1 (edited by Michael 2007-12-31 21:13:06)

Topic: Sloe Gin - The Movie

Pans Down Into a Quiet Tree Lined Avenue Off The Hustle and Bustle in Little Italy in DownTown New York City on a Humid August Summer Evening Around 7 pm .
Four Long Time Friends Were Sitting at the now empty Restaurant they had frequented for all their Lives , There was The Owner Guiseppe ,
His Hard of Hearing Chef.....Guiseppe often Joked at Him called him "The Deaf Chef" , Then There was Al Cahall a Life Long Drinking Buddy he knew from way back in the school days and Last of All was Jim , He Never used to Say Much , Just to hang around the Restaurant and help and just sit in the corner , The Other three just used to Call him "Slow Jim" ,
So as The 4 Friends Sat Down for Their Eats , A Story Unfolded

Guiseppe ....... Hey guy's lay the table , we got enough here for us all to eat
Al Cahall  ....... Got the Vino , I'm Tursty in his Broad New York Accent
Deaf Chef ...... Here it is , 4 Hot Plates of Spaghetti Bolognese
Guiseppe  ...... Hey Slow Bring over The Parmesan
Slow Jim  ....... I got it Guys
Guiseppe ........ My Lifetime Friends .. Here's to your health .. Now Lets Chow Down
AL Cahall ........ Hey Guiseppe , Did i see The Juke Box Man Come Today
Guiseppe ........ Yeah AL , He brought in a Bunch of CD's Today
Deaf Chef ....... I Don't Need No More Anchovies
Guiseppe  ....... No Chef ... Music CD's For The JukeBox
Guiseppe  ....... Whats He Brought in AL
AL Cahall  .......  There's Spice Girls (yik urggh ) , Justin Timberlog (who de hell ) , John Bovi ( nah dere from New Jersey )
                        "Hey Here's One"  ..... Joe Bonamassa New CD and Brings it over to the table
Guiseppe  ........ "Looks like a Clean Cut Kid" , But if it ain't good .... it's goin Back i tell ya
AL Cahall  ........  You wanna hear this Dude , Apparantely He's the Next Big Cheese
Deaf Chef ........  You want New York Cheese !
Guiseppe ........... LOOK ..Yeah Yeah Jus put it on , want sometin' to listen to while i'm enjoying my food
Al Cahall  ..........  I hear he's from Upstate , Utica 
Deaf Chef .........  What He Just Got out of ATTICA
Guiseppe  .........  Now Let's Just Calm Down , Enjoy The Food and Drink and a little Music OK Fellas
Al Cahall   ......... Here it Goes
Guiseppe  .........  BALL PEEN HAMMER is up First Guys
CHEF        ......... What " Bean Pie and Ham " yeah thats a kinda Chunky meaty sound i could my teeth into
AL           .........  Good title "Beer Pint Waiter" I'll drink to this kid for , his guitar playing is going down Smooth
CHEF       .........  "Got 15 Minutes Now to prepare my Food , Eat that Bean Pie Ham Yeah
                          And then Gone Cook and Serve up Some More"
AL           ........  "You know all Good Drinks Come in our due Time
                          Pull That Beer Pint Waiter , For Me Once More , and i swear i won't wanna drink no more"
AL           .........  Hey Guiseppe wadaya tink
GUISEPPE .........  Iss o k ,  Let me hear de Next one , Hey Slow Jim Hows it for you
SLOW JIM .........  I Prefer the ol' Guys like Pinetop Perkins
CHEF        ........  You want some Pineapple 'n' Guerkins ...... yukkk
GUISEPPE  ........   ONE OF THESE DAYS , he's called this one , Now i Can eat to this
CHEF        ........  1 of These CheeseSteaks , Gonna Grill my Chicken , Gonna Grill my Bacon oh Lord
                         With Salad Dressing on ..      Itsa Music and food together it's Sooo Beautiful   
AL           .........  NO NO NO , You're not hearing it Right , The Kid From Upstate is Singing
                          "One of these Whiskey's , Gonna Have a Double , Gonna Have a Triple
                            Can't See out my Eyes , Can't even walk down The Road , Someone Help Me
SLOW JIM .........  His Guitar Work and Phrasing is Quite Nice and That Does Sound Like a 59 Gibson
AL , CHEF .........  UHHHHHHH !    Jus eat ya Food
GUISEPPE .........  You're a Bunch of Crazy Cats , I Love ya  "HEY ARE WE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME HERE OR WHAT"
GUISEPPE .........   Kid's Named This Tune "Seagull"
AL           .........   Did i hear you Right "Single" ..... I've never drunk a single in my life
CHEF        ........   No you didn't hear right "SeaFood"   "Seafood you Fry on High From Frozen"
                           Then you Serve Tarnished With Onions , on a Light Golden Bun"   Mmmmmm
AL           .........   NO NO .... Listen to the words   "Single you Try , But Then Have a Double
                           In the Morning , you wake with a misty Head ........ Pour me another
SLOW JIM .........   His use of The Takemine is Very Subtle and Has a Warm Feel , Can you hear it guys
GUISEPPE .........   "DIRT IN MY POCKET" Track No 4 , Times going Quick , More Spaghetti 'n' sauce Chef
AL           .........   Drunk in my Pontiac , Now there's a line i can relate to , one time there was a woman
GUISEPPE .........    We dont wanna here you're Hard Luck Story , just listen to Joe .. o k
AL           .........    "Drunk on my Conscience , Drunk over you , Leaves a Poor Walking
                            it a Blind Man's Blues , Drunk in my Pontiac Ooooo , They were Low times
SLOW JIM .........    Thats Kinda Sad AL .. Hope this Guys Music Can Pull you Through  ... yeah
GUISEPPE  .........    "SLOE GIN" ...Title Track Time Folks ..... This one should get ya ?
CHEF        .........   "Slow Done , Slow Done , I'm Standing in the Kitchen , Feel like i wanna Cry
                            I'm So Damn Hungry , I'm So Damn Hungry , Feels like i wanna Fry
