Sag Harbor - The Legends Series, sponsored in part by Long Island Radio Broadcasting WEHM 92.9/96.9. Compiled and hosted by filmmaker
Joe Lauro, the series will bring to the big screen amazing musical performance video clips culled from one of the world's largest archives of music on film, the Historic Films Archive. Historic Films is dedicated to the re-discovery and preservation of all forms of American entertainment as it exists on film and video tape.
The Legends Series concludes on Monday, June 21 at 8 p.m with "The Pioneers of Rock." Footage of early heroes of rock before 'rock' even existed will be shown including
Elvis Presley,
Fats Domino,
Little Richard,
Bo Diddley,
Louis Prima,
Louis Jordan,
Ruth Brown, and many others.
Historic Films has provided film clips to everyone from The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum and
Martin Scorsese (his "Blues" and "
Bob Dylan") to "American Idol" and The Grammy Awards.
Tickets are $15. To purchase tickets go to
www.baystreet.org, or call the Bay Street Box Office at 631-725-9500, or visit Bay Street on the Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. The box office is now open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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