Greetings all - here's another VHS tape I pulled off the shelf recently - what I personally still consider to be the best video biography (of many) on Knievel. Why? Besides being narrated and overseen by Evel and showing his life at the time, more importantly it covers every single jump, successful or not, in nice linear fashion.
It also contains the best (by far) sequence on the Snake River jump in 1974 which is a really important episode in his career. This is the only version that perfectly illustrates just how back up against the wall with promotors and investors the man was, not only for this impossible jump across the Snake River canyon but at that stage of his career in general.
It's the most honest portrait of his life from the man himself who that was so important to. It was only produced on VHS in 1986 and 1988 and is considered obscure. The only version I could find on YT is below, you'll have to deal with the timecode. Enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75
My original song "Evel Knievel" from 2006 album Fairly Twisted Logic >
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