AL            .........   NO NO it is Sloe Gin The Drink , Did i ever tell 'bout a woman in Denver
SLOW JIM  .........   This is Music of Epic Proportions .. Doesn't anyone listen to Me
AL            .........    "I'm So Damn Thirsty , I Wish i Could Drink 5
                            "I'm So Damn Drunk , Pour Me a Sloe Gin That'd Be Fine
GUISEPPE   .........   "ANOTHER KIND OF LOVE"    Oh yeah let's Dance Boy's , Up ya Get   Woooooo !
AL             .........    Another kind of Woman , Just like the one in Baton Rouge .... She was a cutie
CHEF         .........    "Another Kind of Loaf"   We Have Chicken , Meat , Bread
                            " I can show you a brand new plate , full of Sides , Your Be Full on
AL             .........    Another Kind of Drink ,  Pour me a little Brandy , you've got you're love in a Glass
SLOW JIM   ..........   I'm up outta my Seat , This Dudes Got it Goin' on Down
GUISEPPE/
AL/CHEF   ............  Look at That Slow Jim's up outta his Seat Dancin'    WOOOO!   GO JIM
GUISEPPE  ..........   "AROUND THE BEND"  Come on guy's let's sit down and Relax , were too old for this
AL            .........    This is Nice ... Hey " A Round of Beer" for you all , Let's Toast to Joe From Upstate
CHEF        .........    I'll Cook "Another Round of Bread"   
GUISEPPE  .........     "Lord i've Come a Long Way , and here's what i gotta say .
                             I wanna born in the country , Strayed into town
                             Bought a little Restaurant , to have my friends Aroun'
CHEF/AL/JIM .......    We Love ya Guiseppe ........ Cheers
AL               .......    "BLACK NIGHT"  .... What a Sound , This Reminds me of a Club over on
                             The Upper West Side Back in The Day , I'd Just Lost a Woman , and was out
                             Partying Hard , and at 3 in the Morning Found myself in a Smokey Basement
                             Jazz/Blues Club , Slumped over a Round Table on My own , Empty Glasses
                             Around Me , In The Distance on The Stage , Thought i heard a Song Like
                             This , And The Guitar Player Was Telling my Life Story Right There .
                              His Words and Music hit me Hard , Got up and Left that Club and my Life
                              Has Been Better Since
CHEF           .........   Nice Story AL
SLOW JIM     .........   This is Supreme Musicianship . and one of THE CLEANEST SOLO''S EVER
                              you guys gettin' that
GUISEPPE     .........    "JELLY ROLL"  Is up Next
CHEF           .........    O K I'M ON IT ........... Geez you guy's can Eat Some
AL               .........    Yeah Give me That ol' "Jameson's Gold"
                               Well can i place an order three drinks ahead ,
                               yeah i'd rather have that JAMESON'S , than some ol Beer Keg
CHEF            .........    "I'M A JELLY ROLL BAKER , BEST DAMN BAKER IN TOWN
                               There you go guy's 3 plates ......... GOODFELLAS CHOW DOWN
GUISEPPE      .........   "RICHMOND"   As the evening comes to a close , Guiseppe Stands , Up and Says
                                Dream on My Brothers .................... 
                               "And Now, i'm Living in New York City , And the Rain is Falling no one seems to see
                                All the Salesmen they take no notice , of my Rushing Life , Rushing Life Just ME
AL               ..........   She Didn't Change Me , She Forgave Me , So Now it's Time ,Time for Me to Leave
                               Like Broken Glass in My Broken Hands , I'm Broken Down This i do Believe
CHEF           ...........  You Know i wish i Was in Rich Food , you Know i wish i was Back Home
                               As The Folks Comes , Orders are Learned , As Steaks are Burned ,
                               What i know leads to Home My Friends , The Place i've Always Known
                               I'm Going Back To Rich Food , To The Folks Back Home
SLOW JIM     ............ That was Nice Guys ....... Joe's Brought us all Together
GIUSEPPE/AL/CHEF .... Jim Glad You Came out and Talked ...... Big Group Hug
GUISEPPE     ............  Guy's Joe's Gonna Play us Out With "INDIA"
AL               ...........   Once i had an woman in INDIANA and She Left Me Cos ......
GUISEPPE/CHEF/JIM      "Get Outta Here !!"
CHEF          ............    Maybe i should bring a little Indian Cuisine into my cooking
SLOW JIM    ............    Listen to The Sitar Like Sounds , Incredible Player Guys
GUISEPPE    ............     What a Evening , We ate , Drank , Had Fun , and you my Closest Friends
                                  And Joe's Music Made it Special , Thanks all for Staying
CHEF/AL/SLOW JIM ..     Bye Guiseppe , Were All See ya Tomorrow
GUISEPPE    ............     As He Shuts the Door , The Bell Rings , He Bolts up , And Peers Through
                                  The Blinds , Seeing his 3 Buddies Arms around Shoulders Crossing The
                                  Street Strolling and Laughing into Humid New York Night
                                  He Turns and Walks Over to The Table to Clear away the Plates
                                  and See's The CD , Grabs a Glass and Smiles ,
                                  My Buddies I Love 'em , But They Sure Do Talk Too Much
                                  Put My Feet up and I'm Gonna Listen ............ Aaaaaaahh

