06-11-2012, 09:14 AM
How did a young man from northern Ontario, the son of an Irish miner, become Canada’s most influential flamenco guitarist? Invisible in formal Canadian musicology, David Phillips’ tragic story is interwoven with the counterculture movement that found its home in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood in the 1960’s, and spawned a vibrant flamenco culture still thriving across Canada.
Underscoring Phillips’ own innovative and sublime flamenco sound, ‘EL PAYO’ features original music by a number of contemporary Canadian stars, including flamenco vocalist Paco de Leon, violinist Karen Kimmett, the acclaimed ‘First Lady of the Guitar’, classical guitarist Liona Boyd and The Tragically Hip guitarist Rob Baker and percussionist Johnny Fay.
"Max Montalvo, director of “El Payo” : Rob is a good friend who I’ve known for years living in Kingston. One our mutual interests in music, and he became interested in the film when he heard about it.
He’s often said that his role was more like an obstetrician who would come in and check my progress from time to time and would say to himself, ‘Still dilating…’ Rob was very generous in doing the narration for the beginning of the film, as well as writing original music in his masterful style of pedal-steel guitar given the film’s connection to northern Ontario.
As executive producer of the film Rob also provided access to The Bathouse, the recording studio in Bath, Ontario, where we recorded and mastered a number of tracks for the film as well as the film’s sound."
EL PAYO Trailer
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CBC Metro Morning: REMEMBERING DAVID PHILLIPS
Matt Galloway spoke with The Tragically Hip’s guitarist Rob Baker. He is the executive producer of EL PAYO, a documentary which tells the story of how flamenco came to Toronto, courtesy of the late David Phillips. (runs 5:59)
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What they’re saying about EL PAYO…
"It is elegant and sad, lyrical and affecting, a beautiful film"
Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip
"a marvelous job of tracing the history of the art form in Toronto"
Cathy Riches, WHOLE NOTE Magazine
"grainy black-and-white footage of the streets of Andalucia...the footage is hypnotic"
Linda Barnard, THE STAR
"an appealing ramble through the life of a man whose career never quite achieved the heights it deserved"
Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine
Underscoring Phillips’ own innovative and sublime flamenco sound, ‘EL PAYO’ features original music by a number of contemporary Canadian stars, including flamenco vocalist Paco de Leon, violinist Karen Kimmett, the acclaimed ‘First Lady of the Guitar’, classical guitarist Liona Boyd and The Tragically Hip guitarist Rob Baker and percussionist Johnny Fay.
"Max Montalvo, director of “El Payo” : Rob is a good friend who I’ve known for years living in Kingston. One our mutual interests in music, and he became interested in the film when he heard about it.
He’s often said that his role was more like an obstetrician who would come in and check my progress from time to time and would say to himself, ‘Still dilating…’ Rob was very generous in doing the narration for the beginning of the film, as well as writing original music in his masterful style of pedal-steel guitar given the film’s connection to northern Ontario.
As executive producer of the film Rob also provided access to The Bathouse, the recording studio in Bath, Ontario, where we recorded and mastered a number of tracks for the film as well as the film’s sound."
EL PAYO Trailer
[youtube]a1R15IFc_SM[/youtube]
CBC Metro Morning: REMEMBERING DAVID PHILLIPS
Matt Galloway spoke with The Tragically Hip’s guitarist Rob Baker. He is the executive producer of EL PAYO, a documentary which tells the story of how flamenco came to Toronto, courtesy of the late David Phillips. (runs 5:59)
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2011/06/21/remembering-david-phillips/">http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes ... -phillips/</a><!-- m -->
What they’re saying about EL PAYO…
"It is elegant and sad, lyrical and affecting, a beautiful film"
Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip
"a marvelous job of tracing the history of the art form in Toronto"
Cathy Riches, WHOLE NOTE Magazine
"grainy black-and-white footage of the streets of Andalucia...the footage is hypnotic"
Linda Barnard, THE STAR
"an appealing ramble through the life of a man whose career never quite achieved the heights it deserved"
Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine