'WELCOME TO THE CLUB: THE WOMEN OF ROCKABILLY' w/ Beth Harrington
DEC 11, 202560 MIN
'WELCOME TO THE CLUB: THE WOMEN OF ROCKABILLY' w/ Beth Harrington
DEC 11, 202560 MIN
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<p>This week, I talk to <strong>Beth Harrington, Emmy-winning/Grammy-nominated</strong> director of <strong><em>The Winding Stream: The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, </em></strong>the upcoming<em> </em><strong><em>Duplex Planet </em></strong>documentary, and a recording/touring member of <strong>Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, </strong>about her amazing documentary, <strong><em>Welcome To The Club: The Women Of Rockabilly</em></strong>.</p><br><p>We also discuss Beth’s incredible origin story working with Jonathan Richman and her time in The Modern Lovers during which she suddenly quit her job for a life in music, touring with Jonathan, the story of Chris working with Jonathan Richman for a charity album/documentary, what her upcoming <strong>Duplex Planet </strong>documentary will be like, the blessing and curse of doing a hour-long doc for PBS, rockabilly influences in the punk underground, how Beth puts her films together, Beth working with <strong>Wanda Jackson</strong>, <strong>The Collins Kids,</strong> <strong>Brenda Lee</strong> & <strong>Janice Martin</strong> (The Female Elvis), the stage mom factor within the Rockabilly music scene, how Beth gets her candid interviews, J<strong>ack White</strong>, <strong>Robert Oermann & Mary Bufwack's</strong> excitable interviews about Rockabilly in the doc, <em>The Sing Along With Mitch</em> albums, how Brenda Lee tried to get Columbia Records to sign The Beatles, the incredible stories of <strong>Big Al Dowling</strong> (piano player with Wanda Jackson who had one of the first integrated bands in the U.S.), the gender fluidity of many of the rockabilly artists, how documentary filmmaking has changed for Beth over the years and so much more.</p><br><p>So come shake a chicken in the middle of the room on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!</p><br><p><strong>WELCOME TO THE CLUB--THE WOMEN OF ROCKABILLY:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihZl9Ni-Fw&t=856s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihZl9Ni-Fw&t=856s</a></p><p><strong>BETH HARRINGTON:</strong> <a href="https://www.bethharrington.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bethharrington.com/</a></p><p><strong>DUPLEX PLANET DOC</strong>: <a href="https://www.beyondduplexplanet.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.beyondduplexplanet.com/</a></p><p><strong>BETH W/ JONATHAN RICHMAN</strong>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4NSNw_U4I&list=PLE9wKImo1JY6wdkL_W_aZmqutEs-ZSSr4&index=7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4NSNw_U4I&list=PLE9wKImo1JY6wdkL_W_aZmqutEs-ZSSr4&index=7</a></p><br><p><strong>REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:</strong></p><p>Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.</p><br><p>The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at <a href="https://patreon.com/revolutionspermovie." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/revolutionspermovie.</a> By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.</p><br><p><strong>SOCIALS:</strong></p><p>@revolutionspermovie</p><p>BlueSky: @revpermovie</p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
