Hey there Folks! If you’re in the Frame of Mind and Mood for Watching a music Video, then here’s one called “Music from THE SHOW”. It’s an old One from 1970. But certainly a classic for those of you who enjoy the music from that era and features a compilation of some of the greatest acts of the day along with up and coming acts of the time.
Music from THE SHOW (1970)
The Show
In the fall of 1969, during PBS’s Second year of broadcasting, a new series for High School age kids called THE SHOW was videotaped in Hershey, PA. The Program brought young people together with well known musicians and public personalities in order to address the issues of the times.
The result was the largest group Pop, Rock and Folk singer to appear on television up to that time. Shown here is a sampling of those 52 acts.
The Acts
1. Time – Grand Funk Railroad
2. Right by my Side – Grand Funk railroad
3. I’ve seen Fire & Rain – James Taylor
4. This Town – James Taylor
5. Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & The Comets
6. Just Look Right – Dion Deimuichi
7. Country Joe & The Fish – I don’t give a Damn
8. Mr Dance – Jerry Jeff Walker
9. Black & White – Jam Factory
10. Aint Marching Anymore – Phil Ochs
11. No More Songs – Phil Ochs
12. Mississippi Queen – Mountain
13. Blue – Tom Paxton
14. Never, Never – Zepher
15. Child Song – Tom Rush
16. – Donal Lease
In 1969, during the early years of public television, and only a year after the Public Broadcasting Service began, WITF-TV in little Hersey, Pennsylvania, applied to PBS for a grant to produce a national series of programs for high school kids.
It was to be called The Show…a forum where young people could address the events of the day with prominent guests and listen to contemporary music.
This was the year of Woodstock, so the importance of music in the life of teens was vital.
As a result, during The Show’s 26 week 1970 run it brought to national television a “who’s, who” of contemporary rock bands and folk singers.
Expect for the Smothers Brother Comedy Hour there were few opportunities these artists to appear on national TV.
A year later Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert capitalized on the same idea, but The Show was first.
Altogether close to 50 rock bands and folk singers appeared on The Show.
Produced by a small, educational TV station, the production values were somewhat hindered by its inexperience, but for its time this was a landmark effort.
Presented here is a one-hour-seven-minute assemblage that presents a cross-section of those “Woodstock Era” musicians who appeared on The Show.