                                  "I WANNA GO THERE"

                                  THE END

                                  Directed ......... ROY "BLUESMAN" EBERT
                                  Produced by .... Shredit & J Dawg
                                  Executive Prod ..Phil Cornell & Nick
                                  Screenplay by....Jane Hall & Cathy Siler
                                  Camera's ......... Rhonda Pierce & Lee
                                  Set Design ........Nancy Cooley
                                  Editor ...............Rocket   
                                  Costumes ..........Patty Patrick
                                  Administrator ..... Melissa
                                  Story ............... Stu Craig
                                  First Aid ............Marianne
                                  Catering ........... Pittsburgh Jeff
                                  Security ........... Joe Beacon
                                  Lighting ............ JB Rules
                                  Dolly Grips ........  Angela and Barbara
                                  Accounts .........  Dave Abercrombie
                                  Electrician ......... Deezer           
                                  Software ..........  NPB EST 1979
                                  Make up  ..........  Annelies
                                  Insurance .........  Bill S
                                  Publicist  ..........  Jim Moody
                                  Sound ..............  Kwsjb1238
                                  Translator ........  Andre Wittebroek & Geko
                                  Stylist     .........  Susan
                                  Drivers     ........   Gary & The Dude
                                  Special Effects ..  Suhl
                                  Beautician ........  Its all about apples
                                  NY Casting .......  Bill
                                  Carpenter ........  CarljMD
                                  Boom ..............  gsj
                                  Asst Director.......Jaci
                                  Asst Producer .....Zosozep 7
                                  Overseas Accnts . Geoff & Ges
                                  Props ................ Mike B
                                  Helicopter Pilot ...  Belexes
                                  Stuntmen ..........  Bluezman & Fretwork
                                  Logistics ...........  Dragster
                                  Titles ...............  Jess & Joanie
                                  Written by ........  Michael Lynch   wink         

                                  SLOE GIN - THE MOVIE

Joe Bonamassa .......  His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO   After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin       /  Vienna            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE           
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg

2 (edited by susan 2008-01-01 10:20:53)

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

I love the story, but the credits are ridiculous.  LMAO
Helicopter Pilot?  Stuntmen?  Catering?   lol

"Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding"

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

So now I know what you've been up to! Brilliant!!!!!! I really needed this! Again, this is your calling...I can see you at the Sundance Film Festival....Joe's soundtrack..Sweet!!! Thank you Michael for such a great present! I'm still laughing!  Cathy

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

Michael ,thats some great writing,when are you going to publish something? It seems you enjoy writing.Are you writing Sloe Gin the movie 2 or are you going to do a prequel, Had To Cry Today, a romantic comedy.

Your rock candy baby
Your hard sweet and sticky

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

Haha Michael this is really creative. If this were at Sundance...hmm...subliminal Joe advertising...

Mary

LOL-ler-tastic.

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

I knew it was too quiet around here. Just what we needed...another magnum opus from Mr. Lynch.

Bravo! big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile big_smile

I'm just saying.

Re: Sloe Gin - The Movie

I was just thinking it's a good thing Slow Jim wasn't HOH..He would have thought Sloe Gin was about him!  Cathy