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...York from California, that godless land of Linda Ronstadt, and began to put together a touring band of gypsies--old friends like Allen Ginsburg and old New York folkies like Bobby Neuwirth and Ramblin' Jack Elliot, cut with hard-core rockers at loose ends like Roger McGuinn and Mick Ronson--and took it out on the road. He called it the Rolling Thunder Revue, and it was to be everything the 40-data tour with The Band in 1974 was not--small arenas, no set schedule, everybody doing their own songs, in short, a good time. The Rolling Thunder Band...
...scoff at. But this show promised so much more. The producer is Lome Michaels, the guiding spirit of NBC's feisty Saturday Night Live. The writer and co-director (with Gary Weis) is Eric Idle, of Monty Python's Flying Circus. The show's cast includes Mick and Bianca Jagger, George Harrison, Paul Simon and four out of seven of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players." With a crowd like this and a subject like the Beatles, one expects to be dazzled, but All You Need Is Cash is an invitation to take...
Annie Rock 'n Roll met Billy Preston after he fell offstage and onto her during a concert five years ago. He later introduced her to Mick Jagger, and she following the Rolling Stones tour all the way to Memphis, Tennessee, hitchhiking. "By the time I came home, a month later, I had to go into the hospital because I hadn't eaten, because I didn't have any money. But I still lived, still followed them. That's the type of thing...
...choices in picking his leads. The filmmaker can select a real-life performer from that art form and use the artist in the lead, hoping that sensitive direction will help the artist meet the unfamiliar demands of acting. Nicholas Roeg largely succeeded with this approach when he gambled on Mick Jagger as an aging rocker in the starring role of Performance, but other directors have usually obtained mixed results. Alternatively, the filmmaker can settle for the proven talents of a veteran actor, fudging on authenticity for the sake of a solid acting...
Scaggs opted, not surpisingly, for the change. "Silk Degrees," arguably the biggest hit last season by an artist or group not including Mick Fleet-wood, was a monolith, spinning off three hit singles and booming Boz Scaggs squarely into the Top 40 spotlight. His concerts, never before especially noteworthy, were suddenly sellouts. The days of the six-piece Texas blues band and the scruffy cowboy threads were gone forever; Boz was fronting a full orchestra and twirling stylishly onto the stage in silk scarves, Cardin suits and Gucci loafers. The image, after all, fit the music--slick and seamless...