Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Nearly 40 summers ago on August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2 a.m. from a nap in his trailer and brought onstage to perform with his band at the third annual Isle Of Wight music festival. The audience of 600,000 was in a fiery and frenzied mood, after turning the festival into a political arena, trampling the fences, setting fire to structures and equipment - and stoked by the most incendiary performance of Jimi Hendrix's career. As Cohen followed Hendrix's set, onlookers (and fellow festival headliners) Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, Judy Collins and others stood side-stage in awe as the Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist quietly tamed the crowd. Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner ("Blue Wild Angel") perfectly captured Cohen's performance.
Year: 2009
Genre: Music Capsule, Music Capsule
Country: USA
Director: Murray Lerner
Starring: Leonard Cohen
Duration: 64 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains offensive language.
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Location in store: Music Capsule
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