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An electrifying documentary and concert film featuring the Tedeschi Trucks Band and spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated “Mad Dogs & Englishmen,” Joe Cocker’s short-lived tour featuring a mammoth thirty-two piece band. The original members (including the late Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell) and the reunion organizers (Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi) tell the story of the original tour and the reunion, both highlighted by inspired performances.
In the spring of 1970, Joe Cocker undertook what became the legendary Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, immortalized in a live album and concert film. Fifty years later, first-time filmmaker Jesse Lauter tells the complete story through the lens of the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s reunion of the Mad Dogs. In addition to Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and the entire Tedeschi Trucks Band, this reunion featured 12 of the original Mad Dogs, including Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear, plus guest performers Chris Robinson and Dave Mason, among others. The film showcases inspired performances from the reunion show, along with an exclusive look at the history of the tour and never-before-seen archival materials, commentary from the original members, critic David Fricke, notable fans who attended shows on the original tour and features the last filmed interview with the late Leon Russell.
ABOUT THE CAST
Leon Russell
Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career which spanned multiple genres. He collaborated with many notable artists including Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, George Harrison, Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, among others. He organized and performed with Joe Cocker on his Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour in 1970. In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Leon passed away on November 13, 2016, one year after the Lockn’ reunion concert of Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter, and founder of the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band, which he founded in 2010 with his wife, blues singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi. He began his professional career with The Derek Trucks Band and became an official member of The Allman Brothers Band in 1999. He has twice appeared on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award winner, she founded Tedeschi Trucks Band with her husband, Derek Trucks. She is considered by many to be one of the greatest American singers today and an outstanding guitarist.
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is an iconic American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs charted on Billboard and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and then-husband Kris Kristofferson. The Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, album, and film were her “introduction” to the world, as she signed with A&M records after the tour.
Claudia Lennear
Claudia Lennear is an American soul singer and educator. Lennear began her performing with the Superbs before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She was background vocalist on the Mad Dogs tour and is known to be the inspiration for “Brown Sugar” by the Rolling Stones. Lennear was featured in the 2013 Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom.
A CONCERT FILM & DOCUMENTARY BY JESSE LAUTER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, John Beug, Wayne Forte, Thomas Tull, Alba Tull & Bert Ellis
PRODUCED BY:
Wayne Forte & Blake Budney
FEATURING:
Leon Russell, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson, Jim Keltner, Dave Mason, Claudia Lennear & Tedeschi Trucks Band
WITH APPEARANCES BY:
Joe Cocker, Steve Earle, Jon Landau, David Fricke & Larry Campbell