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Old 04-06-2015, 08:39 AM
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Default duster bennett on film/dvd

. . . and one more thread on duster bennett. concerning concert videos martin celmins had this to say in his biography on duster:

the documentary short film 'playing the thing' from 1972 featured (quote) "clips of duster bennett on stage at the chelsea college of science and technology. extracts from duster performing three songs, namely 'shady little baby', 'just like a fish' and 'country jam' are included. these extracts are taken from the 45 minutes of duster's performance which was filmed and recorded; plus there is a 6-minute interview which was not included in the film. at the time of writing, peter moody is in exploratory talks with roger (trobridge, of the national harmonica league; ann.) about producing a dvd which will include all the duster bennett footage of his performance and the complete interview."

celmins then added (quote): "what's more, an american concert by john mayall & friends featuring duster bennett was filmed earlier that year (1970; ann.) at the fillmore east venue and is also available on the internet."

what i could get my hands on to this day is this:
1. the aforementioned "playing the thing" (featuring only the extracts from the 3 bennett songs)
2. "black, white and blues" (a documentary on the blues boom scene from '71, which features duster playing in what looks like a living room - a very small pub, presumably)
3. the french "pop deux" show with john mayall and duster (live in paris, 1970) and
4. duster miming to "act nice and gentle" on "hits a gogo" (1971). oh yes, and
5. duster jamming away briefly with clapton, buddy guy and co. during the end credits of "supershow '69".

after a short mail correspondence with martin celmins (in march 2008 following the release of his d.b. bio) i had lost his mail address, so i couldn't get back in touch with him on this matter. and i never heard anything about it anymore.

so my naggin' questions are: has anybody ever heard or seen anything about the footage celmins was referring to - the 45-minute concert at chelsea college of s&t (plus interview) and the 1970 mayall & friends gig at fillmore east in n.y.c.? let alone, where that stuff might be available?

looks like that's something of a holy grail for duster bennett fans, so i'm literally burning for it! any info, PLEEEZE?!
martin
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