BOC: A Long Day's Night DVD track listing

[Tim Elliott]

Read in an interview somewhere Cameron Crowe says that the band
in the movie was a compilation of the bands he had traveled with
tim  8>)...
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From: "Paul Mather" <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
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> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 04:18:00PM -0400, Brian Halligan wrote:
>
> => Also, for those who have seen the movie "Almost Famous," is the band in
that
> => movie a fictionalization of Grand Funk Railroad? I have a vague memory
of
> => reading that somewhere.
>
> I got the distinct impression the band was inspired by the Allman
> Brothers Band, especially as the story of the young reporter central
> to the film parallels the real-life exploits of the director, Cameron
> Crowe.  (He did the same thing, but riding along with the ABB.)
>
> Notice the tip 'o the hat to legendary ABB roadie, Red Dog!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
>  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
>         --- Frank Vincent Zappa
>