A Mighty Wind

Last month I purchased the Time Life 9 CD set called "The Folk Years Collection." They had an infomercial on TV several year ago that made it sound very attractive and I finally broke down and bought it. This is a collection of folk songs from the late 1950's and early 1960's. It includes the Kingston Trio, New Christy Minstrels , Ian and Sylvia, Peter Paul and Mary etc. As a conservative, some of the words in these songs should be a real turn off; but, the baby boomer in me remembers the hope and innocence of the time. Plus, music is for the emotions and politics is for the mind. In any case, I love this music. After listening to these groups for several weeks I had to go out and buy the DVD movie of The Mighty Wind. I saw the movie at a theater in 2003 when it came out. However after listening to these groups for several weeks on CD the movie was a lot more interesting . The movie is about a reunion concert in the present on PBS by old folk groups to honor their producer who has just died. It's done by the same folk who did Best in Show. All the songs in the movie are new songs made for the movie but the sound and words are very reminiscent of the early 60's time period. To learn more about the movie go the www.imdb.com and type "A Mighty Wind" The movie is great satire but does it with a warm feeling for that time in the past when A Mighty Wind was Blowing in the Wind.