RE: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter

[John Neff <soulchicken@xxxxxxxx>]

Here's the scoop:
 
LW Death
A few months after returning from his second European tour, he was involved in a fight while taking a break from a performance at a nightclub on the South Side of Chicago. The relatively minor injuries sustained in this altercation aggravated and compounded damage he had suffered in previous violent encounters, and he died in his sleep at the apartment of a girlfriend at 209 E. 54th St. in Chicago early the following morning.
 
Leonard Chess Death
In October 1969, a few months after selling his namesake label to General Recorded Tape, Leonard Chess died of a heart attack.
 
Did Kim play on the soundtrack?

Kim Wilson Nominated for a Grammy for his work on the Cadillac Records Soundtrack.

 


From: boogalloo@xxxxxxx
To: soulchicken@xxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:23:14 -0500




Yep, just a movie. When I first saw it and liked it so much, I bought myself a copy. In the special features and commentaries the director seems to convey that they were trying to stay as close to historical accuracy as possible. But the bottom line is that it is just a movie.
 
I have a couple of questions for the group:
 
Did LW really die in the arms of MW's wife?
 
Did Chess really die within site of the studio?
 
Also, if I remember correctly, Kim Wilson did some of the LW tracks for the movie. Did he, or was he brought in just to coach?
 
I agree with Michael R.'s statement that care should be taken when recommending such a movie.
 
Thanks,
Buck
 
> From: soulchicken@xxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 13:32:29 -0400
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> I agree that it's just a movie, and most of the folks on here know better about the folks portrayed in it, but unfortunately, the unwashed masses out there tend to take this stuff as gospel. I can hear someone now talking about the blues and saying " Oh yeah, Little Walter shot guys for using his name". Oh well, such is the effect of media in America. Would be nice if they were a little more realistic in the storyline, still would have made a great movie.
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> > To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter
> > From: icemanle@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 11:52:39 -0400
> > 
> > It's a movie - not a documentary.
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> > I loved "Amadaus", but don't really believe that Mozart was a giggling goofball.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Bill Kumpe <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: cljdm <cljdm@xxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 7:30 am
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cadillac Records - Little Walter
> > 
> > 
> > I agree that Walter and others had reputations of doing morally
> > questionable things. If they had shown him getting in fights, doing
> > drugs and alcohol and being a womanizer I would have enjoyed the movie
> > just fine. As it is, I will always add a warning to my recommendation
> > to watch the movie.
> > Michael Rubin
> > Michaelrubinharmonica.com
> > 
> > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Bill Kumpe <bkumpe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm not saying it's right. But I am saying don't tamper with history about
> > > these characters just because we like their music. They were not saints for
> > > the most part. (Excepting maybe Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson,
> > > Josh White and maaaybe Son House.) The blues lifestyle killed many of its
> > > servants one way or another. All I'm saying is be truthful about it. Don't
> > > slander them but don't try to make them something they're not either.
> > >
> > > Bill Kumpe
> > > Tulsa, OK
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