On August 28, 1992, the movie, ‘Honeymoon in Vegas,” premiered, with Elvis impersonators and Nicolas Cage.
Willie Nelson sings, “Blue Hawaii,” on the sound track which features Presley remakes by Willie, Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam, Ricky Van Shelton, Billy Joel, Trisha Yearwood and Amy Grant, among others. On March 7, 1995 , he soundtrack to the movie was certified platinum on March 7, 1995 , the soundtrack to the movie ”Honeymoon In Vegas” is certified platinum. The album features re-makes of Elvis Presley songs by Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Billy Joel, Travis Tritt, Ricky Van Shelton, Bono, Dwight Yoakam, Amy Grant and Vince Gill, among others.
Track List
1. All Shook Up – Billy Joel
2. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck – Ricky Van Shelton
3. Love Me Tender – Amy Grant
4. Burning Love – Travis Tritt
5. Heartbreak Hotel – Billy Joel
6. Are You Lonesome Tonight? – Bryan Ferry
7. Suspicious Minds – Dwight Yoakam
8. (You’re The) Devil in Disguise – Trisha Yearwood
The free celebration kicks off at dusk on Friday, Aug. 27 at the Lawnchair Theatre as Jailhouse Industry’s present the 1986 classic film, “Stagecoach,” starring Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and John Schneider. A short documentary on Waylon will precede the movie.
Saturday, Aug. 28, Waylon Jennings Day offers an all-day celebration with all things Jennings. The Country Boy Restaurant, Puckett’s Grocery and Joe Natural’s organic restaurant will feature some of Waylon’s favorite dishes from the new cookbook, Cooking Waylon’s Way, authored by Jessi Colter and Maureen Rafferty. (more…)
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic, College Station, Texas (7/4/1974)
photo by: Bettmann/CORBIS
Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration
Sound Unseen continues its monthly screening series of films on music, Wednesday, August 4th, with a documentary about the infamous Willie Nelson. Talk about high times! This seldom-screened documentary was shot over the course of three summer days and nights in 1974 at Willie Nelson’s 2nd annual 4th of July bash in College Station, Texas.
Drunken performers, topless girls and heartbreakingly good music meld here to create an incandescent record of a moment in American musical history that everyone knew, even then, was simply too white-hot to last. This is an intimate venue and a limited number of tickets available.
Click HEREto purchase your tickets!Date: Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue & Tickets: The TRYLON Location: 3258 Minnehaha Ave S, MN, 55406Director: Yabo Yablonski
(USA, 1979, 35mm, 100 minutes)
CMT will air the movie, Stagecoach on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 10 p.m. The movie stars Willie Nelson, and his Highwaymen buddies, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. Great soundtrack, lots of Trigger playing throughout. Willie sings the title song, which he wrote with David Alan Coe, who also is in the movie, along with June Carter and other faces you will recognize.
Willie Nelson plays Doc Holiday. The movie has some of the best/worst movie lines ever:
Willie: “Is that the deck you play with?”
Waylon: “One of them.”
Willie: “May I see it, please? I must say, I admire your guts.”
Waylon: “Does that mean you wouldn’t play cards with me?”
Willie: “That means I’d shoot you on sight.”
Kris: Where ya headed?
Dallas: “I knew the answer to that when I was about 14. Then I hit 15 and I ran head onto that thing called reality. And I been walking with a lantern ever since.”
Waylon: “Don’t light that.”
Willie: “Did you say something?”
Waylon: “A gentleman doesn’t smoke in the presence of a lady”
Willie: “I wouldn’t like to think that you are implying that I am anything less. I may be, you understand, but I just wouldn’t want to hear you say it.”
Willie: “And what are you looking at, friend?”
Man: “That’s a filthy habit, smoking, just filthy.”
Willie: “I have a lot of filthy habits. Most of them I find very enjoyable”
Man: “Don’t you have any good habits.”
Willie: “You mean something that can be admired, and held up to a child as a good example?”
Man: “Yes, something like that.”
Willie: “No sir. Children despise that. There’s nothing a child despises more than a good example.”
June Carter to Willie (when he drinks a shot of whiskey): “Did you eat?”
“The Gospel Roots”, documentary focuses on the very beginning of Willie and Bobbie Nelson’s early musical influences, and describes their experience with the first music they ever learned. The film also hightlights performances by “The Bells of Joy”, a group that is not only one of Willie’s favorite black gospel groups, but one who continues to play Easter Services at his church year after year.
Filmed in Willie’s studio and church on the outskirts of Austin, Texas, “The Gospel Roots” offers a deeper understanding of the foundation of Willie’s music heritage and provides a delightful glimpse into the personal history of this cherished music legend.
