San Franciso Sounds - A Place In Time

This two-part docuseries celebrates the musical and artistic renaissance that exploded in the Bay Area between 1965 to 1975 framed by Monterey Pop, Altamont, Woodstock and The Last Waltz.  Featuring the music of Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller along with Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, Sly and the Family Stone, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Santana, Moby Grape and many more.  The film captures the creative explosion in San Francisco that catalyzed and solidified a national movement for a whole generation, which included the emergence of growing-breaking live music impresario Bill Graham, and seminal festivals - Monterey Pop, Altamont, and Woodstock.

San Francisco Sounds: A Place In Time examines this decade that propelled Bay Area musicians into the national scene.  The documentary is directed by Alison Ellwood and Anoosh Tertzakian, and comes from the same team behind the three-time Emmy-nominated documentary Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time.

Disc 1:
In free-thinking San Francisco of the ’60s, bands form that change the landscape of music forever:  Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Country Joe & The Fish, Steve Miller, the Grateful Dead, and countless others.

Disc 2:
Santana, Sly & the Family Stone, Tower of Power, and the Doobie Brothers further diversify the landscape.  Woodstock puts San Francisco artists on the world stage and despite a series of tragedies that strike the community, the music keeps on going.

In addition to the above featuring:  Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, Bill Graham, Bob Weir, Marty Balin, Country Joe McDonald, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Ben Fong Torres, Jack Casady, David Freiberg, Patrick Simmons, Chet Helms, Jerry Miller, Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, Alton Kelley, Bill Ham, James Gurley, Stanley Mouse, Dave Getz, George Hunter, Lucy Lewis, Victor Centeno Moscoso, Richard Olsen, Don Stevenson, Dusty Street, Otis Redding, and many more.

Audio & Video Quality:  Excellent audio and video quality, about a 9.0 using our website Quality Rating Table.

Total Running Time:  146 minutes.

Disc Format:  2 NTSC DVD-R discs.