I think Mike is the natural choice for the soundtrack. I didn't mean to imply anything else in my previous post. I keep hearing Ronnie McCoury's name thrown out there and that sort of surprises me. No offense to him; I enjoy his playing. I just think Tater is the natural choice, given all things (and people) involved.
On the one hand, I am excited that a film is being made about Monroe. On the other, I realize thay they will exploit a small facet of who he was and completely miss out on the wonderful legacy he left behind. Even if a full feature film were to be made with that in mind, it would be dang tought to do it justice in two hours. I would love to see a Ken Burns documentary on Bluegrass or a more in depth project like the High Lonesome DVD tackle the subject. Only something like that could really do it justice. On Tue 09/21/10 9:13 AM , Steve Cantrell [email protected] sent: > Totally agree. Every time I catch Cumberland Highlanders I feel like > they're dancing on the man's grave. > mistertaterbug tater > [email protected]> wrote: > >And Campbell Mercer hasn't made a mockery of Monroe? > Maybe he oughta>read up on how he's handled things in his *own* > backyard. I really>think that anybody who's looking to this movie to be > anything other>than entertainment is just asking to be > disappointed. I haven't seen>anything in print that's included the words > 'historical' or>'documentary'. While the movie will probably bring > in people who were>not aware of Monroe's music, it doesn't appear that > Bill's artistry is>the focal point of the film. Like it or not, > infidelities sell tickets>more readily to the masses than hill country music > does.> > >There's just no point in us all chasing our tails > over this. It's>going to be what it's going to be and nothing will > change that.>Tbug > > > > > >On Sep 17, 11:32 am, Terry Bullin tbull...@y > ahoo.com> wrote:>> Peter Sarsgaard, 39, is cast as Monroe. > >> > >> "I talked to Peter > >> on the phone the other day," Woodward said. "He > was in New York taking>> mandolin lessons. He plays guitar, but he needs to > be able to play>> mandolin for the movie." > >> > >> Yea, I'm sure after a couple of lessons in "NEW > YORK", he will have no trouble playing rawhide........yea right. What I > want to know is who's going to teach him to sing like Bill? Good luck > with that!>> > >> --- On Fri, 9/17/10, johnhga... > @aol.com johnhga... > @aol.com> wrote:>> > >> From: johnhga... > @aol.com johnhga... > @aol.com>>> Subject: Movie planned about life of Bill > Monroe>> To: m...@yah > oogroups.com, dee > [email protected], [email protected]>> Date: Friday, > September 17, 2010, 11:32 > AM>> > >> Saw a link on mandolincafe.com to another article > about the Bill Monroe movie that's in the works...>> > >> > >> > >> John > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/149878570 > >> > >> > >> > >> Producer hopes to shoot part of film in Rosine and > Owensboro>> > >> Sept. 16--Bessie Lee Mauldin was 17 when she met > Bill Monroe in the fall of 1938.>> > >> He had just turned 27, was already a singing star > with his brother, Charlie, in the Monroe Brothers -- and was > married.>> > >> But three years later, Monroe, by then a member of > the Grand Ole Opry, moved Mauldin to Nashville and made her his "road > girlfriend," Richard D. Smith wrote in "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," his > 2000 biography of "the father of bluegrass music.">> > >> Over the next four decades, Monroe and Mauldin had > a turbulent romance that inspired several major bluegrass songs -- > apparently including "Blue Moon of Kentucky," Smith wrote.>> > >> Now, a Hollywood company is gearing up to film a > movie based on Smith's book. And the producer, Trevor Jolly, hopes to shoot > part of it in Owensboro and Monroe's hometown of Rosine, he said in an > e-mail.>> > >> "I've read the script," said Owensboro businessman > Terry Woodward, who is vice chairman of the International Bluegrass Music > Museum. "It's a love story about Bill and Bessie Lee.">> > >> And that worries Campbell Mercer, executive > director of the Jerusalem Ridge Foundation, which owns Monroe's childhood > home and farm in Ohio County.>> > >> "My concern is that the film not make a mockery of > Bill," Mercer, a keeper of the Monroe flame, said Tuesday. "It's based on a > book by Richard D. Smith. It was a book that needed to be written, but it > was written by the wrong guy.">> > >> Mercer would prefer a movie that focused on > Monroe's music, not his infidelities.>> > >> But Mauldin is considered to have been Monroe's > muse.>> > >> Their child, which she gave up for adoption, > according to the book, inspired the song, "My Little Georgia > Rose.">> > >> And Mauldin, a bass player with Monroe's Blue > Grass Boys off and on for two decades, played on 99 of Monroe's > recordings.>> > >> Reminded that the soundtrack for "Bonnie and > Clyde," the 1967 movie about gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, > contained a lot of bluegrass music and brought a lot of new fans to the > genre, Mercer said, "This time I'm afraid Bill is going to be > Clyde.">> > >> Funny stories out there > >> > >> Still, he says, "there are some awful funny > stories about Bill and Bessie Lee out there," including one about Mauldin > wrestling another of Monroe's girlfriends to the ground in North > Carolina.>> > >> Maggie Gyllenhaal, 32, who was nominated for an > Oscar for her role in last year's "Crazy Heart," recently told > ScreenCrave.com that she will portray Mauldin in the movie. Her husband, > Peter Sarsgaard, 39, is cast as Monroe.