Filming "The Bonnie Blue Flag" Behind the Scenes at "GODS & GENERALS"
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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At the beginning of the last week of November, 2001, we were invited to travel to NYC to record a sound track version of “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” for a scene in the long awaited Ted Turner “Gods and Generals” film. As excited as we were about the impending session, our high spirits were quickly subdued as we neared the city and could see smoke still rising from the site of the shattered towers of the World Trade Center.
We checked into the Millennium Hotel Broadway, one of the most luxurious hotels in NYC, and were up bright and early the next morning and headed to the Sound-On-Sound recording studio, where we were joined by the film’s music director, David Franco, and two other notable musicians, John Whelan and David Kincaid. (Whelan is a world class award-winning button accordion player, and Kincaid is leader and lead singer of his rock band, The Brandos). David Kincaid has two excellent albums of Civil War music, “The Irish Volunteer”, and “The Irish-American’s Song.” Both men and their music are well-known to the Civil War reenacting and Irish music communities. Under Director Franco’s skillful guidance, the session went smoothly and quickly.
On December 1, 2001, shortly after dawn, we were taken to the amazing sprawling military camp set, where an ersatz performance stage had been cobbled together from rough-sawn planks and military wagons draped with soldier’s quilts and blankets. Facing the stage, there were even several rows of crude log benches that would serve as VIP seating for the ‘Top Brass’ of the Army of Northern Virginia, when they and nearby troops assembled later for the show. Director Maxwell and Music Director Franco gathered all the actors, performers and musicians together, arranged us on the stage, and explained that we would rehearse the show to the music we pre-recorded at Sound-On-Sound barely a week earlier. We were a little anxious at first, realizing we would be lip-syncing to our own recording, but as it turned out, we sang and played along with ourselves just as we would have at any music jam session. It was great fun and as relaxed as it could have been.
A word of praise here for the two actors who portrayed Harry McCarthy, Damon Kirsche (who had been on hand at the studio earlier that week to record his vocals) and the talented young woman who played his wife, Dana Stackpole. We met the two of them, both experienced Broadway singers and dancers, only late the night before we would go to the filmset, when they explained to us what they had planned. As I recall, they had put their ‘show’ together on their flight from California. Nothing had been written in the official script, so they had basically improvised a very creative comic ‘bit’ on their own initiative.
As the day unfolded, under David Franco’s able direction we performed “The Bonnie Blue Flag” numerous times as it was filmed from various camera angles. Ultimately, all that remained was a crane-mounted, “wide-angle establishing shot”, which would show the vast scale of the camp as men rushed from all over to join the already assembled crowd watching the show. But first, a relatively lengthy ‘waiting period’ was required to allow time for the late afternoon sun to reach a point that would offer optimal lighting for the scene. During this time, we musicians could not be restrained from doing ‘our thing’. We spontaneously began playing songs of the period that we were all familiar with. Soon, even ‘Stonewall Jackson’, Stephen Lang, was up on the stage singing along on “Southern Soldier” and playing the tambourine with us. The finale was, of course, “Dixie’s Land”, presented here just as it happened on set that day and was captured by one of the many filmmakers present. He has generously shared it with us - and we now share it proudly with you, our wonderful fans and supporters. “Gods and Generals”: Behind the Scenes with the 2nd South Carolina String Band and Friends.
We hope you enjoy this look ‘behind the scenes’ and we heartily encourage viewers of this video to buy, rent, or stream the entire amazing film.
GODS AND GENERALS, 2003
A Ted Turner/Warner Brothers Film
Musicians from left to right:
Bob Beeman, Christopher St. Peter, Fred Ewers, David Goss, Joe Ewers, David Kincaid, John Whelan, Greg Hernandez
Singer/Dancers:
‘Harry McCarthy’ ~ Damon Kirsche
‘Lottie Estelle’ ~ Dana Stackpole
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Ever since I first noticed the band in the movie, I have wanted to know what it was like for y’all! How fantastic to see you enjoying yourselves, and playing in such a fantastic film, one of the greatest of all time if you ask me! I also thoroughly enjoyed the description of this video, very interesting to have some background information! Lastly, it is incredible that you know Kincaid, he is another one of my favorites!
Aye my boy History Boy!
@@texansteve21 haha. Yessir!
@@HistoryBoy yooo my dude history boy its you! How are ya? :)
@@ScarletRebel96 I am very good, thank you sir! Happy to know that you have heard about me!
Stop now ! You're making me blush...:O)
From an English Confederate sympathiser my complements to this production. God Save the South! Deo vindice!
FYI The Confederate officer on the left at 4:45 with the moustache is author Jeff Shaara who wrote Gods and Generals and who's father wrote The Killer Angels that was turned into Gettysburg. He has a cameo in the film.
Yee Haw!!! I’m from good old Virginia!!! God Bless the South
4:10 - 4:14 no words needed....
True that !
Yall sure did a fine job there amongst the Yankees! Made the South PROUD as yall always do. Now to watch the rest and GBWYall!
I loved this. Deo Vindice
I was going to say, ''That was you?'', but then I realised, of course it was you guys, who else could it be?
