Toots & The Maytals: Live at Santa Monica Pier
Seen it?2001 | 60 min | Documentary, Music
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for people who'll be humming afterwards and anyone who likes learning something new. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top. Liked Stop Making Sense or Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves through the story clearly, at 1 hr. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
Over the years, few video documents have been issued about one of reggae's most popular and enduring bands, Toots & the Maytals. With their slinky and extremely danceable rhythms and passionate concert performances, the outfit has long been one of reggae's top live acts. Released in 2001, the Live DVD is a fine document of the latter-day Toots & the Maytals live experience, recorded in front of a large and receptive crowed at the Santa Monica Pier in California on August 7, 1997. Featuring ten tracks overall and clocking in at an hour, Live features stirring renditions of many of the group's best-known tracks, including such highlights as "Pomps and Pride," "Funky Kingston," "Monkey Man," and "54-46 Was My Number," among others.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Tom Mitchell
- Toots HibbertSelf
- Joe HiggsSelf