Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest - Johnny Cash & Roscoe Holcomb (2005)

Posted By : Virginia Plain | Date : 13 Apr 2010 09:07:35 | Comments : 5 |

Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest - Johnny Cash & Roscoe Holcomb (2005)
Untouched DVD5 | DVD Decrypter Image (ISO+MDS) | 4:3 (1.33:1) | NTSC | 720x480 | 4.05 GB

DVD Info:

Year: 2005 (Recorded 1965)
Country: US
Catalog #: SH-DV 606
Runtime: ~105 Minutes
Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: None
Video Format: NTSC
File Format: ISO+MDS
Resolution: 720x480
Aspect Ratio: 4/3 (1.33:1)
DVD Format: Full Screen
DVD Source: DVD5
DVD Distributor: Shanachie
Program: DVD Decrypter
Average Bit Rate: 5.23 Mb/sec
Size: 4.05 GB

Menus: [X] Untouched
Video: [X] Untouched
DVD-extras: [X] None
DVD-Audio: [X] Untouched

Tracklisting:

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Oscar Stern, Amazon.com:

Wow. It's sweet to see Pete Seeger's well-meaning homespun folksy show, but his guests always steal the show. Here we have Johnny Cash and June Carter in the 60's. Johnny is skinny and jittery as a June Bug--might be the speed and booze. The minute Johnny tears into a song however, he's calm and collected with driving energy. Absolutely amazing performance. Even June sings a song here. That's not all, Roscoe Holcomb sings with a high-lonesome voice that was stolen from the ghosts of Appalachia. He plays guitar and banjo with such power and force, singing with a voice that'd raise the hairs on the back of your neck all the while chewing gum. A nice slice of the best. Thanks to Pete Seeger.

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Alfred Johnson, Amazon.com:

In a year that has featured various 90th birthday celebrations it is very appropriate to review some of the 1960's television work of Pete Seeger, one of the premier folk anthologists, singers, transmitters of the tradition and "keeper" of the folk flame. This DVD is a "must see" for anyone who is interested in the history of the folk revival of the 1960's, the earnest, folksy style of Pete Seeger or the work of the also tradition-oriented , although that fact was previously unknown to me, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (she of the famous Carter Family tribe. How is that for traditional bloodlines?). This is not only a musical treat seeing the real subjects of the hit movie of a few years ago, "Walk The Line" that got me interested, at least somewhat, in Johnny Cash's music but filled with information about the Carter Family that I have been interested in for a long time. Pete, by the way, couldn't be more pleased in working with this pair and they regale us with some old Carter Family songs like "Worried Man Blues".

Also included on this DVD is a performance by the legendary Kentucky mountain music man Roscoe Holcombe that John Cohen, a previously reviewed performer on this series with the New Lost City Ramblers, did great service to the folk revival by bringing out of the Kentucky hills in the early 1960s to the wilds of ..... Greenwich Village. Pete wears his "world music" hat in this segment as well as he also brings in Scottish folksinger Jean Redpath in to link up the music of the Scotch-Irish immigrant Kentucky hills and the old country. A nice folk history moment.

This DVD contains some very interesting and, perhaps, rare television film footage from two of Pete Seeger shows, packaged in one DVD, entitled "Rainbow Quest" (the whole series consists of six DVDs). Each show is introduced (and ends, as well) by Pete singing his old classic "If I Had A Golden Thread" and then he proceeds to introduce, play guitar and banjo and sing along with the above-mentioned artists.

One final note: This is a piece of folk history. Pete Seeger is a folk legend. However, the production values here are a bit primitive and low budget. Moreover, for all his stature as a leading member of the folk pantheon Pete was far from the ideal host. His halting speaking style and almost bashful manner did not draw his guests out. Let's just put it this way the production concept used then would embarrass a high school television production class today. But, Pete, thanks for the history lesson.

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Here are some screenshots (taken at actual resolution, of course.
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Check out the other Rainbow Quest offerings here on AvaxHome:

Judy Collins & Elizabeth Cotten
The Stanley Brothers & Doc Watson
The Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem, Tom Paxton, Mamou Cajun Band
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Mississippi John Hurt, Hedy West, & Paul Cadwell
The New Lost City Ramblers & Greenbriar Boys

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Posted By: TomInPhilly Date: 13 Apr 2010 23:44:41

Thank you!!!!!!!!

Posted By: BushMaster58 Date: 14 Apr 2010 00:34:39

Very nice! Looking forward to this. Many Thanks...

Posted By: samuray0202 Date: 14 Apr 2010 07:17:35

Very nice!! Many Thanks

Posted By: conrad2005 Date: 27 Jun 2010 03:26:36

Thanks for sharing but
Part 18 is missing
Could you reupload it?

Posted By: Virginia Plain Date: 08 Jul 2010 11:09:12

Sorry, no :(

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