The "real" Stillwater were signed to the recording label Capricorn Records. “I thought [the name] was a not-so-subtle comment that the band was possibly stagnant,” he says, laughing. Penny Lane talks to William backstage at the Stillwater/Black Sabbath concert … . Penny shows up uninvited at the New York restaurant where the band is celebrating the news that they are to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. At least Lacey wasn’t wrong about the buzz, which later built on social media. Their booking agency, Paragon, arranged for them to open for Foreigner, the Charlie Daniels Band, and other major headliners of the day, although few thought they would be openers for long. While flying to another gig the following day, the band's plane encounters severe weather. The album tanked, not helped by the startlingly fast descent of Capricorn Records. This release features each of the Stillwater songs featured in the film "Almost Famous". Perhaps, some thought, Stillwater could fill the gap. Cameron Crowe 's 2000 movie, Almost Famous, left some wondering if Stillwater was a real band or not. Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, and Patrick Fugit. Penny and her three protégée band aids are gambled away to another band in a poker game; Penny acts nonchalant but is devastated. It was also awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The 1973 mustache collective featured in writer/ … “I kept climbin’ and jumpin’,” he recalls. Stillwater? Penny fulfills her long-standing fantasy to go to Morocco while Stillwater tours again by bus. The Official Music Video directed by Cameron Crowe. Almost Famous, Stillwater Limited Edition Print - Classic, Cult 90s Movies. “Their songs were not just typical Southern rock or blues-based,” says Jimmy Hall (no relation) of Wet Willie. © Copyright 2021 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. 89. Russell apologizes to William and finally gives him an interview. William arrives at the Rolling Stone office in San Francisco but has difficulty finishing the article. [8] Though they were not in the Flying Garter Girls group, various other women have been described as Crowe's inspiration, for instance Pamela Des Barres[9] and Bebe Buell. His age is actually 11; his mother had him start first grade at 5 years old and then he skipped 5th grade. February 2012. Or the night the crowd went nuts for them at San Francisco’s Winterland, when they were opening for Charlie Daniels. In 1977, a Tampa Tribune reporter hanging with them backstage observed “a friendly woman, who earlier had invited all to a party at a nearby lodging, reappeared. Their mother strictly controls and protects him and his older sister Anita, forbidding rock musicand other unwelcome influences, drivin… Almost Famous had one of the most expensive music budgets for a film, ever. It didn’t go all the way to the top, but it worked somewhere.”, In This Article: It also won two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Hudson). Directed by (1) Writing credits (1) Cast (115) Produced by (7) Music by (1) Cinematography by (1) Film Editing by (2) Casting By (1) Art Direction by (3) Set Decoration by (1) Costume Design by (1) Makeup Department (14) Production Management (5) So we got a little bit of change out of it. “We were almost famous,” says guitarist Mike Causey. Stillwater’s lead guitarist (Billy Crudup) is based partly on Crowe’s recollection of Eagles guitarist Glen Frey. “We had a hit record and couldn’t support it.”, To make matters more exasperating, Capricorn Records found itself with a new distributor shortly after the release of Stillwater. And like their Hollywood namesake, Stillwater approached rock & roll fame but never quite got all the way there. After a depressed drive back home to Georgia, Stillwater had to wait about a month before new funds and equipment arrived. Inspired partly by the name of Golden’s previous band, Coldwater Army, Causey suggested they call themselves Stillwater. None of the members of Stillwater plan to give up their day jobs, but at least they have their memories: Gregg Allman accidentally spilling a glass of Scotch onto one of their speakers and vowing to replace it. Members of Stillwater playing at the Peach Blossom Festival, in Macon, Georgia, 1976. Lead guitarist Russell Hammond takes a liking to him and his new acquaintance, veteran groupie Penny Lane, who has taken William under her wing. He also confirms that he and Dickey Betts played a joke on Crowe by claiming clauses in their contract did not allow his story to be published—just before he was to deliver it to Rolling Stone.