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...route, along 440 miles of tranquil back-country roads, the sportive pedalers pumped and panted, munched, sang and slurped through 42 towns and hamlets with such names as Unique, Popejoy, Maquoketa, Alice and Viola. If it was an exhilarating experience for the bikers, saddle sores and all, the Ragbrai caravan-accompanied by 500 four-wheel followers in cars, campers and motor homes-provided the event of the year for the sleepy communities it passed through...
...would pump away a sweltering midsummer week in Iowa, when beaches and lakes and Laker beckon? Just about anyone, according to TIME'S Midwest Bureau Chief Benjamin Gate, who monitored the cornbelt caravan, part of it on a borrowed ten-speed Gitane bike. The Ragbrai army, he reports, comes from all over the U.S. and from every way of life and income bracket. On the road, its members fall into five loose categories...
...supporters gathered with a strong sense of urgency. One Philadelphia woman had organized a caravan of 51 buses carrying 2,200 people; another brought four generations of her family, including her 70-year-old mother, three daughters and an 18-month-old granddaughter...
...lets the musicians do what they do best. Several outstanding performances--simply photographed and reproduced with beautiful sound quality-make it memorable. Among the better songs are Dylan's "Baby Let Me Follow You Down," Ronnie Hawkins' "Who Do You Love," and an electrifying rendition of Van Morrison's "Caravan." The Band is onstage the whole time, backing up each performer, and in the better numbers the group seems inordinately happy, particularly Robertson and Helm...
...high after another. Hawkins sets the pace with his screaming version of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love? From there, it's on to Neil Young's Helpless, Paul Butterfield's Mystery Train, Muddy Waters' Mannish Boy and Morrison's downright ecstatic Caravan. The Band's numbers are full of lyric intricacies and haunting musical motifs. When the group joins the Staples to do The Weight on a mysterious sound stage set away from the concert hall, the song becomes a mini-movie...