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| A Night at the Family Dog 1970 (The Grateful Dead / Jefferson Airplane / Santana) |  | Director: Robert N. Zagone
Actors: Santana, Carlos Santana, Mike Carabello, David Brown, Jose Chepito Areas
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 18,392
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 58 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 801213012299
EAN: 0801213012299
Release Date: August 7, 2007
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Description
Filmed on location at the Family Dog Ballroom in San Francisco in September, 1970, the show captures the heyday and diversity of the San Francisco sound with three of the most well known bands to emerge from the scene: Santana, who would release their second album at the end of 1970; The Grateful Dead, including original band member Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who were making a name for themselves with their jam-filled performances; and Jefferson Airplane, who were at the time the biggest of the bands from the area. San Francisco was an area of artistic creation during the mid-to-late 60's. Whether it was art, poetry or music, the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco was the place for like-minded individuals to explore and create. Noted jazz columnist Ralph J. Gleason took note of the exploding rock music scene and produced several television specials and documentaries spotlighting the music emerging from San Francisco. A Night At The Family Dog is one part of a two-part series (the other is Go Ride The Music) that aired on The National Educational Television Network in 1970. The audio for this program has been extrapolated up to Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound mixes from their original mono source! This show has never sounded or looked so good! Track Listing:
Santana
-Incident At Neshabur
-Soul Sacrifice
The Grateful Dead
-Hard To Handle
-China Cat Sunflower
-I Know You Rider
Jefferson Airplane
-The Ballad of You And Me And Pooneil
-Eskimo Blue Day
A Super Jam
-All Star jam with members of all 3 bands!
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 Amazing Performances January 10, 2006
Lawrence A. Goldberg (New York, New York)
66 out of 68 found this review helpful
These performances were actually taped at the Family Dog in San Francisco in February, 1970, not September, 1970 as indicated in the blurb accompanying the Amazon entry. The late Spencer Dryden was still drumming for Jefferson Airplane, and had yet to be replaced by Joey Covington, who joined the band in the spring of 1970, so that gives a clue as to the performance date. I have a nth-degree-generation, very-poor-quality VHS of the original TV broadcast, which I saw at least a dozen times on PBS channels 13 and 21 in New York between 1970 and 1972. The intensity of all 3 bands is startlingly good, and the bands are in fine fettle, but the gig represents a sort of swan song for the 60s-era-iterations of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, as both bands would change directions in the coming months---the Dead towards country/bluegrass/folk, and the Airplane towards its well-documented splinter into the Slickantner and Hot Tuna factions. But, oh, the memories! btw, the JA version of "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" that is part of the Family Dog show is also included in the recently-released "Fly Jefferson Airplane" DVD.
SAN FRANCISCO'S FINEST HOUR August 31, 2007
Avalon Don (Huntington Beach, California United States)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
Beyond the film quality which is 1970's average at best, this DVD is Rock essential. Santana, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, the light show and hippie dancers is short in length, but still worth every penny. SANTANA - Carlos Santana in recent years admitted the original band was his best. They follow the Woodstock performance here playing two instrumetals proving they were no one hit wonders. "Abraxas" was not out yet, so it was still a work in progress. The musicianship is better than Woodstock, though not the fire. Gregg Rolie, "Chepito" and the rest made this more of a group than in the later years when the guitar hero was backed by... "Who's He Got This Year"? THE GRATEFUL DEAD - Why was this band never the same after Ron "Pigpen" McKernan died? He was the group's premier showstopper. Jerry Garcia was the leader, "Pigpen" the spark plug. He lets it all go on the R&B "Hard To Handle" lifting the room to peak level. The jam on "China Cat" is just a notch bellow "Europe 72". Still doggone good. The drummers sizzle. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Jack Casady's blistering bass solo alone on "The Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil" is something to watch and hear. The guy is wired. Grace Slick, vocals and Jorma Kaukonen, guitar are in sync on "Eskimo Blue Day" even though after the song, it's apparent Slick is loaded. This was a great 60's band that splintered later into three parts. The Airplane is better here than at Woodstock and Monterey. THE ALLSTAR JAM is good only for watching. Carlos, Jerry and Jorma seem to respect each other too much rather than trying to top each other. Which band steals the show? It's a three way tie, all having shining moments that will never again will be dupliated. Now that "A Night At The Family Dog" is finally available, I hope next to follow will be the "Fillmore: Last Days" movie on DVD.
Classic performance by the Grateful Dead August 23, 2007
James D. Wilgus (Glassboro,NJ USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Any fan of the Dead must purchase this DVD just to see the band rockin' with Pig singing Hard to Handle (complete with his gracious "thankee" at the end of the song).Then come the classic China Cat/Rider jam. Absolute perfection! Seeing Mickey and Bill on drums,a thin Jerry with black hair,Phil and Bobby front and center and in full support of Jerry's lead,and a "healthy" Pigpen is so awsome.
This is how they looked and sounded when I first attended a Dead show,and this is the most perfect film document of their early days. In full color,complete with dancing hippy-chicks,all you need is some good weed to complete this time capsule.
The Santana performance is also classic post-Woodstock perfection. I love their original band. Excellent latin heat from the acid era.
Speaking of the acid-era,enjoy the original Airplane in full flight.They were one of the loudest bands of that era,and Jorma and Jack provide their best of the that time.Also good harmonies between Marty/Grace and Paul. I loved that band,and I think they're over-looked today when people talk about rock legends.
Run, don't walk, to get this disc! January 13, 2008
M. McNeil (oak park, IL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon this Public TV one hour special in '70 as a feckless and un-radicalized 14-year old in the midwest. It was a monday night, I think. My parents were in the room. I sat and watched, and my mind was properly blown. I never forgot that bit of programming that came ... and just as quickly, went - Live From The Family Dog. A few years back I noticed it was "out there" ... but not quite ready for release. It was on my watch list in the blink of an eye, and now ... in my collection.
My initial impressions of the production hold true to this day, 37 years later; three outstanding bands, each in midseason form, playing stretched-out songs, with great sound and good visuals ... plus the hippie girls dancing ecstatically around the amps (yeah!), and the psychedelic light show, and the wild-eyed crowd, and the "jam" at the end of the night (what a wonderful mess). All in all, a high-water-mark testament to the Bay Area music scene as it prepared to devolve into something less delightful in the years to come. Watch it for the sizzling rhythm section of Santana, with the conga players in the spotlight. Watch it for Pigpen fronting the Dead as only Pigpen can, in HARD TO HANDLE. Watch it for the mind-melting Jack Casady bass solo in THE BALLAD OF YOU AND ME AND POONEIL, full of ritualistic thunder. Watch it for the Airplane all strumming hollow body axes (!?) Watch it for the Bobby Weir guitar solo on CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER. All in all, a great way to spend an hour.
the dead at the dog September 8, 2007
Michael W. Dark (bay area)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a little piece of history captured for our viewing pleasure...
It only makes you wish there were more old vintage performances available
on dvd... Cheers to eaglevision for keeping the past alive and relevent..
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