[13]. Almost Famous is one of the finest music-oriented dramas ever. Lead singer Jimmy Hall heard Joe Cocker and decided that’s what he wanted to do for a living. The Almost Famous soundtrack album was awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. 18. Southern-fried rock, with its guitar solos, flailing hair, and proudly regional swagger, was at its peak, and Macon-based Capricorn Records was the music’s hub. "[21] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "Not since A Hard Day's Night has a movie caught the thrumming exuberance of going where the music takes you. His widowed mother Elaine has led him to believe he is 12 years old, until William's older sister, Anita, tells their mother to tell the truth. I have it It came with the Almost Famous deluxe edition a few years ago . Crowe, staying close to his memories, has gotten it, for perhaps the first time, onto the screen. Luckily, the band loved the film and found it even more authentic than they imagined. I busted the whole butt of my pants.” Lacey is well aware that the moment echoes the “golden god” scene in Almost Famous. The band was paired with producer Buddy Buie, who would rack up hits with the Atlanta Rhythm Section (“So Into You,” “Imaginary Lover”) and had co-, written the Sixties hits “Spooky” and “Stormy.”, At the end of a session, Buie suggested to Walker that they write a song about a talking guitar that would utilize the “talk box” effect then in vogue thanks to Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh. Scott wrote, "The movie's real pleasures are to be found not in its story but in its profusion of funny, offbeat scenes. Almost Famous had its premiere at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. Fictional band who star in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). It is based on his experiences touring with rock bands Poco, the Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. FREE Shipping. “So I guess that’s the similarity.”. “I felt like, ‘Hey, they’re getting what we’re trying to do here,’” Lacey recalls. “We said, ‘They just used the name.’ It’s funny. “People said, ‘Is it based on y’all?’” says Causey. "[17], Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and described it as "funny and touching in so many different ways. “Mind Bender” began making noise on the charts, almost cracking the Top 40. "[5] Seventies rocker Peter Frampton served as a technical consultant on the film. Rock journalist Lester Bangs, impressed with William's writing, gives him a $35 assignment to review a Black Sabbath concert. "[20] In her review for the L.A. Weekly, Manohla Dargis wrote that "the film shimmers with the irresistible pleasures that define Hollywood at its best—it's polished like glass, funny, knowing and bright, and filled with characters whose lives are invariably sexier and more purposeful than our own. It didn’t go all the way to the top, but it worked somewhere.”, FBI Releases Long-Withheld File on Kurt Cobain, Justice Department Slams Portland Police for Unconstitutional Abuses, Vax Live: Inside the First Full-Scale, Covid-Compliant Concert in the United States, Nirvana Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Use of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ Illustration, Pearl Jam Announce ‘Deep’ Digital Live Archives of Nearly 200 Shows, Song You Need to Know: Maia Sharp, ‘Backburner’, Ed Ward, Rock Historian and Early ‘Rolling Stone’ Editor, Dead at 72. By the standards of Seventies rock & roll, Stillwater should have left more of a mark. In a time when concerts and festivals are canceled, “Almost Famous” allows viewers to time travel back to 1973 and go on tour with Stillwater, a rising rock band trying to … “I say, ‘Well, that one guy who jumped off into the pool.’ I was a young and crazy.” He only stopped after a distressed maid begged him not to jump farther, fearing he would seriously injure himself. Stillwater were invited to both play a show at the park and take a kickoff ride. They cut their teeth in rock and soul bands and worshipped the Doors, Eric Clapton, and all the classic rockers whose music impacted that generation. In 2000, Lacey, then (as now) running a successful dry-cleaning business in Warner Robins, was home with his family when the phone rang. “We were the only ones on it.”, Stillwater pumped up the volume on their second album, 1978’s I Reserve the Right. “She said, ‘We’ve been trying to get in touch with the Stillwater guys,’” he recalls. I almost put in a scene the other night where Jeff Bebe (the fictional band Stillwater’s lead singer in the movie and musical) offers the kid cocaine. But during the Seventies, they managed a minor chart hit and released two albums on the same label as fellow Southern rockers like the Allman Brothers Band and the Marshall Tucker