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July 19, 2009
The Pilgramage Has Gained Momentum . . . Perhaps reaching obsessed fan status I was able to visit the Oscar Micheaux star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame this week. Proof here. Micheaux was awarded the honor in 1987, thirty six years after his death as a nod to his importance as one of the first Africian American feature film directors. But this was before the 1991 rediscovery in Europe of two astonishing films, Within Our Gates and The Symbol of the Unconquered, both counter attacks to D.W. Griffith's completely racist The Birth of a Nation. The discovery of these films, lost for over sixty years, confirmed Micheaux's legacy as an envelope pushing genius. In fact I believe Micheaux in his early years was the American über envelop pusher.
We also paid a visit to Pierce Brothers Cemetery, final resting place of Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon and many others. Interestingly Frank Zappa andRoy Orbison are buried near each other in unmarked graves, perhaps a testament to the ego integrity of both.
The new CD, tentatively titled The Amazing Oscar Micheaux is now in the final mixing stages and I'm staying out of the way and letting producer/engineer extraordinaire Mike Lescelius shape the sound. I've also stayed out of the way and let him produce sessions with with rest of the band and the results have been quite spectacular. Dane has brought in percussion devices I have never heard or heard of, Ron's harmonies are incredible and Charlie's arrangements and guitar work have raised his own bar, something I did not think was possible. This is the most enjoyable CD I've ever done and we are all pushing each other's creative envelops with satisfying results.
9:44 PM
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