This dvd is available for purchase at www.WillieNelson.com.
Music Tracks:
1. He Walks With Me (Willie)
2. Jesus Loves Me (Children)
3. Jesus Loves the Little Children (Children)
4. Talk About Jesus (Bells of Joy)
5. I’d Rather Have Jesus (Willie)
6. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Willie)
7. Tide of Live (Bells of Joy)
8. How Great Thou Art (Willie)
9. Family Bible (Willie)
10. If I Perish (Bells of Joy)
11. Farther Along (Willie)
12. Angel Lullaby (Bells of Joy)
13. Have A Little Talk With Jesus (Willie & Bells of Joy)
Texas journalist Phinney’s first book traces the history of race relations as seen through commingling musical crossovers and a parade of personalities: from Al Jolson to Louis Jordan, Billie Holiday to Bonnie Raitt, Zip Coon to Pat Boone. This comprehensive coverage spans all genres, including blues, country, gospel, jazz, R&B, ragtime, rock and rap.
Analyzing Nat King Cole’s singing style and how it made him “one of the first modern artists to ‘cross over’ from black to white popularity,” Phinney recounts how Cole, only months before the premiere of his 1956–1957 NBC television show, was assaulted onstage in Birmingham, Ala., by five white men. Phinney writes with verve and vitality, articulately charting hundreds of black and white intersections in this definitive roadmap to racial rhythms.
Combines social history and pop culture to reveal how jazz, blues, soul, country, and hip-hop have developed. Includes interviews with Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, David Byrne, Sly Stone, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt, and dozens more. Confronts questions of race and finds meaningful answersFrom Jim Crow to Eminem, white culture has been transformed by black music. To be so influenced by the boundless imagination of a race brought to America in chains sets up a fascinating irony, and Souled American, an ambitious and comprehensive look at race relations as seen through the prism of music, examines that irony fearlessly—with illuminating results.
Tracing a direct line from plantation field hollers to gansta rap, author Kevin Phinney explains how blacks and whites exist in a constant tug-of-war as they create, re-create, and claim each phase of popular music.
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic, College Station, Texas (7/4/1974)
photo by: Bettmann/CORBIS
Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration
Saturday, July 17th at 8PM
Location: Outdoors on the Bayou, Across from Tony Marron Park, Houston, TX www.aurorapictureshow.org
The weather pushed us back, but it won’t hold us down. The outdoor screening on the bayou is now scheduled for this Saturday, July 17th. Unfortunately the new date means that a new acoustic performance is in the works as Robert Ellis could not join us this weekend, but we hope to have some news on that front shortly.
We have had a few questions about the film and so we wanted to provide some links with more information. There is some debate about the date of the film, but it seems like the production crew agrees it was from the 2nd July 4th Celebration in College Station held in 1974.
HOUSTON, TX) - Aurora Picture Show presents an outdoor screening of the rarely-seen documentary “Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration” in partnership with Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Houston Area Alamo Drafthouse Cinema locations Saturday, July 10 at 8 p.m. The 35 mm film screening will be held at a Buffalo Bayou Partnership property located across the street from Tony Marron Park, at 808 North York.
Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration” flashes back to an open-air affair in College Station, Texas. The documentary is available only on 35mm and was never commercially released. It was shot over the course of three summer days and nights at Willie Nelson’s 2nd annual 4th of July bash. Drunken performers, crazy antics and heartbreakingly good music meld to create an incandescent record of a moment in American musical history. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Wolfman Jack, Leon Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more musicians appear as part of this Willie Nelson concert film.
Acoustic performance by Robert Ellis precedes the screening. Ellis is a local country and western singer songwriter. His critically acclaimed debut album The Great Re Arranger, garenred Ellis rave reviews throughout the country and a reputation for impeccable live performances.
Patrons are invited to bring picnics or purchase treats from H-Town StrEATS, Banquet Depot and Lonestar Novelty Ice Cream. Lawn chairs or picnic blankets also recommended.
WHERE AND WHEN: Saturday, July 10, 8PM Robert Ellis Accoustic Performance 8 p.m. Film Screening Begins at 8:40 p.m. Location: Park at Tony Marron Park at 808 North York, Screening will be across the street.
TICKET INFO: Tickets are $10 for non-members and $5 for Aurora members and Bayou Buddies. For tickets and information, visit www.aurorapictureshow.org or call 713-868-2101.
