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Topic: Steel in "Brokeback Mountain"... |
Gerald Menke
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Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 7:29 am |
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Hello,
I was wondering if any of you all played steel for the cues in the new Ang Lee film "Brokeback Mountain". There is some really great tasteful playing with an orchestra, and a few scenes featuring bands with steelers, one in a honky tonk has a guy playing a black Zum. He has a tone similar to the steel in the cues, I was wondering if it might be the same guy. Beautiful film that might be controversial, but worth seeing. Lots of cool old trucks and great western shirts everywhere.
Whoever it was, congratulations, there are a few million people hearing your playing who would probably never in a million years listen to music with steel in it.
Gerald |
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Grant Johnson
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Nashville TN
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 8:29 am
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That is our own forum brother and super nice guy Boo Bernstein. He is on the road right now with Moot Davis.
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Charley Adair
From:
Maxwell, Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 9:10 am
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| I'm sure the sound track is probably great, but being an old cowboy, I can't force myself to go see the movie. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 12:03 pm
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| Yep it's a sad day when a cowboy loves his mate, more than he loves his horse !!!! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 12:52 pm
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I'd much rather see a cowboy kiss his horse than another cowboy! Yuck! 
Good thing John Wayne isn't around to see it!  |
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Mike Phillips
From:
Brooklyn, NY
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 1:28 pm
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Beautiful steel playing, beautiful film. See it before you judge it.
Regards,
Mike |
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Rick Ulrich
From:
Gilbert, Arizona
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 2:26 pm
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| I've known a lot of old cowboys in my earlier days and I know that they would rather ride their horse than their working partner. If two cowboys want to get it on, that is their business, but I sure won't pay my money to go watch them. |
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Martin Abend
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 2:40 pm
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You mean the horse would've been ok?
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Boo Bernstein
From:
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 3:24 pm
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Yes, I played on the score and most of the tracks on the soundtrack album. It was a low budget movie, so they used someone local to be in the film, but it was, indeed, me playing. (In fact, I would be curious if is a Forum member who appeared in the movie.) The majority of the score was Gustavo Santaolallo playing acoustic guitar and me playing steel -- strings were added later. After the string sessions, I went back and added a few more parts.
The score and the song sung by Emmylou Harris are both up for Golden Globe Awards -- very exciting.
Grant, it was great to meet you up in Seattle -- stay in touch and let me know what you're up to.
Boo |
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Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 3:56 pm
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| No matter how you feel about the content, which is just a representation of life--a movie/film--I think an artist from our own forum deserves the high-fives for creating a Golden Globe-worthy score--and THAT'S the big deal here, not the 'controversy', by any stretch. How many other players can you count on your fingers who are up for an award like that? |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 4:15 pm
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| A lot of it was filmed up here in Alberta, not too far from Calgary. My client IATSE, Local 212 had a lot of members working on it, and they are real happy about the awards it received. I'm looking forward to seeing it - if the steel player on location was a Calgary person maybe John Lacey knows who it was. John? |
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Brett Anderson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 5:04 pm
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| Isn't it almost 2006? I haven't seen the movie yet but probably will. If just for the sake of Boo being a part of it. As for those who have already made up your mind not to see it because of the content. Grow Up. It's 2005. It takes all kinds. They are not going away. And I was always under the assumption that we as musicians were a little more open minded than others. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 5:24 pm
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they are not going to go away because to many people are willing to put up with that thrash...I for one will not put up with it nor will I encourage it in any shape form or fashion
calvin
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Travis Bernhardt
From:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 6:26 pm
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I encourage everyone to give voice to their bigotry! What fun! Hooray!
-Travis |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 6:29 pm
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| Brett's got it exactly right!!! |
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Jon Bergh
From:
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 6:59 pm
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Well, that's cool for Boo. Ang Lee is a tremendous and adventurous filmmaker.
If folks want to choose to live in a small world with their small minds to keep themselves company, I hope they enjoy themselves. It's only a gol darn movie. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 7:30 pm
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| Well, I saw the preview, and it looked like a gorgeous movie with a great sound track. Congratulations, Boo. Being hetero, I anticipate the homosexual part will be boring, maybe a little icky for some. But if you are confident in your own hetero masculinity, you should be able to handle it. I think making a western with a gay theme was a brilliant piece of Americana irony on the part of Ang Lee. I just wish we could get westerns this good with straight themes I'd be more interested in. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 8:51 pm
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It's a moral and an ethical question as to whether or not you support this type of lifestyle. Got nothing to do with what year it is.
Good for Boo to get to play on what will be a major movie. That check will come in the mail every year for a long time.
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Greg McMullen
From:
Brooklyn, New York
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 9:01 pm
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Boo gets to do the steel work on "Brokeback Mountain", and I get to play steel on things like "Brokebutt Mountain"... I'm hanging around the wrong scene when I'm in Los Angeles.
BTW- Boo, Nice job on the forthcoming Speedbuggy and Friends CD. It's nice of you to be a part of it.
-Greg |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 9:22 pm
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Boo, you sounded great ! Just perfect in every way.
I noticed that in one bar scene the steel player was playing a Mullen.
I went to the movie for the steel playing found myself watching a really beautiful and moving film.
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Rick Ulrich
From:
Gilbert, Arizona
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 10:40 pm
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| From what I can tell from previews, this movie is based on dishonesty and betrayal in marriage. Will those of you that are enlightened explain how that is really beautiful. As someone said, it portrays real life. Explain to the spouse and children being betrayed in real life how there is beauty in such a story. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2005 2:38 am
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I'm hoping that if "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" are both commercial successes, they'll COMBINE the plots of the two to make the sequel. Now THAT I might go see....  |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 20 Dec 2005 3:50 am
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"Explain to the spouse and children being betrayed in real life how there is beauty in such a story."
There is more in heaven and earth than is dreamed of in your philosophy, Horatio |
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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John Lacey
From:
Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2005 4:11 am
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| All I know about this movie is that some or all of it was shot in my neck of the woods, er foothills. That's about it. |
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