Original "Days of Wine and Roses"
Peter
TCM the other night. What a great movie, I had never seen it before.
In the movie, I could hear what sounded like an acoustic guitarist
playing the title theme in the background...
Does anyone know who the jazz guitarist was that played on the
original sound track??? There have been countless versions since, but
I was just curious who that was that played it so sweetly in the
movie...
Thanks!
Peter
jseaberry
Bob Bain.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055895/fullcredits
I always thought Lee Remick was.........hhhot.
Peter
> I always thought Lee Remick was.........hhhot.
Yep! She was unusually pretty...I couldn't take my eyes off the TV
when she was in the scene. Even by today's standards... or any day's
standards, she was smokin'....
Thanks for taking the time to look that up!
Peter
jseaberry
Well, thank YOU for bringing that to our attention!!
6fingers
For those who can't wait to catch it on TV.
Gerry
> I always thought Lee Remick was.........hhhot.
Truly truly a lovely woman and a great actress during the full scope of
her career.
--
Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.
drthoma...@gmail.com
>
> Yep! She was unusually pretty...I couldn't take my eyes off the TV
> when she was in the scene. Even by today's standards... or any day's
> standards, she was smokin'....
You pervs will definitely want to check out "Wild River", directed by
Elia Kazan.
pmfan57
What does "even by today's standards" mean with respect to beauty?
pmfan57
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxHSG5-uJcM
>
> For those who can't wait to catch it on TV.
Jack Lemmon was such a good actor.
Peter
>
> What does "even by today's standards" mean with respect to beauty?
I think that a culture's perception of beauty changes over time, and
in this case it applies to the beauty of females. In old movies from
the 30's and 40's, you can definitely see heavier set women playing
roles in films while in the sixties you had the "twiggy" body type in
vogue. Lee Remick seems to embody classic looks that transcend time
and cultural preferences.
Yesterday I had a young friend of mine (26 years old) over at the
house and, in the spirit of this conversation, I had her look at pics
of Lee Remick that I had googled. Oddly enough she said the SAME thing
--- that she seems like she would fit in with today's movie stars and
give most of them a run for their money based on her looks alone. You
can't really say that about all historical figures, simply because our
ideas about what we consider to be beautiful change over time.
Peter
>
> Well, thank YOU for bringing that to our attention!!
I'm not sure if my post came out the right way --- I wanted to thank
you for taking the time to look up the movie information --- at the
bottom it listed the guitarist as "Dave Bain". I did a few searches
just to see if he was a leader an any albums over the years --
apparently not. He did seem to be an active studio cat. I just loved
his tasteful and simple arrangement of the title tune he played in the
background of the movie. Great stuff.
Again, thanks for your help!
jseaberry
Yeah, not "Dave" but "Bob" Bain. He was quite a studio giant. I was
really glad to see your post as it led to a search for a fine
musician not heard of nearly enough now, and a name that should be
remembered. I have a very old book called "West Coast Guitar" from I
think 1961, with a number of solo arrangements including one of his,
and it's a book I have long cherished.
Peter
> Yeah, not "Dave" but "Bob" Bain. He was quite a studio giant. I was
> really glad to see your post as it led to a search for a fine
> musician not heard of nearly enough now, and a name that should be
> remembered. I have a very old book called "West Coast Guitar" from I
> think 1961, with a number of solo arrangements including one of his,
> and it's a book I have long cherished.
Cool post! I really do like those unsung heroes...
Take care my friend,
Peter
pmfan57
Bob Bain was the regular guitarist for the Tonight Show when Johnny
Carson was the host. He was the guitarist 90% of the time on that
show, as I recall.