“AMERICA’S LOST BAND does an excellent job of proving…without question, The Remains were — indeed still are — very significant players in rock’s storied history…the closing montage of a present- day Remains’ concert interspersed with black and white clips of each member from the Hullabaloo performance provides
a touching, sentimental and more than fitting denoument to a band, and a film,
that very ably demonstrates the true power of music.”
--Mike Dugo, 60sgaragebands.com

America's Lost Band--which premiered at last year's Boston Film Festival is a feature documentary, narrated by Peter Wolf, chronicling the legendary '60s band, The Remains. Born in Boston 45 years ago and galvanized while playing concerts, colleges, clubs and fraternity parties throughout Boston and all six New England states, the band gained national and international prominence as opening act on the Beatles last tour of the USA in 1966.

6PM (65 minutes)

America's Lost Band
Directed by Michael Stich, Produced by Fred Cantor

"Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones predicted that rock and roll might travel a similar path to the blues. The purest form of the genre could well become the domain of artists in their 60’s performing the music of their youth to a new generation. America’s Lost Band, a new documentary playing at film festivals around the country, is a perfect example of his theory. It’s the story of The Remains, the legendary Boston band who vanished on the doorstep of stardom back in 1966 leaving a handful of classic records and scores of eternal fans in its wake.... "
--Erik Taros, The ROCK and ROLL Report, April 27, 2009. (Read complete review here: http://rockandrollreport.com/america%E2%80%99s-lost-band/)


“Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them — and not the Stones — the World’s Greatest Rock N’ Roll band. As it is, The Remains most certainly are America's greatest lost band.” -Mark Kemp, Paste Magazine

To view trailer, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07f7kBPQvs

For more informations click here.

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7:30pm (79 minutes)

REGENT THEATRE and TIN CAN FILMS present:

DELTA RISING - a blues documentary
Directed by Michael Afendakis & Laura Bernieri

special sneak preview!

7:30 pm screening of 79 minute documentary

8:45 pm Q & A with filmmakers

9:00 pm 30 min live acoustic blues jam

 "Delta Rising" depicts the lives of blues singers in Clarksdale, MS- bringing the viewers from music inspired in the cotton fields to the jukes throughout the Mississippi delta providing a wide angle view of the origins of blues and its translation to other genres on the American music landscape. This film shows the struggle and the passion of blues, what Morgan Freeman calls “America’s classical music.”

The film features: Morgan Freeman, Willie Nelson, James Montgomery, newcomer Grace Kelly along with local legends Jimbo Mathus, Big Jack Johnson, Ruby Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Honeyboy Edwards, Mose Allison, Charlie Musselwhite among others.

Written, directed and produced by former Apple executive, San Francisco-based Michael Afendakis, and local filmmaker Laura Bernieri (NEXT STOP WONDERLAND), the doc won Best Producer prize at the 2009 Beverly Hills Film Festival. To view the trailer, click here: http://www.deltarising.com/TRAILER.html

For more information please visit www.deltarising.com 

In addition to the 79-minute screening, attendees will pleasure in a half hour live performance by James Montgomery on the harmonica and the jug, 16 year old sax prodigy Grace Kelly, and Professor Doug Bell of Bellevue Cadillac on the ukelele, dobro and resonator.
 
That ANYONE survived the cotton fields is a tribute to the human race, our character as a species” ~~ Morgan Freeman