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Syl Johnson Film - Any Way The Wind Blows

Syl Johnson Film - Any Way The Wind Blows magazine cover

Think its safe to say that in 2015 there has been a fair few Soul artist related documentaries released, so many that it's getting hard to keep track of them all. Well, here's  word of another one just released via its premiere last month in Chicago. You may have heard of this as it has been funded by a Kickstarter campaign (832 backers pledged $46,730 to help bring this project to life), here's the info...

Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows 

2015 / USA / English / 84 Minutes / HD

Soul singer Syl Johnson struggled for decades before leaving the music business in the 1980s to open a Chicago fried-fish chain. Since then, he’s become one of the most-sampled artists in hip-hop. The list of artists who've used his 1967 song Different Strokes includes Run-DMC, NWA, Public Enemy, the Wu-Tang Clan, the Beastie Boys, Kid Rock, Michael Jackson, Jay Z and Kanye West. With a lively soundtrack and an original score by Yo La Tengo, this documentary celebrates one man who can’t stop the music.

 

More info , showings, background can be read via the official website...

http://syljohnsonmovie.com/

The Hollywood reporter has an enjoyable review from the msm angle up

A preview clip and link below...

From 'Soul Train' to fried-fish sandwiches to the Wu-Tang Clan.Blame Al Green. If not for the unstoppable sex appeal of Mr. Let's Stay Together, Hi Records would have made singer Syl Johnson a star instead. Or so says he in Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows, Rob Hatch-Miller's very enjoyable portrait of a singer who, though not quite obscure, wasn't nearly as successful as he might have been. Soul fans will eat it up, and Johnson's surprising hip-hop legacy will make the doc doubly attractive at fests.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/syl-johnson-any-way-wind-834021

 

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Kris Holmes

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i contributed to this with scans of original 45s & some money, the Memphis premier last week looked amazing.  can't wait to see it when it gets to Los Angeles!!

Guest Polyvelts

Posted

Looking forward to this ! A legend for sure !

Guest Doctor Bob

Posted

Yes, yes & YES!, one of the  heroes of Southern Soul for me. I hope it gets a

media release on DVD. 

Weingarden

Posted

Saw it in New York on Sunday. It's really good! It's still looking for a distributor so is festival-only for the time being.

Zanetti

Posted

hi ... can someone identify for me the track which starts at 0.18sec. - where it says "baby you´re laughing ... " or something like this.

 

Thx in Adv

Zanetti

Peter99

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9 minutes ago, Zanetti said:

hi ... can someone identify for me the track which starts at 0.18sec. - where it says "baby you´re laughing ... " or something like this.

 

Thx in Adv

Zanetti

This one mate?

 

Zanetti

Posted

24 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

This one mate?

 

:thumbup: Thx Peter

Peter99

Posted

Great post Mike.

Love the Hi label/stable and the likes of Syl's music.

Peter

Biggordy

Posted

If you don't know his Twinight label stuff, get to know it!  Essential Chicago soul.




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