The producers of Let the Good Times Roll tried utilising the multiple split-screen format made famous by Woodstock for this documentary of a rock and roll revival. It was an ill advised decision, playing down the films strengths (it's performers) in favour of some fairly hoary cliches (big cars, Levis, The Wild One, etc.). Nonetheless any rock n roll fan worth their salt needs to see this film for two reasons: to see Bo Diddley strut his stuff and to see Bill Haley and the Comets. Bo ALWAYS earns his paycheque (and in the film's finale he earns some of Chuck Berry's, too) and Haley is simply sublime, appearing perfectly preserved in coat and tie. Everyone else is fine, with the exception of an unneeded Danny and the Juniors and an out of tune Shirelles, but Bo and Bill are the mostest, Daddy-O!
Review of Let the Good Times Roll