>> > >> "I talked to Peter on the phone the other day," > Woodward said. "He was in New York taking mandolin lessons. He plays > guitar, but he needs to be able to play mandolin for the movie.">> > >> Woodward said: "He's very enthusiastic about the > movie. He said his father was a big bluegrass fan.">> > >> The ScreenCrave story said Joseph Henry "T-Bone" > Burnett, who produced the soundtrack for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," > which sold 8 million copies, and collaborated on "Crazy Heart" will do the > music for "Blue Moon.">> > >> Callie Khouri, who grew up in Paducah and wrote > "Thelma & Louise," wrote the script. "She and T-Bone are married," Woodward > said.>> > >> Jolly, whose credits include being sound > supervisor on "American Beauty" and "The Whole Ten Yards" as well as on > episodes of "Lost," "The Shield" and "Alias," is producing.>> > >> Finn Taylor ("The Darwin Awards," "Cherish," > "Dream With The Fishes") will direct.>> > >> Taylor has visited Owensboro four times and Jolly, > three times so far, Woodward said. "One day when they were here, we walked > down to the Famous Bistro for lunch," he said. "They said they liked some > of the buildings downtown and might want to film some here. I just > listened.">> > >> "Yes, hoping to shoot scenes at Rosine and > Owensboro," Jolly said in an e-mail Tuesday. "Too early for specifics > though.">> > >> Woodward says the movie should be filmed in > Kentucky.>> > >> Monroe was born -- and is buried -- in Kentucky. > His band and the genre of music he created use the state's nickname. And > his "Blue Moon of Kentucky" is the state's official bluegrass > song.>> > >> But Tennessee also wants the movie shot > there.>> > >> Battle of incentives > >> > >> And a battle of incentives is ensuing. > >> > >> "They didn't understand our incentives," state > Rep. Tommy Thompson, who represents Ohio County and eastern Daviess County, > said Monday.>> > >> "I had the film office call and explain it to > them," said Thompson, who pushed a film incentive package through the > legislature in 2009. "I think we may have a shot now. It's about bluegrass > and Bill Monroe. It should be filmed in Kentucky.">> > >> Business Lexington reported this week that the > 2009 legislation would make filmmakers who spend at least $500,000 in > Kentucky eligible to receive "a 20 percent refundable tax credit for > production and post-production expenses.">> > >> Tennessee, the article said, "offers a 13-17 > percent tax rebate, depending on the production budget and percentage of > in-state production.">> > >> "Finn and them want to make it in Kentucky," > Woodward said, "but the money guys will probably have the final > say.">> > >> "Trevor came here 18 months ago," Mercer said. "He > videotaped me playing a fiddle on the porch. We had some coffee, and I > showed him tapes of different singers.">> > >> Jolly wrote on Facebook in June: "Finn and I drove > to Rosine to check out Bill Monroe's hometown. Happened to be holding a > benefit auction for a gal who is suffering from cancer and the townsfolk > raised $27,000 by selling chickens, farm implements and pies etc. Local > bluegrass bands were playing. I recorded one and Finn shot some pics on his > phone.">> > >> Mercer said: "I'm sure they'll use the homeplace" > in the movie. "They know it's open to them. I've been putting off getting > back in touch with them, but I'll e-mail Trevor this week. I've got to get > involved and help them make it good. We've got a wealth of information here > that should be tapped.">> > >> Movie should help museum > >> > >> A major movie about Monroe, coming during the > celebration of the centennial of his birth (Sept. 13, 1911), is expected to > give the bluegrass museum a major boost, Woodward said.>> > >> "I think it can be tremendous for the museum," he > said.>> > >> He owns the fiddle of Pendleton Vandiver, Monroe's > uncle who inspired the song, "Uncle Pen." It's now on display in the > museum.>> > >> "It's being used on the soundtrack," Woodward > said. "I don't know if it will be shown in the movie.">> > >> He said, "with Bill's 100th birthday next year and > this movie, we really need to capitalize on it.">> > >> Mercer said he's heard that Gyllenhaal and > Sarsgaard may attend Rosine's Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Festival, scheduled > for Sept. 30-Oct. 3. "They have tickets," he said.>> > >> But Woodward said Sarsgaard is supposed to be at > the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco that weekend. "They > say they want to end the movie with a montage of scenes from bluegrass > festivals," he said.>> > >> Thompson describes Mauldin -- "The Carolina > Songbird" -- as "a hefty blond, flashy dresser, strong, spirited and quite > earthy.">> > >> Monroe's wife, Carolyn, finally accused him of > adultery and divorced him in 1960.>> > >> The divorce decree forbade Monroe from marrying > Mauldin as long as Carolyn Monroe lived.>> > >> "I don't know how that was legal," Mercer > said.>> > >> Maudlin died Feb. 8, 1983, after suffering a heart > attack at 63. Carolyn Monroe outlived her by nearly 18 months, dying on > July 31, 1984.>> > >> Monroe died on Sept. 9, 1996. > >> > >> Keith Lawrence, 691-7301, [email protected]>> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are > subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group.>> > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].>> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > taterbugmando+ > [email protected].>> > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en > .> > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed > to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group.>To post to this group, send email > to [email protected].>To unsubscribe from this group, send email > to > taterbugmando+ > [email protected].>For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group.To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] unsubscribe from this group, send email to > taterbugmando+ > [email protected] more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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