Move Me Brightly Explained

Move Me Brightly
Director:Justin Kreutzmann
Producer:Matt Busch
Laurence Freedman
Chris McCutcheon
Justin Kreutzmann
Starring:Bob Weir
Neal Casal
Jeff Chimenti
Mike Gordon
Joe Russo
Donna Jean Godchaux
Jon Graboff
Editing:Justin Kreutzmann
Studio:TRI Studios
Distributor:Eagle Rock Entertainment
Runtime:129 minutes
DVD 159 minutes
Blu-ray 189 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Move Me Brightly is a music documentary film. It contains live performances of Grateful Dead songs from a 2012 concert by Bob Weir and a number of other musicians, called "Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday". The film also includes interviews with some of the performers, other musicians, and members of the Grateful Dead extended family. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2013.

Move Me Brightly was directed by Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Many of the interviews were conducted by Luke Wilson. The music was produced and mixed by Rick Vargas, with live mixing by Dennis Leonard and audio mastering by David Glasser. The liner notes for the video were written by Mike Campbell, Benjy Eisen, and David Crosby.

Concert

On August 3, 2012, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and a rotating lineup of musicians performed a five-hour concert of Grateful Dead songs at TRI Studios in San Rafael, California. The show was called "Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday", and took place two days after the 70th anniversary of Garcia's birth. Many of the songs featured Weir on guitar, Neal Casal (from Ryan Adams & the Cardinals) on guitar, Jeff Chimenti (RatDog, Furthur) on keyboards, Mike Gordon (Phish) on bass, Joe Russo (Phil Lesh and Friends, Furthur) on drums, Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead) on vocals, and Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals) on pedal steel guitar. Also performing at the concert were Phil Lesh, Jim Lauderdale, Harper Simon, Cass McCombs, Sam Cohen, Josh Kaufman, Adam MacDougall, Jason Roberts, Jonathan Wilson, Chris Tomson, Tad Kubler, and Craig Finn.

Songs

The DVD and Blu-ray release of Move Me Brightly includes the following songs.Film:

Bonus performances:

*Blu-ray only

Featuring

The following people are listed in the "featuring" section of the film credits. They and others are interviewed in the film.

Setlist

The full set-list from the show is as follows: (* indicates it was featured in Move Me Brightly DVD or Blu-Ray.)[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Setlist and "Photos" - Move Me Brightly: Bob Weir, Mike Gordon, Joe Russo, Donna Jean, Phil Lesh and More Salute Jerry . 4 August 2012 .