Been working on the opening sequence of Honky Tonk. Love it -- but it has only a vague resemblance to what I scripted! Wonderful accidents intervened.
The first, I got the wild notion of shooting the star (Judith Richmond as country singer Gayle Goodwin, who also appears in my 25 year old play "Country Northwestern") from an odd angle below, the same one used on a Ramblin' Jack Elliott cover many years ago. Next, Judith, a talented folk/country singer, sang a fine old Johnny Cash song I hadn't heard in years, and I decided to record it. These two post-script factors totally changed the beginning into something far stronger. Love it.
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