It’s Trad, Dad!

Teens bang heads with English authorities when they try to stage a jazz festival. Features 26 musical performances, including rockers Del Shannon, Chubby Checker, Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Gene Vincent. Directed by Dick (Richard) Lester, who two years later would helm the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night.”, In this comical musical, the mayor of a small British town tries to ban the jukebox in the local coffeehouse. Determined to prove that modern music has nothing to do with the Devil, the town’s youthful residents team up and try to organize a rock and jazz festival.