Coen Brothers Film Focuses On 60's Folk Scene
Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, will hit theatres in December. It has garnered quite a bit of critical acclaim so if you have nostalgia for the 60's folk era like me, it is...
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Saw this today and liked it very much. It was well done and acted like all Coen brothers movies. Oscar Isaac was very good in his part and played the songs well. My only complaint is I wish there was...
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Best movie about the 1961 folk music scene I've ever seen. Well, are there any others? So real. Every scene rang true, for better or worse. It's not about Dave Van Ronk per se, but the era and the...
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After seeing the movie, I think the definitive story of the very early '60s folk scene in NYC and elsewhere has yet to be filmed.
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Movie seemed to do well in regards to authenticity IE: Hamilton capos. I few things I noticed when Llewyn is traveling by car to Chicago 1) He plays a tune using a Shub capo. Did these exist in 1961?...
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Old Dim Have not seen the movie but as to your questions: I believe Shubbs were much later, I never saw one. The usual was a colorful thick ribbon of elastic material with holes in it and a buckle,...
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Were those Hep Cats in the film? Or were they square? Now that I'm in my dotage, I can't tell. Chris
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Cameleye wrote:After seeing the movie, I think the definitive story of the very early '60s folk scene in NYC and elsewhere has yet to be filmed.+1 after having seen and listened to both, "Inside...
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Well, I'd like to hope so. First of all, you need to start with a good Story.
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I'm wondering how the Coen Brothers came up with the name Llewyn Davis. It made me think of R. M. Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies brothers that inspired him to write Peter Pan.
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Just bought the movie the other day, have only watched it once. A lot of it rang very true, so I'm content with it. I'll watch it again this week, then put it away for awhile. Spotted the Shubb capo...
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I really enjoy the soundtrack...got me playing Green Green and Shoals of Herring again. I thought the movie was just ok
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I actually rather liked this take on Shoals of Herring. Rather like the way I used to sing it when I remembered the words. I've heard some very crummy takes on the tune by people like the Clancy...
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Did anyone notice Nancy Blake in the film? Larry
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I like this version of Shoals of Herring too but so far my Banjo has got me doing it a little louder...that could change
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The elastic capo was called the Bill Russell capo. Much less expensive than Hamiltons, and didn't block the hand. They're still available. Yeah, this brings back memories. Those were prevalent in the...
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I first heard DVR sing "Cocaine Blues" when I was a freshman in college in 1964. His fingerstyle absolutely blew me away and it was THE major inspiration for me to learn it. Lucky for me, my roommate...
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@bonefishlarry - I did, I jumped up and told my wife that Norman Blake's wife was singing and she did not know what I was talking about. GRR
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With me it was- I know her- but I think it was because she was singing one of my favorite Norman songs that was on Charles Sawtelle's album "Music from Rancho DeVille", the old Carter Family song "...
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I'm a little late but thanks for calling attention to this movie. I'll be borrowing the DVD from the local library. Enjoyed Van Ronk songs in the old days. My memory is a bit fuzzy but I believe I...
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