Learning to Live Together: The return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen

351 Hudson Avenue,Albany NY 12210

04 December, 2021

Description

An electrifying documentary and concert film spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" Joe Cockers short lived tour An electrifying documentary and concert film spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated “Mad Dogs & Englishmen,” Joe Cocker’s short lived tour featuring a mammoth thirty two piece band. The original members (including the late Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell) and the reunion organizers (Grammy Award winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi)tell the story of the original tour and the reunion, both highlighted by inspired performances. In the spring of 1970, JoeCocker undertook what became the legendary Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, immortalized in a live album and concert film. Fifty years later, first time filmmaker Jesse Lauter tells the complete story through the lens of the Grammy Award winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s reunion of the Mad Dogs. In addition to Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and the entire Tedeschi Trucks Band, this reunion featured 12 of the original Mad Dogs, including Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear, plus guest performers Chris Robinson and Dave Mason, among others. The film showcases inspired performances from the reunion show, along with an exclusive look at the history of the tour and never before seen archival materials, commentary from the original members, critic David Fricke, notable fans who attended shows on the original tour and features the last filmed interview with the late Leon Russell