After spending a summer of watching some amazing concerts with my wife (Foo Fighters, Billy Talent, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Pitbull, BUSH, The Headstones, Iggy Pop, Shania Twain, Weezer, Daniel Lanois, Bran Van 3000, Tegan and Sara, Death Cab for Cutie, Mumford & Sons, and many more!) I realize that 2023 in Ottawa was one of the most spectacular musical events I will see in my lifetime. Maybe one day in the future, like 53 years into the future, there will be a documentary about the 2023 Ottawa Blues and CityFolk festivals that happened here in this little sleepy town. And maybe somebody will be amazed about all the musical talent that was brought together. Maybe. This brings me to "REVIVAL69: The Concert that Rocked the World," the new CRAVE documentary about a rock concert that took place in Toronto in 1969 that involved some of the worlds greatest rock and roll artists of all time. I was amazed. The lineup included, Chicago, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Chuck Barry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Alice Cooper, The Doors, and John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band, and many more. And Geddy Lee was there in the audience, on LSD! This is the concert that put the final nail into the coffin of The Beatles and freed John Lennon to go at it alone. This documentary is a time capsule and boy oh boy was it fun to open up and see what was inside. Travel back in time and let a motorcycle gang escort you to one of the most amazing concerts that you didn't know existed (at least I didn't) and almost didn't happen. Catch it streaming on CRAVE.
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