the band and their success in any way … they truly WERE amazing … but the vision was all Al’s.) kk
Something ELSE that everybody is buzzing about is the new Amazon Prime series “Daisy Jones and the Six.”
It presents itself (quite authentically, I might add) as a documentary about a legendary ‘70’s band who had their biggest moment and then broke up, never speaking to each other again.
Most of the critics say it is loosely based on Fleetwood Mac and the “Rumours” album … but only three episodes have aired so far so we haven’t seen much interaction between the band members yet. (The first three episodes dropped last Friday, the 3rd, with new episodes now airing every Friday for the rest of the season, beginning tomorrow night.) Where things left off, their record producer was just trying out the idea of teaming up two of his artists, Daisy Jones … and a band called The Six … to see if together they might generate a little bit of magic.
The new music is actually quite good … the soundtrack is already selling well (and you can download additional tracks from each individual episode online as well.) In between, they play a nice assortment of ‘70’s tunes from the era to help set the tone of the time period. The whole thing comes off looking unbelievably real, a real credit to everyone involved.
The biggest buzz seems to be the fact that Daisy is portrayed by Elvis’ Granddaughter, Riley Keough, who is quite good at pulling this off in a most-believable way. (She has a pretty good singing voice, too!) It has to be rough launching this brand new series right after the death of her mother, Lisa Marie … but hopefully some of the good reviews will help ease just a little bit of the pain she must be feeling knowing that her mom … and grandfather … can’t be here to see it.
This in no way diminishes the rest of the cast ... EVERYONE involved is clearly up to the task ... and we are quite enjoying it so far.
If you haven’t already given it a try, we recommend you check it out. (We watched all three episodes back-to-back-to-back on Sunday Morning … it moves rather quickly … and are now anxiously awaiting the next chapter.) kk
Kent,
I really enjoyed the posting of the little GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY. Kind of reminded me of Danny & the Juniors ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY. I've played that video over several times The Showmen were right in 1961 when they said that IT WILL STAND.
Larry
It’s a great clip … and I just LOVE the faces she makes when she really gets down with it … embodying Little Richard! Lol It's pretty amazing really in that it's quite likely she's never even seen him ... or any OTHER rockers for that matter ... yet still puts on her own rock and roll face during key moments of the song! I love it. (kk)