Band. "[23] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, " Every Cameron Crowe film is, in one way or another, about romance, rock & roll, and his romance with rock & roll. “It was kind of disappointing, but you felt like you gave it the best try you could. During that business switchover, copies of the album were hard to find, and promotional efforts briefly ground to a halt. Their booking agency, Paragon, arranged for them to open for Foreigner, the Charlie Daniels Band, and other major headliners of the day, although few thought they would be openers for long. Strong-willed Elaine's strict ban on rock music and pop culture influences that she fears have a negative effect on her children finally drives William's eighteen-year-old sister Anita to move to San Francisco and become a flight attendant. William interviews the other band members, but Russell repeatedly puts him off. When the music business slumped in 1979, the label found itself in massive debt and was unable to repay a loan to its parent company. But those tales also apply to a real-life group of the same name that existed during the same period — but were obscure enough that even Cameron Crowe doesn’t remember much about them. “She said, ‘We’ve been trying to get in touch with the Stillwater guys,’” he recalls. William confesses his love for Penny after Jeff insults her. "[25] In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan praised Philip Seymour Hoffman's portrayal of Lester Bangs: "Superbly played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, more and more the most gifted and inspired character actor working in film, what could have been the clichéd portrait of an older mentor who speaks the straight truth blossoms into a marvelous personality. The release compensated for the fact that the master tapes of their first two albums disappeared along the way and were unavailable in any format for decades. “So I guess that’s the similarity.” By the standards of Seventies rock & roll, Stillwater should have left more of a mark. His life is further complicated after learning that his widowed college-professor mother Elaine has falsely led him to believe he is twelve years old. “Almost Famous” earned Crowe an Academy Award for his original screenplay and remains a beloved cult classic, especially adored by anyone who … I couldn't help wondering how many of these performers had to buy a CD copy of the song and study it for the first time. I don’t know if they were fans of ours.”. “The movie really nailed it — the dynamic in a band, the mundane quality of some of it, everyone traveling together, the scenes on the bus. August 1, 2020 by CultureSonar Leave a Comment “Well,” says Lacey with a drawl, “we had a lot of versions of things.”, To make matters more exasperating, Capricorn Records found itself with a new distributor shortly after the release of, In a more positive development, a Six Flags amusement park in Atlanta introduced “the world’s only triple-loop rollercoaster” and called it the Mindbender. On the line was an executive from the multi-tentacled entertainment company DreamWorks. “I thought someone was pulling my leg.” When he asked how she found him, she replied that there weren’t many people named Sebie Lacey in, What Lacey and his bandmates didn’t know was that as. “I don’t remember thinking the press was the enemy, but all that backstage stuff was real,” says Walker. Promoting their first record, they slogged around the country in a movie-Stillwater–style tour bus, and they say the depictions of life onstage and offstage in, were true to their experience. Joni Mitchell. So did Stillwater have its own version of a Penny Lane? “They actually let us ride on the Mindbender prior to the performance,” Walker recalls fondly, even if the scene also had shades of Spinal Tap. They couldn’t have picked a better time and place to get started. William chases her to her hotel, where he saves her from overdosing on quaaludes. 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In a 2016 international poll conducted by BBC, Almost Famous was ranked the 79th greatest film since 2000. William is barred from backstage until the opening band Stillwater arrives and William flatters his way in. "[28], This article is about the film. They released two albums on Capricorn Records, Stillwater (1977… read more Meanwhile, Dennis charters a small plane so the band can play more gigs. Want more Rolling Stone? In addition to its brilliant casting and superb original soundtrack, its success hinged largely on director and writer Cameron Crowe, who used a hefty amount of anecdotal inspiration to create characters like William, the bright-eyed protagonist, … The band carried on, hiring a new drummer (David Heck) so that Lacey could handle