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Zachariah (1971) is a Western film starring John Rubinstein as Zachariah and Don Johnson as his friend Matthew as two gunfighters journeying through the American West.
The film is loosely based on Hermann Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of The Firesign Theatre comedy troupe.
This film was billed as, "The first electric Western." It features appearances and music supplied by rock bands from the 1970s, including the James Gang and Country Joe and the Fish as "The Cracker Band." Fiddler Doug Kershaw has a musical cameo as does Elvin Jones as a gunslinging drummer named Job Cain.
Cream's drummer Ginger Baker and The Band were originally scheduled to be major players in the film.
The Minneapolis group White Lightnin' performs their rock and roll version of the William Tell Overture on the soundtrack and the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble perform Grave Digger. The soundtrack features songs by the James Gang, Joe Walsh, and Country Joe and the Fish.
Zachariah (The First Electric Western) (1971) (35MM trailer) with John Rubinstein, Pat Quinn, Don Johnson, Country Joe and the Fish, Doug Kershaw, The James Gang, The New York Rock Ensemble, White Lightnin', William Challee, Elvin Jones Written by the Firesign Theatre Produced and Directed by George Englund
Wacky western with lots of musicians: Country Joe and the Fish, James Gang, Elvin Jones, Doug Kershaw, The New York Rock Ensemble, White Lightnin'. Script drafted by The Firesign Theater (though little of what they wrote remains).
http://bjazz.unblog.fr/ This movie extract features drummer Elvin Jones (Job Cain), a former John Coltrane sideman. Job Cain plays gun & sticks. He shot a guy and plays a drums solo. Zachariah (1971) abc Pictures Corp., produced and directed by George Englund Starring, John Rubinstein : Zachariah Pat Quinn : Belle Starr Don Johnson : Matthew Country Joe and the Fish : The Crackers Elvin Jones : Job Cain The James Gang : Job Cain's Band Doug Kershaw : The Fiddler William Challee : Old Man White Lightnin' : Old Man's Band Dick Van Patten : The Dude Robert Ball : Stage Manager The New York Rock Ensemble : Belle Starr's Band http://www.datday.com/
The track from Zachariah's opening scene in which the James Gang plays Laguna Salada. (The amps are plugged into the sand).
Zachariah (1971) Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "This film is defined a...
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Zachariah (1971) Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "This film is defined as be...
Zachariah: A Head of His Time is a film from 1971 by director George Englund. It is the first Electric Western Rock movie and remains the best example of the genre. What could be better than mixing gunslinging with guitar-playing? The movie is the story of Zachariah and his friend Matthew who decide to become gunslingers and seek out established gangs and outlaws to help them in their quest. The movie featured the music and "acting" of Country Joe & the Fish, The James Gang and Elvin Jones. Zachariah's friend Matthew is played by the young Don Johnson. This clip is the opening title sequence featuring music from the James Gang.
Zachariah (1971) Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "This film is defined as be...
Zachariah (1971) Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "The first electric we...
Zachariah (1971) Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. He and his friend Matthew set out to become gunfighters, joining with the Crackers, a rock band who are also (pitifully inept) stage robbers. Having quickly outgrown that gang, Zachariah and Matthew set out to become bigtime gunslingers. Before long, they part company and a rivalry grows between them. The film is loosely based on Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha, surrealistically adapted as a musical Western by Joe Massot and the members of the comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre. This film is defined as being part of the Acid Western genre. More precisely, in its own publicity releases, it was called, "This film is defined as be...
This mister strolls into some town
This mister strides into some shitty township
Like Moses
The people like the Red Sea
Like Moses
The townfolk like the Red Sea
My mistake, he does not stroll
He does not stride
He smokes into town, goddamn
Like dust with boots on
He's looking around and it's making him smile
He's pushing them around
Because it makes him smile
These bastards' disgrace is conspicuous