STERLING. The Velvet Warrior - PART II of III: 'CRUSADING' [Sterling Morrison Documentary]
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- In this three-part documentary feature, independent artist Cam Forrester explores the career of Sterling Morrison - guitarist of The Velvet Underground - paying a long-overdue tribute to one of the most underrated rock guitarists in music history, and taking a detailed look into his background, his style of playing, his intuitive contributions to the music, and the turbulent story - from his perspective - of one of the most important bands of the 1960s.
PART I: 'SLOW INITIATION' - • STERLING. The Velvet W...
PART II: 'CRUSADING' - • STERLING. The Velvet W...
PART III: - 'ENTROPY' - • STERLING. The Velvet W...
Sterling was highly intellectual, and an articulate speaker, with a sharp tongue and dry wit.
He gave numerous interviews over the years, where he covered his experiences during the band years in great depth. These have been compiled into one cohesive timeline, and all of his quotes are read aloud by voice actor Wyatt Markus - bringing the late musician's words back to life, in addition to actual audio/video of Sterling himself where available.
Also included are personal accounts from Sterling’s widow, Martha Morrison, as well as music industry executive Bill Bentley (who was a close friend of Sterling’s and played with him in a band called The Bizarro’s during the 1970s), and musician Dean Wareham (frontman of the band Luna, who supported The Velvet Underground during their reunion tour of Europe, in 1993), who have all contributed audio interviews, offering their memories of the guitarist, plus several demonstration/reconstruction scenes performed by Cam Forrester, using the same guitar models as Sterling originally used on recordings.
Sterling was quoted saying that he intended to write a book of his memories of the band years, to be titled ‘The Velvet Underground Diet’, but tragically died one day after his 53rd Birthday, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, on August 30th 1995, before ever getting around to doing so.
The aim of the documentary is to tell as many of Sterling’s recollections that were written down over the years, to as many people as possible all over the world.
Norman Dolph, and the sessions for 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' 0:20
The West Coast - 7:41
Chicago - 20:59
Losing The Dom, and delays to album release - 29:16
The Velvet Underground & Nico [GUITAR DEMONSTRATION SCENES] - 36:52
Album release aftermath - 42:35
Lou fires Andy Warhol - 44:59
The Boston Tea Party shows, and Nico's departure - 50:07
The "so-called" Summer Of Love - 56:01
White Light/White Heat [GUITAR DEMONSTRATION SCENES] - 58:10
Tension - 1:03:33
Next Episode 'Entropy' (Preview) - 1:08:35
Researched, compiled, written, edited & narrated by Cam Forrester.
Sterling Morrison quotes read by Wyatt Markus.
Music demonstration & reconstruction scenes performed & filmed by Cam Forrester.
Special thanks to Martha Morrison, Dean Wareham, Bill Bentley, Gavin Roberts, Richie Unterberger, Ahmed Abdeldayem and Brian Gough for your contributions and support, as well as Rob & Jerry at Peach Guitars in Colchester, Essex, for generously allowing the use of their Gibson Custom Shop guitar models.
DISCLAIMER:
This documentary film is a non-profit production; made for viewers' enjoyment and informative/historical purposes only - no copyright infringement intended.
All rights reserved to the owners of any copyrighted textual or audio/visual material included.
Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, and public broadcasting of this film is prohibited.
© 2024 CAM FORRESTER
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Thank you so much for all the Velvets content. I love them so much. I’m so happy you are covering Sterling. Hearing him talk always makes me smile. The way he talks doesn’t change throughout his life. Your own music is great also. I’m really enjoying your album. You are very talented.
Thank you so much for your kind and supportive words, they are very much appreciated!
This is Mojo Magazine special edition level with all of the information, interviews, and photos.
I have now watched part 2. As a hard core Velvet fan, I must say this is a gold mine! 🥰
Man, I wish Sterling had written his book, he is equally astute and hysterical...
Brilliant. Simply proving over and over Cam is the best Velvet archivist and historian in the world. Superb documentarian and filmmaker as well.
Yes
you know there are a lot of other people documenting this stuff in other forms, right?
@mj.l If by that you mean retelling the same story over and over again, sure. Cam is doing something different with the benefit of be able to actually play the songs with a fanatical attention to detail and finding footage that nobody else has shared.
That SISTER RAY riff just makes me wanna go NUTS LOL ... SO. AWESOME.