About Aurora Picture Show: Founded in 1998, Aurora Picture Show is a non-profit micro-cinema that presents artist-made, non-commercial film and video. We are dedicated to expanding the cinematic experience and promoting the understanding and appreciation of moving image art. Aurora’s human scale promotes a meaningful and community-oriented exchange between artists and audiences, and strives to not only be a launching pad for emerging artists but to create not-to-be-missed events for Houston.
Aurora Picture Show is funded by its stellar membership, Houston Endowment, Inc, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Brown Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Nightingale Code Foundation, the Oshman Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. Aurora Picture Show is a proud member of Fresh Arts Coalition www.fresharts.org.
In 1974, I was a member of the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL production staff, and one of the shows that was taped (originally as a 2 parter) was the WILLIE NELSON 4th OF JULY PICNIC at College Station, Texas. The camera crew was supplied by Leon Russell’s organization, but everything else, as I recall, was up to the show with the exception of the 3D production, which got 2nd rights access to preferred camera locations.
The TV show ran, however, the film was unheard of until about 1982, when I was with a company called Astralvision, ie Astralvision 3D -which operated the Beverly Hills Screening Room on the Sunset strip, which was equipped to run 35mm 3D, including Spacevision, which was the system employed for the film.
On/about 1982 the film’s producer, Joseph Kaufman, brought a rough cut of the 3D version to screen and our group subsequently tried to get involved, to the extent to try to unravel a number of legal issues to help get the film into release. Joe claimed exclusive ownership to the rights. However, there was also another group who was cutting the film in a flat version (which ultimately got among the worst trade reviews of any concert film – one critic noting that it looked like it was “edited by a monkey”
After months of trying to help, the legal costs went up too high and we had to bail. I did see the entire 3D rough cut and the footage actually looked pretty good. In fact, it was kinda mind-blowing to see the staff I worked with staring back at me in one shot from the film in very lifelike 3D. With the 3D trend now on the upswing, it may be prudent for whoever owns it, to try to bring it out for 3D Blue Ray release next year (2010) or even on any of the cable systems planning to go with some 3D programming sometime that same year.
Least I forget, that streaker made it into the unviewable portion of the show that was broadcast, but viewers really couldn’t see her.
Thanks to friend, Willie Nelson fan, sports affectionado, buzz-maker, promotor and internet marketing maven — John Rosenfelder for sending along Arthur Magazine’s invitation to see Willie Nelson’s ’74 picnic movie. The celebration and film screening will be on Sunday, 7/4 and starts at 5:00 p.m., with the lighting of the grill, at the Cinefamily, in Los Angeles. For more information, visit http://www.arthurmag.com/.
And I invite you to visit John’s blog at www.earbender.com. There is so much information there, and it’s entertaining, too. He is a teacher, and I always learn something when I visit.
“We’d like to invite you all to the best 4th of July party since the Capitol Celebration of 1778, when George Washington gave the United States Army an artillery salute and a double ration of rum!
Well, we’re gonna give you a quintuple ration of cinema with one of our signature Cinefamily “Mondo” nights. It’s all planned out: an open door to our sweet back patio, good music, friends, and that most American of traditions — a BBQ, so bring something to grill!
And if it gets too hot, just step inside our nice air-conditioned theatre, and catch our marathon film festival. “Mondo” means a world of weirdness built around a theme, and tonight’s theme is America, so it’s a patriotic free-for-all of film formats, from DVDs to 16mm industrials, to 35mm features. We’ll be keeping the fest alive all night long, just like our grill! Check out the highlights: ….
Next Thursday, CMT will broadcast the 1986 movie, ‘StageCoach,’ starring Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. The cast of thousands includes June Carter, John Schneider, John Carter Cash, Jessi Colter, David Allan Coe and Billy Swan.
Show will air on Thursday, at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m, Eastern Time.
A film about a messed up world… and how we could fix it. Building on critical and audience acclaim for his film, Nobelity, Turk Pipkin (“The Sopranos”) continues his global journey of knowledge and action with One Peace at a Time. While Nobelity dealt with global problems, One Peace at a Time focuses on specific solutions. The goal is to create a virtual roadmap to a better future. Sprinkled with music from Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson, the film soars from location to location and is as magical as it is informative. The solutions Pipkin chronicles include the model Indian orphanages of The Miracle Foundation, family planning initiatives with Thailand’s Mechai Viravaidya, Ethiopian water projects with A Glimmer of Hope, and Architecture for Humanity’s global design challenge for communities in need in the Himalayas, the Amazon and the slums of Nairobi. One Peace at a Time is an opportunity for individuals, businesses and foundations to reach out and actually change the world.
Ventura County Premiere
Ventura County Library
651 East Main St.
Ventura, California