more of the lead vocals. “We had to find something else to do,” says Causey. “It was clubs to concerts and then back to clubs and bars,” says Walker with a sigh. “I liked the idea that Russell Hammond would be saddled with a band that had a name that was like, you know, algae-filled water. The Almost Famous soundtrack album was awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. “We were playing somewhere,” recalls Golden, “and a rep [for the first distributor] came up to me and said, ‘Hey, man, I got a call today to go cold on Stillwater.’” It also didn’t help that some of the promotional singles of “Mind Bender” were accidentally pressed up as “Arte Stillwater” after someone at the label misread “Artist: Stillwater.” “Capricorn was so good to us,” says Walker, “but this was just an example of a Spinal Tap moment we experienced.”. “Think about that one,” sighs Lacey. “We tried to be a little bit more synthesizer-oriented. “Almost Famous” is by far Crowe’s most personal film, and it’s one that is especially relevant right now. “People say, ‘Now, which one were you?’“ he says. It was OK that we killed the story, he told me in a subsequent email, … “I felt like, ‘Hey, they’re getting what we’re trying to do here,’” Lacey recalls. At Uncle Sam’s during the 1976 festivities, the BBC filmed Stillwater for its Old Grey Whistle Test series, broadcasting their triple-guitar rock to the world. “I thought someone was pulling my leg.” When he asked how she found him, she replied that there weren’t many people named Sebie Lacey in Kathleen, Georgia. You’ve been associated with that your whole life and seeing it [in a movie] was kind of wild.”, Stillwater hoped some of their recordings would be used in the soundtrack but were told the songs (some written by Heart’s Nancy Wilson) were all locked in. “The movie really nailed it — the dynamic in a band, the mundane quality of some of it, everyone traveling together, the scenes on the bus. "[19] Richard Corliss of Time praised the film's screenplay for "giving each character his reasons, making everyone in the emotional debate charming and compelling, creating fictional people who breathe in a story with an organic life. Dowd squeezed them into the studio early one morning, before a session by other local stars, Wet Willie, even though it meant the musicians had to wake up at an ungodly hour. Walden and the company filed for bankruptcy. Returning home, they found themselves with fewer and less glamorous gigs. “A lot of misinformation, but it was. Watch the video for Fever Dog from Stillwater's Almost Famous for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Crowe took a copy of the film to London for a special screening with Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. All that remained was a pair of one band member’s dirty sneakers. The Skynyrd-nodding title song and “Keeping Myself Alive” downplayed the Southern influences in favor of a more mainstream hard-rock sound, and the yacht-rocky slow jam “Women (Beautiful Women),” heartily sung by Lacey, struck them as a potential hit. Another almost missed a ride on the tour bus after making a detour to an after-show bash. It was all pretty accurate.” (There was no “Tiny Dancer” singalong, though; Walker pegs the song as “really poppy.”), In order to play as well as possible, Stillwater made a pact to party only after shows. Bo Diddley jamming with them so hard at Uncle Sam’s that, as Lacey tells it, the next day he had to have emergency surgery to remove his appendix (“Bo Diddley rattled it with that bomp-a-bomp-, ,” he half-jokes). In any given year, you could see the Allmans or, onstage, partake of free weed passed around in plastic baggies, and gawk at visitors from Andy Warhol to Bette Midler. I wore this baby out when it was released. "[16] On Metacritic it has a score of 90 out of 100, based on 38 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim. None of the members of Stillwater plan to give up their day jobs, but at least they have their memories: Gregg Allman accidentally spilling a glass of Scotch onto one of their speakers and vowing to replace it. was wrapping up, DreamWorks had to make certain that rights and permissions were all in order. Brand New. “That’s what it’s all about. But we looked at it like it might help us get things back on track, which it did. “I wasn’t stoned or drinkin’/When I heard that talkin’ guitar say,”, the song goes, followed by a vocal sung through a talk box: “My daddy was a Gibson/My mama was a Fender/That’s why they call me Mind Bender.”, , which included not just “Mind Bender” but songs that showcased their other influences: acoustic fingerpicking in “April Love,” a bit of Boz Scaggs R&B in “Universal Fool,” and a