HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
IF YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN DURING THE COMMERCIALS FOR OUR VERY OWN RUSSELL WADLE!
AS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS AND SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ARE KNOCKING HEADS ON THE GRIDIRON, RUSSELL WILL BE KNOCKING DOWN A HOUSE WITH AN ARMY TANK IN THE NEW SUPERBOWL AD FOR COCA-COLA’S ENERGY DRINK, FULL THROTTLE.
Louie and Lori, owners of the no.10 Saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, were in town this week and spent some time, going back in time, with all of us. We all enjoyed their company, and many of us look forward to visiting the no.10 in South Dakota this summer. Many of the BP want to send out a thank you to them for coming! So, to Louie, Lori, Marty and Jim: THANKS FOR COMING TO THIS DEADWOOD!
If any of you guys want to get your hands on those no.10 hats, shitrts, etc. that you see folks wearing around the set, here’s a link to Louie and Lori’s no.10 shop: Click Here
Note: The Sacred Cowboy’s (Earl Brown) will be playing at Wild Bill Hickok Days in Deadwood, SD this Summer, June 15-18.
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And here’s a pic of Mike Dixon in front the no.10 in SD from last summer when he and Bob Wyld made a trip there.
King Straggler band to play at the Music Cafe in Park City
From King Straggler’s email:
When: Saturday, January 28th, 4:30 PM
Where: The Star Bar-”Sundance Music Cafe”, 268 Main Street, Park City, Utah
SUNDANCE MUSIC CAFÉ
”Sundance Film Festival presents the Music Café, a dynamic showcase for live performances by emerging and established artists, including solo acts and major bands. Stop in during the day to hear a range of exciting songwriters/artists from across the musical spectrum in a program produced by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Special programming provided by Sundance”
So, we’re really excited to have been invited to play at the festival this year. And so honored to be included in of a group of musicians, featuring artists such as; Rufus Wainwright, Imogen Heap, Bruce Hornsby, Judy Collins, Michael Penn and Martin Sexton, who are also taking part in the Sundance Music Cafe with shows scheduled throughout the festival at the same venue. We’re in excellent company!
See this link for a schedule of shows… http://festival.sundance.org/2006/festival/musecafe.aspx
If any of y’all are in town for the festival, we’d love to see ya there!
Thanks…
KING STRAGGLER
ALSO:
Jim Beaver’s New Play, THE LION IN WINTER, Opens Tonight:
Charlie Mount and Theatre West Present a Chestnuts Production
THE LION IN WINTER
by James Goldman
A BOLD NEW PRODUCTION
January 27 - April 1, 2006
Half Price Previews Jan 24, 25, 26
Theatre West is located at 3333 Cahuenga Blvd West, between Barham and Lankershim, just down the block from Universal Studios, and directly across the street from the old Hanna Barberra Studios. FREE PARKING is provided across the street at the Credit union for all performances!
DIARY OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT
Written and Directed by Layon Gray
Leah sent out an announcement about the play’s run being extended, and since she tells it best, I thought it should just be reprinted in its entirety. Here it is:
Come See Me Perform, Live, for a 3rd Run in this breath-taking, thought-provoking, tale of joy, pain, love, and agony, the trials and tribulations of adolescence that so many of our children are all too familiar with.
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Good Morning!
As many of you know, I just finished an incredible 7 week run in
”Diary of A Catholic School DropOut”.
“Diary”, is an ensemble choreo-play, w/ 9 lead roles. In the last run, I played School Girl # 5.
Diary, written, directed, and produced by Layon Gray, is based on a true-story of a young girl, who chose to end her life. This story hits home for me on so many levels. It’s a story that needs to be told. This will be my 3rd time, and I will be taken on my 3rd character, this time School Girl # 1.
I really hope that you are able to make it out one night. I am so very impressed with the talent and professionalism of my cast and director, you will not be dissapointed!
