This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that littered the West during the late '60s and helped launch such super groups as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Red Dog Saloon had its genesis in 1964 when a group of free-thinking, LSD-enhanced Northern California students and young folks had a party and began thinking about starting up a saloon that would evoke the old West. They decided to build their saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, a once prosperous town that was by then nearly empty. The ambience of the saloon blended Old West sensibilities with modern psychedelia, go-go girls and plenty of illegal drugs. The film is comprised of interviews with surviving founders, actual archival footage, and even a performance of some of the musicians who appeared there. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
"It’s an amazing little piece of Rock & Roll history – little known but with far reaching significance in the overall story of 20th Century America"
- Audience Member
"The best documentary on the ‘60s ever made. Red Dog Saloon rocks!"
- Michael Simmons
Rolling Stone, L.A. Weekly, High Times, BAM
"…engaging affectionate…full of characters whose eyes still gleam…"
- Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle
"’Rockin’ at the Red Dog’ showcases a monumental piece of rock n’ roll history."
- Sound Wave Magazine
If the psychedelic sixties were born in the dancehalls of San Francisco, then they were conceived in a saloon in Virginia City, Nevada where the musicians carried Winchesters & the kitchen served French gourmet meals.
The psychedelic era fostered cultural growth and artistic expression. The Red Dog Saloon was the incubator for the lightshow and psychedelic poster art, an entire lifestyle that truly defined a remarkable era and defied classification as it weaved it's tapestry of free love and music, which the Grateful Dead would spread around the world.
Filmmaker Mary Works (assistant editor “Titanic”, “Saving Private Ryan”) was entrusted with access to the lives, antics and attics of this unique extended rock and roll family that grew out of these wild times.
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