dab of ARS-style pop in “Rock-N-Roll Loser.” The nearly 10-minute. For other uses, see, The "I am a Golden God!" Cameron Crowe’s iconic coming-of-age film "Almost Famous" debuted in theaters 20 years ago. ‘There are some advantages to being on the road,’ one member said.” On a highway drive back home one night, Stillwater sidled up to a car of young female fans in the next lane and wound up pulling over, sharing some beer, then following them to New Orleans, arriving home to Georgia much later than they planned. The Skynyrd-nodding title song and “Keeping Myself Alive” downplayed the Southern influences in favor of a more mainstream hard-rock sound, and the yacht-rocky slow jam “Women (Beautiful Women),” heartily sung by Lacey, struck them as a potential hit. Every summer, Capricorn threw a barbecue that became one of rock’s go-to events. “They’re going to be stars,” announced the. Some of Stillwater attended court hearings and were dismayed by what they saw and heard. At Uncle Sam’s during the 1976 festivities, the BBC filmed Stillwater for its. Hochman also believes “Almost Famous” should get Oscar nods for best writing, best song (for Stillwater’s “Fever Dog”), and supporting-acting nominations for Hudson and Crudup. William is jokingly called "the enemy" by the band because he is a journalist, but all the same begins to lose his objectivity as he becomes integrated into their inner circle. The airplane malfunction "near Tupelo, Mississippi" that occurred in the film is a thinly veiled reference to the Lynyrd Skynyrd airplane crash on October 20, 1977. We were trying to blend rock & roll and soul and disco.” But while opening for the Cars in Boston, they began realizing that their style was on the wane. “Well,” says Lacey with a drawl, “we had a lot of versions of things.”, But like the fabricated Stillwater, the real one didn’t quite rocket to stardom. Rolling Stone's editors rave over William's completed article, but when the magazine's fact checker calls the band, Russell lies to protect Stillwater's image and claims most of it is false. “People are going to love ‘Almost Famous,'” says Tom Muzquiz, Epic Records’ associate director of media relations. His then-wife, Cher, watching Stillwater by the side of the stage at a Capricorn barbecue. In his 2012 memoir My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman confirms that several aspects of the movie are directly based on Crowe's time spent with the Allman Brothers Band. “I wasn’t stoned or drinkin’/When I heard that talkin’ guitar say,” the song goes, followed by a vocal sung through a talk box: “My daddy was a Gibson/My mama was a Fender/That’s why they call me Mind Bender.”. With Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand. “We were the only ones on it.”, Stillwater pumped up the volume on their second album, 1978’s, . Nearly 25 years before 'Almost Famous,' the real Stillwater pose at Lakeside Park in Macon, Georgia, 1976. “That’s what it’s all about. Almost Famous - Poster Art Juniors Raglan. “We walked away from that thinking, ‘That’s pretty much it — we’re done,” says Hall, who left the band in 1980. , largely built around songs they had recorded before their breakup but finished 15 years later. This power ballad of a movie, from 2000, also happens to be Crowe's greatest (and most personal) film thanks to the golden gods of Stillwater and their biggest fan, Kate Hudson's incomparable Penny Lane. It was originally packaged with the "Almost Famous: Untitled The Bootleg Cut" DVD. (Stillwater roadies were ultimately able to repair it.) Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres, believing William is older, hires him sight unseen to write an article about Stillwater and sends William on the road with the band. It was all pretty accurate.” (There was no “Tiny Dancer” singalong, though; Walker pegs the song as “really poppy.”), In order to play as well as possible, Stillwater made a pact to party only after shows. It's the kind of picture that invites you to go back and savor your favorite moments like choice album cuts. The release compensated for the fact that the master tapes of their first two albums disappeared along the way and were unavailable in any format for decades. My brother wanted to do it again, but the cat who owned the place came out shaking his fist, yelling at him. Rolling Stone kills the article, crushing William. The fans were polite, Golden recalls, but not much else: “They were waiting for the Cars. Crowe has discussed how during this period he lost his virginity, fell in love, and met his musical heroes—these events represented in the film as happening to William Miller (Fugit), the boyish main character. 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