You Are What You Eat (film)
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You Are What You Eat is a 1968 American
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semi-documentary movie that attempts to capture the essence of the 1960s flower power hippie era and the Haight & Ashbury scene. The film features locally known personalities including well known and somewhat mythical pot dealer Super Spade as well as well known musicians of the day including Tiny Tim
, David Crosby
and Peter Yarrow
etc. and well known radio disc jockey, Rosko
.
The film soundtrack features music by John Simon
and by artists as diverse as Paul Butterfield
, The Electric Flag, Eleanor Barooshian
, Peter Yarrow, John Herold and Tiny Tim, accompanied by several members of The Band.
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semi-documentary movie that attempts to capture the essence of the 1960s flower power hippie era and the Haight & Ashbury scene. The film features locally known personalities including well known and somewhat mythical pot dealer Super Spade as well as well known musicians of the day including Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim (musician)
Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...
, David Crosby
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
and Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...
etc. and well known radio disc jockey, Rosko
William (Rosko) Mercer
William Roscoe Mercer , better known to millions of radio listeners simply as Rosko, was an American news announcer and disc jockey. He is best known for his stints on New York's WOR-FM and WNEW-FM in the 1960s...
.
The film soundtrack features music by John Simon
John Simon (record producer)
John Simon is an American musician, record producer, and composer. He is best known for his work with The Band as producer and musician on Music from Big Pink and The Band.-Biography:...
and by artists as diverse as Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...
, The Electric Flag, Eleanor Barooshian
Eleanor Barooshian
Eleanor Barooshian, also known as Eleanor Baruchian and as Chelsea Lee, was a member of the band The Cake . In 1967, Barooshian appeared in You Are What You Eat, a documentary film produced by Peter Yarrow of folk group Peter, Paul & Mary. In the film, Barooshian performed the Sonny & Cher hit I...
, Peter Yarrow, John Herold and Tiny Tim, accompanied by several members of The Band.
LP
- You Are What You Eat - Columbia OS-3240 - 1968
- You Are What You Eat - Sony Records, Japan, SRCS-8522 - 1997