Loved the film and the scene that you guys were in is one of the highlights for me.
By the way, looks like a blue belly gave you a thumb down, but we know how to deal with them, it's in the lyrics for Southern Soldier.
Thanks for the upload and keep up the good work, tons of us enjoy it...................
I love this movie, this scene especially and it is really remarkable to get to see behind the scenes. I didn't know you guys were involved but now I need to rewatch the movie again
I remember seeing this scene, its good to see the behind the scenes after 20 years.
Damn! It's been too long since I've watched this movie or listened to Second South Carolina String Band!
Well then ! GET BUSY !!! Check out our channel. Plenty to listen to and more in the 'pipeline'...
You know what you gotta do then..............
Absolutely amazing guys! God bless ya'll and your great performances!
Love the south always semper fi always faithful too the south
thanks for sharing the behind the scenes *LIKED* the video and hope to see some of you in the field this year pards
Great film enhanced by the best band ever 😍😍😍😍 2nd South Carolina string band have no equal 👌
Super! Ce "behind the scenes"👍must the South Spirit stay!🇲🇫
Marvellously atmospheric 👌
¡¡¡Bravísimo!!!
¡Beautiful people!
¡All my respects!
¡Greetings from Chile!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great singers but the characters they play were horrible people
Civism is for sure by reminding people about their land history, especially in hard days (like after the WTC tragedy, as the country had It's better and worse days). It's very important to know what had happened before you were born, the most effective way (to make people know) are movies and music. So You have done both of 'em. Thank you!
WE NEED A THIRD MOVIE
That one Dislike was from General George McClellan...
Damn Unionist Yankee!
He may be paranoid, but by the Lord is he annoying online!
@Fusilier fr tho
Thank you for your gift of wonderful recreated 19th century music. This is one of my favorite songs.
My 16+ years old tomcat sleeping on the desktop...
Hurrah! hurrah! (yawn...)
for Southern rights
Hurrah! (meow)
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
(meow)
That bears a single star! (meow)...
***THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VEDIO***
****WELCOME TO CIVIL WAR FROM MYANMAR ( BURMA )****
THANKS !
thank you for sharing !
Our pleasure. Truly !
Wow! That was awesome!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
God bless the south
I had no idea your band was in that movie! Very cool!
This is really interesting! It is fantastic that you guys got to perform in a movie. You guys had music in one of Ken Burns documentaries, didn't you?
Yes, we've been honored to have our music appear in several Burns' films, most recently "Country Music".
How lovely and wonderful !
I wish this was still commonplace in the south. We’re losing our identity to the northern libs moving down here.
Sorry to hear that. Never fail to VOTE !
Ted Turner appears in this clip.
Well done, guys!
The director was obviously a fan the way he was smiling 😃
Actually, I think he was just really happy that the whole thing was almost over.... We heard Duvall was paid about $180,000 to sit on that bench for the day. Nice work if you can get it. We were just psyched to be a part of it all. It was WONDERFUL !
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand 180 grand?! Man im in the wrong business!
@@loganstroganoff1284 Duvall was the BEST Marse Robert ! Worth every cent !!
They did a awesome great job on this part
Bravo
Merci
Once there was a band of music...
Was a great movie I must say, especially the scene with you guys in it. After seeing this, I'm wondering if there's anywhere else I could see additional behind the scenes footage, any help would be great.
Kind of you to say. Thanks ! The only other such footage I've seen is here on RUclips by a person named Lee Vetter: "The Making of Gods & Generals from a Reenactor's Point of View." Haven't seen it myself. I may check it out...
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Thank you for the prompt reply. I'll have a look for it. Much appreciated.
@@Liam-fx9xf Good luck and g'night !
Ooo ya did great as always
Thanks, Mike !!!
9/11 happened during the production of this film.
Actor Martin Sheen (who played Robert E. Lee in the 1993 film Gettysburg) was prepared to take a Tuesday morning flight from Dulles to LAX if Warner Bros agreed to pay him $1 million to reprise his role of Robert E. Lee. Because Warner Brie passed, Sheen was not on American Airlines Flight 77 on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Has your band been in any other movies?
No, but our music has...
Nice.
Are you going to post the dixie recording
Y'all don't change that much.
Yeah. We get that a lot. Older tho'...
@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand In 20 years y'all will still be stringin' the fiddles.
5:54 is that David Kincaid with them??? HECK YEAH!!!
Read the "SHOW MORE" above. Learn more ! He even brought John Whelan with him...
greeting from Germany. You are great!
For some reason IMDB credits a Japanese Dancer as playing the part of the female dancer in that scene. Is that claim true?
The best!
TJ approves
incredible!
Ain't that Swell
5:01 PM }|{ 11//1//2020
Just out of curiosity, did you guys use Somalian flags? I've red somewhere that Bonnie Blue Flag had a darker shade of blue.
Excellent
What?! No Southern Soldier?!
Vive Trump.
Was there a name to your characters?
What ? Like in the film credits ? Nah. Just a credit to the whole band.
Plese talk with me ı have some questions for you
Interesting quote, "they may or may not be funny but you agree with the political content so you laugh as if they're funny." I see not a lot has changed.