The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Obie Benz

Writer:

Obie Benz (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | History | Music

Plot:

The peace-loving counter culture produces the phenomenon of Woodstock. |

Plot Keywords:

Rock Music | Sequel

Cast

Gary Busey	...	Himself (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Baez	...	Herself
Bono	...	Himself
Dick Cavett	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
George Clinton	...	Himself
Phil Collins	...	Himself
Peter Coyote	...	Himself
David Crosby	...	Himself
Roger Daltrey	...	Himself (The Who)
John Entwistle	...	Himself (The Who)
Jerry Garcia	...	Himself (The Grateful Dead)
Allen Ginsberg	...	Himself
Bill Graham	...	Himself
The Grateful Dead	...	Themselves
Arlo Guthrie	...	Himself
Mickey Hart	...	Himself
Richie Havens	...	Himself
Levon Helm	...	Himself
Chet Helms	...	Himself
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mick Jagger	...	Himself (The Rolling Stones)
Quincy Jones	...	Himself
Janis Joplin	...	Herself
Paul Kantner	...	Himself
Michael Lang	...	Himself
Phil Lesh	...	Himself
Ray Manzarek	...	Himself
Country Joe McDonald	...	Himself
Joni Mitchell	...	Herself
Keith Moon	...	Himself (The Who) (archive footage)
Jim Morrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
Graham Nash	...	Himself
Tom Petty	...	Himself
Iggy Pop	...	Himself
Joey Ramone	...	Himself
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself
Keith Richards	...	Himself
The Rolling Stones	...	Themselves
Hugh Romney	...	Himself (as Wavy Gravy)
Todd Rundgren	...	Himself
Carlos Santana	...	Himself
Grace Slick	...	Herself
Bruce Springsteen	...	Himself
David A. Stewart	...	Himself (as Dave Stewart)
Joe Strummer	...	Himself
Pete Townshend	...	Himself (The Who)
Edward Van Halen	...	Himself (as Eddie Van Hallen)
The Who	...	Themselves
Neil Young	...	Himself

Also Known As:

My Generation

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Andrew Solt Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2 (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Down by the River

The Best Chapter in the Series

Even though this was part of a mini-series, this chapter stands out on its own due to the fact that it covers the decade when rock and roll grew up and became recognized as an art form. You pretty much look at how the Beatles and Bob Dylan pretty much changed rock and forced other artists to write songs with more of a depth than they had been previously. However, the only negative criticism I have is that even though they cover Woodstock, there is no mention of Altamont, the event that pretty much ended that decade. Instead they end it with Joni Mitchell's recollections of the 1970 Isle of Wight festival which pretty much was the British version of Altamont. All in all it still is a great documentary.