For those of you that have seen it already, please, come agaiin! Layon has changed it up again, he’s continually transforming it, and you will be given discount admission.
As I mentioned before, Diary is being made into a Full-Length Feature, with casting to start next month. Catch it now, live, before it becomes a box office smash!
Details:
DIARY OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT
written and directed by Layon Gray. www.layonentertainment.com
When: Sundays Jan 22 thru Feb 19th @ 8:15pm
Where: Whitmore Lindley Theatre
11006 Magnolia Blvd @ Vineland
Admission: $15 Single / $10 Groups of 5 or more
Running Time: 70 minutes
xoxo
Leah
What does the cast of Deadwood
do in their spare time?
Here’s a quick list of Movies due for release this year
that feature some of Deadwood’s fine Actors & Actresses
Ian McShane is in Woody Allen’s Fall Release: Scoop
John Hawkes is in Wristcutters: A Love Story
Molly Parker has 3 Films due out:
Who Loves the Sun
The Wicker Man, with Nicolas Cage & Ellen Burstyn
and the Untitled George Reeves Project
with Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Adrien Brody & Bob Hoskins
Robin Weigert is in Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German
with Cate Blanchett, Beau Bridges & George Clooney
Kim Dickens is in Wild Tigers I Have Known
William Sanderson is in Disappearances
Sean Bridgers has a couple:
Jake’s Closet and Cold Storage
Leon Rippy is in Gridiron Gang with “The Rock”
and
Chase Ellison is in End of the Spear and Wristcutters: A Love Story
When we know exact release dates, we’ll try to get them posted,
and if anyone knows more about the films or their release dates,
as well as other films, please leave a comment.
Damon Viola, an actor and one of our own background players recently took a break from the set of Deadwood to work on an episode of “Untold Stories of the ER” which recently aired on The Learning Channel. Playing the character of “Ted Hammond” in “Clean Shot Through Ear”; a segment of “The Golden Hour” episode. He portrays a distraught father who brings his son into the emergency room because he is acting strangely and bleeding from one of his ears. His feelings change from anger and disgust at his boy for being an irresponsible teenager to one of worry and fear after learning his son is in serious condition from being shot through the ear. In the end, “Ted Hammond” only wants his son back, but you’ll have to tune in to find out what happens on “Untold Stories of the ER.”
“The Golden Hour” episode will re-air this month on Monday, January 16 @ 10:00 pm and Tuesday, January 17 @ 1:00 am. Check your local listings for availability of The Learning Channel in your area. Click here to link to TLC’s site for this episode.
You can also visit Damon Viola’s website at: damonviola.com
First off, Saturday night at the Deadwood Quilting Bee was too much fun! Thank you Earl and John for putting together such a great show, and Geri Jewel’s comedy lit up the place. If you missed the show at the Knitting Factory, they’ll hopefully play again in March.
Leah Cevoli didn’t miss the show; she mentioned to Mike Dixon that her play is extended through this Friday night, and today on the set, we got some additional info.
Several of us are planning on going this Friday night–Join us!
Special “Hat Tip” to Leah for the “Now Casting” site info! Click here or the logo below to go there and check out their services. They have FREE registration and even if you don’t want some of the casting and breakdown services now, you get a free listing and several free pages where you can post your resume and acting photos. If you’re serious about acting, check it out!
Bob Wyld’s CD, DEADWOOD USA, is NOW available online.
As “The Deadwood Kid,” Bob Wyld sings and performs in the plain and simple style of the American cowboy. With dust in his throat and grace on his tongue, Wyld’s rough and ready sound plays perfectly with his large-hearted ballads, and his strong, deep voice and haunting guitar bring the Old West to life.
SAMPLE THE SONGS OF ”THE DEADWOOD KID”
DEADWOOD USA
THE MEN OF DEADWOOD
CALAMITY JANE
Click here to visit Bob’s site: Deadwood USA
Also, Bob Wyld and Rayne Davis, both fellow BP, will soon be laying down tracks for their new CD from BLACK HILLS GOLD ENTERTAINMENT–we’ll keep you posted!
