Jester Media 
David Di Sabatino : Frisbee,
The life and death of a Hippie Preacher -DVD- (US,2006)****'
This is a moving, well compiled biographical movie looking back on the life and earnings of Lonnie Frishbee, known as the hippie preacher, a personality who influenced and stimulated Christian movements like the Vineyard Church Movement, The Shepherding Movement and of course the local Cavalry Chapel Movement. It is told how after an LSD trip in the Canyons, he had a vision how he had to lead a mass of people to God. He was first under the guidance of Pastor Chuck Smith, a conservative preacher who was in personal struggle not knowing what to do with all these hippies, when he met the honest and open Lonnie, who had his own vision on the Bible, gave him a new direction, and with this, gave also the hippies some acceptance and way to go forward to. However, Lonnie’s style that led spontaneously to Pentecostal effects, with people falling onto the ground like epileptics, "speaking in tongues", and strangely enough, some lasting miracles, became unacceptable in Chuck Smith’s chapel. The most interesting aspect for me of the movie is that is succeeds to reveal the true personality and fitting significance behind Lonnie’s appearance.
Having had serious problems with his parents, this led him to the hippie life and all the usual experiences and quests that came with that, which became a quest for God, metaphor for a purpose in life. While this gave Lonnie a purpose, during his life it was this apostole aspect that was accepted and used for, while his real personality remained mostly unaccepted and rejected, including his being gay, something which had resulted they say after an early child abuse he experienced. It seemed like the religious personality gave him glances of an unrestricted straight forward energy, whiles his normal personality, while looking for a complete acceptance, could never solve completely his own gay issue. Hippies were now accepted within the church movement, but the gay aspect and sexuality was still an unsolved taboo, something that might have made him complete. People like father Chuck Smith who seemed to have worked like father figures, were also people who rejected him in the end. One friend on the DVD called Lonnie “a screwed up authentic person” or despite the controversy in the end said that “what he did is what he had”, which can work as nice concluding words for this documentary.
Related videos on Lonnie Frisbee on youtube
Jester Media V.A. : the life and death of a Hippie Preacher
-official soundtrack- (US,1972-1981,pub.2007)***°
Just recently, also a CD release has been added, to be associated with the soundtrack of the documentary on Lonnie Frisbee, even though the list is not exactly the same, that which is featured shows the same background vision of the well documented film producer, David Di Sabbatino, who is also a serious Jesus Music investigator. He published a book on the Jesus music movement, called “The Jesus People Movement: An Annotated Bibliography and General Resource”, which makes it almost obvious the music choice here is excellent. Dave Hollandsworth’s Jesus music website’, has some links to David Di Sabatino’s bibliography, and list as some of their favourite albums of this Jesus movement, two Agape releases, and two of the 4 albums of All Saved Freak Band ; both bands are also included here with 4 and 3 tracks. Other tracks are by Joy, Gentle Faith (2 tracks) and Stonewood Cross.
The compilation listens perfectly as if it is all by one American band, which has some range of expressions. Each band has convincing vocalists, from which I especially like the lead vocalist of The All Saved Freak Band. This was a communal group of Jesus freaks from Ohio gathered around Larry Hill, with former lead guitarist for James Gang / Pacific Gas & Electric, Glenn Schwarz. The group did 3 albums, in a slightly progressively American styled rock, with some well arranged details with additional cello and such. Agape, as one of the first Christian rock groups (they started in 1968), are a much more heavy band, and for a Christian band their bluesrock / psychrock style, with a few harder rock riffs, didn’t fit well in churches, so had to find a public in coffeehouses, schools and public parks. Here is noticeable some Hendrix influence in the singing, and some Cream influence in the approach. The harder rock track of Stonewood Cross fit well with the Agape group, and shows some good improvisation on guitars. In between are more folk-rock / singer-songwriter (Gentle Faith) and joyful (Joy) Californian country styled (Gentle Faith) tracks that fit well as quieter moments of songs. The group Gentle Faith was led by veteran musicians. I cannot tell if each individual group on their albums will be worth discovering more deeply. I can only say that the compilation which is done here, pretty much gives a convincing, independent vision with an expression that stands on its own.
Hemmets Härold JesusFolket -45" featuring Lonnie Frisbee- (S,1971)-
This EP, which is free for download (not with the best preserved quality), featured Lonnie talking and singing an event in Stockholm, Sweden. The music is like a big church-event, and is rather forgettable.
