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Posted - 27/02/2015 : 16:02:33 Supershow - The Last Great Jam Of The 60's
Supershow-Live London 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43f-RGNGgN0&spfreload=10
In an empty, abandoned linoleum factory, west of London, some of the legends of rock, blues and jazz were brought together for an historic and amazing session. Who was there? Eric Clapton was, and Jack Bruce and Buddy Guy, meeting Eric for the first time in what was to be a long relationship of the two greatest blues guitarists of a generation. Great drummers Buddy Miles and John Hiseman and the enigmatic superstar Stephen Stills. The extraordinary jazz legend Roland Kirk plays with his Quartet and then jams with the rockers. The Modern Jazz quartet, one of the greatest ensembles in the history of modern music, add an ethereal, spacey calm to the proceedings. Only to have it shattered by Buddy, Jack, Buddy, Dick Heckstall-Smith, jumping on Mary Had A Little Lamb! A powerful, haunting recording of one of the last great sixties musical events.
1. Those Who Are About To Die, We Salute You JON HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM 2. Love Potion BUDDY MILES, STEPHEN STILLS, JACK BRUCE, DALLAS TAYLOR, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, CHRIS MERCER 3. Under The Jasmine Tree MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 4. Mary Had A Little Lamb BUDDY GUY, JACK BRUCE, BUDDY MILES, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, CHRIS MERCER 5. Primitive Ohio ROLAND KIRK QUARTET 6. Checking On My Baby / Texas Blues BUDDY MILES, GLENN CAMPBELL, BUDDY GUY, STEVE HEARD, CHRIS MERCER 7. Visitor From Venus MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 8. Bad Hat GLENN CAMPBELL WITH THE MISUNDERSTOOD 9. Hoochie Coochie Man BUDDY GUY 10. Debut JON HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM 11. Stormy Monday / Kansas City BUDDY GUY, ROLAND KIRK, JACK BRUCE, JIMMY HOPE, RON BURTON 12. I Say A Little Prayer ROLAND KIRK QUARTET 13. My Time After A While BUDDY GUY, JACK BRUCE, BUDDY MILES 14. Black Queen STEVE STILLS, BUDDY MILES, JACK BRUCE, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, CHRIS MERCER 15. Slate 27 ERIC CLAPTON, ROLAND KIRK, DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, JACK BRUCE, JON HISEMAN, RON BURTON, VERNON MARTIN 16. End Jam ERIC CLAPTON, BUDDY GUY, STEVE STILLS, DUSTER BENNETT plus others...
Supershow (later with the subtitle "The Last Great Jam of the 60's!") was a music documentary film made in 1969, which was directed by John Crome and produced by Tom Parkinson.
This film was intended to be Britain's first music 'super session', with several famous blues, jazz and rock artists of the time coming together to be filmed whilst performing. The project was instigated by the Colour Tel film company, the recent credits of which included The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus and Jimi Hendrix at Royal Albert Hall.
Filming took place over a two-day period in March 1969 in a disused linoleum factory at Staines, England. Artists who were filmed on March 25 included Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy, Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Chris Mercer. Those filmed on March 26 included Eric Clapton, Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, Buddy Guy, Roland Kirk and Stephen Stills. This project also marks one of the rare film appearances of Glenn Ross Campbell and The Misunderstood. Allegedly Jimi Hendrix was due to appear but missed the plane from New York.
The whole project was planned with great secrecy and filming went ahead at a reputed cost of £100 per minute.
The film received a limited run in London, premiering at the Lyceum Theatre in November 1969. It later emerged as an official video release by Virgin Vision in 1986.
Footage of Led Zeppelin's performance of the song "Dazed and Confused" which was originally filmed for Supershow later appeared on the Led Zeppelin DVD in 2003.
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