In the battle of the riffs, that goes on in my mind, it's either that or Jumpin' Jack flash (studio track - they NEVER topped it live, where the VU absolutely DID)
I VERY much appreciate the massive effort you have taken. But I suspect it's more PASSION than 'effort' LOL. I appreciate you showing STERLING's parts on the guitar too !!
Looking forward to part III.
Well now I know how I’m spending this Sunday.
Just wonderful. Captures the Velvets unlike any other documentary I've seen...
I thought I'd seen pretty much all the available Velvets photo and film footage available over the years, yet your documentary has loads of amazing stuff I've never seen anywhere. What an epic project and a generous gift to VU fans. Take a bow, Cam--this is an astounding piece of work.
Glad I was able to introduce you to some new information. Many thanks, Kurt! 😃
This is fantastic, IMO every bit as good as the Todd Haynes movie. Some of that footage is really rare.
Yes agree it is as good as Todd Haynes documentary
The stars alined with those guys. Great stuff.....
Thanks for the documentary. Sterling has a lot of similarities to Johnny Ramone. In mannerisms and the way they speak etcetera.
Thanks for this. It is an excellent piece of Work....
39 years of listening to WLWH and until your video I'd never noticed Sterling's guitar part. Amazing!
Man, i really want to tell you, how much i love all your films about the Velvets, it's like taking a head dive right into the garden of musical paradise. Thank you so much for putting these magical footage together. Friendly regards from Austria! 💜
Thanks so much for your comment - I really appreciate it!
The mere fact that it's recent makes me happy :)
This is just great. Beautifully put together in the interest of telling the proper story. Thanks Cam.
This is beautiful Cam. I don't remember how or why I connected with the Velvet Underground as a teen in the Midwest, perhaps it was because of Andy Warhol, but their sound resonated with me then and more so now. It's art pure and simple.
Great doco! Thanks so much. Sterling, what a guitar player. The Velvets made it all the way to Tasmania in the mid 70s to a bunch of teenagers sniffing out music. No New York station for us to have our lives saved by rock n roll! A friend went to the US as an exchange student for a year in '73 I think. When he came back we asked what music he'd heard. Rock n Roll Animal was his discovery. Not long before someone heard Lou had been in a band previously. What a find.
Fabulous.
Made My Weekend Part 2 👍
Cam, you should try your hardest to get the insanity of Lou Reed's tone from the Amp-Tape version of Sister Ray at the Boston Tea Party. It's distorted because of the low quality, but it would be amazing if you could explore the idea of mimicking the sound. Just an idea (:
I think Lou at the time was still using Tone Benders, but he switched over to Sunn amps (perhaps the Solarus?) with an ES-335/345TD. Other people say in '69 he was using some kind of acoustic amplifier, but I'm not sure what proof there is.
Excellent! Cant wait to see the Doug Yule stuff.
yep briilant in depth stuff and to echo other comments I to have seen/heard a vast amount of material regarding Velvets but I just added a heap more thanks to you CF.. cheers dude for an exeptional video
I discovered The Velvets nearly 40 years ago, they were one of the reasons I started to play music. But you have discovered things I didn’t know about them and recordings I’ve never heard. These docs are CNN brilliantly put together. Thanks so much Cam.
Okay the Rheem organ is a revelation for me! The fuzz circuits legit are the answer to the crazy distorted boost that John got for his solos! Also only thought Rheem made air conditioners lol. It’s like sears making guns and everything else back in the day I assume!
I knew you'd appreciate the Rheem insight! I found it out the hard way during the recording of my 'Sister Ray' cover, when I ran out of bass register! I then brought up a video of the Rheem being played and compared the sound vs. the Vox, and the distinction between the two was clear.
thanks, Cam. I'm always up for VU docs, you did great
You have done it again Cam - fantastic work. The amount of detail on the group as a working band is fascinating. There is a lot of information here that I’ve not heard or seen before. The footage/photos alone in this and part one is just amazing. I love that you played Sterling’s guitar parts so I could finally see and hear what he was doing. Sterling’s baselines are also wonderful.
I understand that now that the band really wanted to be successful, and while they did make some bad decisions, the industry worked against them. I love the first Mothers of Invention album personally, but Zappa was definitely threatened by the VU musically - which wasn’t helped by sharing the same record label and producer. Herb Cohen was a ruthless businessman, as Zappa later found out. Warhol and Paul Morrissey couldn’t compete with that.
The whole saga is just fascinating.
This is just brilliant work.
Thank you for sharing this.
I was consistently impressed by how much bullshit they had to endure, during my research - much of it I had vaguely heard of, but not in any depth, so to realise the factual extent of it all was quite shocking.
While compiling all the photographs and footage into the timeline combined with Sterling's narrative, it almost felt like I was somehow going through the journey/experience with them in a remote way, which is exactly what I tried to capture in the film, for others to observe, and experience for themselves.
Thank you Cam…
Fantastic! Cant wait to watch the final installation
“Guess I’m fallin in love” with Lou’s vocals?
@@pericomorato5305 Yep! It's from their TV performance on 'UpBeat' in 1967
Camtastic!
Cam you are a legend❤ as was sterling !
Fantabulous! I always said van morrison never got enough credit for the Velvets.
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can't wait for the next episode!
Stunning, beautiful work.
Brilliant stuff as ever. What has always attracted me to the velvets is their purity…..untainted by the horrors of any (successful) “marketing”.
Wow! So damn good!!
Part II Let's go! I am redundant here, but thanks for making this documentary on my favorite Velvets member!
Not redundant at all - I appreciate your support as always! ;)
Excellent
Always excellent, thanks Cam.
I love your VU documentaries and covers. You're awesome! 👍
This is incredibly well done Cam. Thanks for sharing
Superb. Keep it coming man
How great this is! Thanks dude!
Fantastic again!
Great job this is excellent
You do great work! Keep it up!
This is really proving to be the most comprehensive and passionate VU project to date, it’s amazing to see how much you’ve managed to document these past couple years.
I was really intrigued by the performance of White Light/White Heat you included and how some of the playing was somewhat contradictory of your original video on the song. It was also really interesting to see which guitars you think were featured on each song. I know you’ve expressed an interest in moving your channel towards other endeavors and not focusing so much on the Velvets, but do you think we’ll ever see any more elaboration on some of what you showed in this video? I think even a series of Sam Popkin style guitar/bass covers discussing gear and history in the description would be really cool.
I shan't write off any further Velvets material, but as you can imagine - I've covered a lot of ground, and as such need to take a break from their music for a while. The one thing VU-related that I will definitely continue with is the live tribute project - that's always been something on my bucket list.
Indeed the guitar choices are correct as-per Sterling's official recollections, and the revised parts in comparison to my tutorials are down to an even more finely-tuned ear compared to a few short years ago when I made those videos.
@@CAMFORRESTER Totally understandable! It makes sense that after this much dedication to one great cause you’d want a break. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us moving forward!
Rheem made musical instruments? They're probably the world's largest maker of hot water tanks.
Just the organ, and a bass synthesized is all I'm aware of in terms of instruments!
Yea, i think the WLWH album if mixed better would of been amazing. Basically what im understanding is they were extremely stubborn and protective of making it sound raw and live, to the point where maybe they werent letting the engineers and mixers do their thing. I dont think they had a great understanding of how to mix music in the studio, EQing and compression. The mix was muddy, and the drums were almost inaudible. But was still an incredible album. Sister Ray came out sounding great. While WLWH and Lady Godiva had pretty muddy mixes. My favorite era of VU is the Yule era, i like the prettier songs, and the live jams such as on 1969 live. I knew most of the info in the video, besides the beef with Bob Dylans manager. Great video!
Hey cam! I’m assuming the guitar choices you made for the demonstrations are what you presume Sterling used on the originals?
@@harryfeinberg100 yeah the Kent he had around the early period. The 335 came later when Doug came in when their gear was stolen
Yes they are all based on his own accounts of which guitars were used on different songs/albums.
There is only one that is inaccurate, which is 'European Son'.
He definitely used his SG on that track, but I accidentally missed it off my set list when doing the SG film shoot, so I had to substitute it with the Vox Phantom instead. All the others are correct as-per his personal recollections.
If I may ask what is the tunning they would use. For waiting for the man and run run run. I know it’s not standard. ? What would be there standard tuning?
DGCFAD and DGCFAA respectively. The former is their standard tuning 😉
@Cam Forrester thanks so much for this.
What's that very last track at the end?
Is it from some recording of 'Waiting For My Man' of 'Sister Ray' ?
I'd love to hear the rest of that.
Thanks.
It's the outro from 'One Of These Days', from the 1986 outtake compilation 'VU'!
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Oh brill thanks Cam I'll check it out 👍
@@CAMFORRESTER Yeah, I want to put that outro outake on 24 hour loop. Fabulous, as is your artistic and documentarian skills, Mr. Cam.
@@gilbertramos6039 Thank you 🙏🏻