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Peace ya'll ! Betsy

Dear Tortelvis,
I have just finished watching your new video. Jah-la-Palooza is absolutely the finest live concert DVD I have ever seen! I must also thank you for the autographs that you did for myself and my friend Jerry. We are both huge fans! These DVDs will be the pride of our collections! But, please forgive my ignorance........but....YTIGC? Please save me from this torment! What does it mean?!
-Your loyal fan, David Skidmore -

After eagerly anticipating anything new from the legendary Dread Zeppelin for months, I was thrilled to hear that a new concert dvd entitled Jah la Palooza was soon to be released. As I always do when I receive the shameless E-mails plugging the latest Dread Zep money-making venture, I quickly went to the website and pre-ordered my copy. The other day it finally arrived and I couldn't wait to check it out. The disc looks and sounds great. The camera mix was good, the graphics well done and the audio (while not exactly DTS-ES) was more than satisfactory. The best thing about the new disc is that the set list is intercut with backstage clips and crazy interview snippets with the band (something sorely missing from the Minne-jah-polis show). It's an outdoor, afternoon show, so the video isn't grainy and the camera always seems to be where you would be looking had you been filming the show yourself. As much as I love these guys the set list seems a little tired. All of your favorites are there as well as Smoke on the Water (a welcome addition to the set from the Fun Sessions), but I would love to see a few tunes from Dread's disco era or more material from Spam Bake included. Season permitting, a few cuts from the Critmas album thrown in would be fun to see live. The band was tight as ever and the recent return of the amazing Carl Jah along with the addition of Ziggy Knarley a while back have solidified the lineup. Tortelvis is vocally unchallenged and again shows the world why he's the best chubby Elvis empersonator doing Led Zeppelin tunes in a reggae style outside of Las Vegas! All in all this is a great disc and shouldn't be missed by any fan of Dread Zeppelin. And since you're reading this review on their website I can only assume that you're either a fan or that your fruitless search for strange, illegal porn has misdirected you here. In either event don't be a cheap bastard, buy the dvd right now.
- Kevin Miller -

Torte has added a thick greasy layer of rib poppin',eyeball bustin' and toe rockin' info-tain-munt fun for all with the new DVD! I was knocked out by the whole thing, from a Theremin being played with a crotch to the rave of Jimmy Dean sausages. This is what music should be about !
-Billvis-

The DVD was terrific. I was at the actual concert and this DVD captured much of the excitement, but there is nothing like being there. Full of energy. One thing the video did not capture was how dreadful (pun intended) the weather was. I've gone to the last 4 or 5 shows at Summerfest and usually the crowd is double the size. Had it not been pouring rain, I'm sure the attendance would have been better. One memorable event at this show was when Tortelvis through a deck of cards to the audience during "Viva Las Vegas", I was the lucky person to catch the Ace of Spades.
-Kenny Blaine Milwaukee, WI-

As a Canadian Dread Zeppelin fan, my opportunities to see DZ live are few and far between. So, when something like Jah-La-Palooza comes along I jump at the chance to take in the phenomenon that is DZ's live show. Technically, JLP was certainly on the high-end of independently-produced concert DVDs. The vignettes on the trippy backgrounds were, to be quite honest, distracting at first but were hilarious and welcome changes of pace throughout the songs. The back-stage footage also provided humourous insights into the lives of Tort and the boys. While the set-list was predictable, the renditions were incredible and the boys had enough showmanship to make them unique in their own way. JLP gets two thumbs up from me!
-Chris Engler -

Thought the disc was great!! The live show was full of energy and excitement. The boys "tongue and cheek" humor in the interviews was hilarious. All in all the disc was just like being at a live show (sort of). Really dug the disc,
- Green Hat Guy and Girl -

A huge step up in audio and video quality. Excellent collection of songs. Such a great performance, I went looking for next year's festival lineup! Dread hasn't been back to Dallas since they were robbed here (not that I blame them but...we miss 'em!!so we've been trying to find a fun venue to come see them! We must've played this DVD a half dozen times before we even had it a week! But the overall quality of this DVD pretty much beats all the others hands down. Would love to see some of the videos remastered on DVD....hmmm? We're all out here waiting!! Thanks again for some great music and fun - if we can't get 'em to come to Dallas, at least we can have the next best thing! Keep 'em comin'!!!! Peace & Love from TX,
- Mary & Sam Bradley Dallas TX -

Me and my buddies love the new DVD. Especially when we get to see my buddy Jim's wife Anna-Marie kiss Charlie. I also thought the behind the scenes interview segments were great. Charlie's interview segments were very spiritually enlightening. See you again in Milwaukee this summer.
- Steve Schilli -