Thanks to everyone who has visited our new blog as we reach 5,000 hits!
We’ve had visitors from:
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Thank you, all!
The “The Deadwood Quilting Bee” is in the main room at The Hollywood Knitting Factory this Saturday night, January 7th, 2006. Yesterday, on the set, W. Earl Brown mentioned that this may be the last chance to see the Deadwood Quilting Bee for a few months and that Geri Jewel will be doing twenty minutes of her stand-up comedy.
If you’ve been to the show, you know how much fun this will be (Click here for last month’s post), and if you haven’t, now is the time get there and rock the joint!
Here’s some additional info on the Bands from their sites:
Take a double shot of Hank Williams and a double shot of AC DC, shake it up, serve it over the rocks, and drink it from a mason jar – therein lies the musical recipe for Sacred Cowboys.
Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Blues — the origin or influence of a tune doesn’t matter to the Cowboys, as long it is played with heart, passion, and usually with loud guitars. Sometimes a song calls for pedal steel, piano, mandolin, banjo, autoharp, or fiddle. If that is the case, Sacred Cowboys are not reigned in by genre limitations. They use whatever is necessary to reach the heart of a song, be it one of their own or one of their carefully selected cover tunes.
The first seed of the band was planted in 2001 when Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker, Peter Spirer hired actor W. Earl Brown for a role in his first dramatic feature. What began as trading songs and guitar licks on a Florida film set, graduated to jam sessions at their respective homes in Los Angeles, and evolved into a four piece version of the Cowboys that included Jeff Robertson and Stephen Quadros.
In 2005, Mike Johnstone booked an acting gig on HBO’s Deadwood television series where he met Earl who plays “Dan Dority” on the show. When Earl realized Mike has played with everyone from Duane Allman to Charley Pride to the Riders of the Purple Sage, Mike was invited to play with Sacred Cowboys at an upcoming House of Blues show.
Drummer Quadros recruited his former Snow band-mate, Tony Cavazo, to round out the rhythm section, allowing multi-instrumentalist Robertson to move to guitar and any variety of other instruments. About the same time, Ralph Stevens, at the urging of Earl, developed an appreciation for loud guitars and decided to throw his keyboard in the car, and mosey over to the House of Blues.
The gig was an astounding success with the wallop of heavy rock and roll, the moan of delta blues, and the heartbreak of hard country.
(From Sacred Cowboys Website / Photography by Carrie Brown)
King Straggler is Rodney Eastman, Brentley Gore, and John Hawkes. Eastman and Hawkes met playing brothers on an independent film. Eastman and Gore had begun to write songs together. In the spring of 2003, in Los Angeles, they formed King Straggler.
From the outset the group has derived their unique sound by taking equal share in singing and songwriting duties, becoming three frontman with contrasting styles that dovetail into rich musical textures and colorful vocal blends. Their songs range from the hopeful to the haunted, from tattered folk to noisy rock to tear-it-up country and beyond. Music for dirty saints and wide-eyed wanderers.
After adding a rhythm section (Douglas Grean: bass and Danny Thompson: drums) they gained a loyal following playing at venues such as the Knitting Factory, Hotel Cafe, and Spaceland — culminating in a standing-room-only residency at Highland Grounds in Los Angeles. Championed by Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), they recorded a full-length CD at his headquarters, Lavish Studios, with Grean engineering and co-producing. Most recently, the group recorded songs with Ima Robot guitarist (and independent producer) Timmy Anderson.
King Straggler has had songs featured in several films. Among them is the closing credits theme for “The Moguls”, starring Jeff Bridges, due for release later this year. King Straggler’s self-titled debut was released in February 2005. It continues to impress and has received steady play on L.A.’s Indie 103.1fm.
(From King Straggler Website)
Click on the links below for more information
