Teen-A-Go-Go: Take a Trip Back To The ’60s
by Steve SmithTeen-A-Go-Go, a fun little film by Mark Nobles and Melissa Kirkendall about Fort Worth’s teen rock-n-roll scene in the 1960s, will have a free screening on Nov. 16 during the upcoming Lone Star International Film Festival.
The screening begins at 5 p.m. at the Norris Conference Center (the old AMC Sundance Theater) at 304 Houston St. A Q&A with filmmakers follows along with a battle of the bands at 7 p.m. featuring live performances of the music in the film by the musicians in the film
Johnny Nitzinger & the Barons, The Elite, Larry & The Blue Notes, The Mods and The Excels and guest emcee Bobby Wygant. Admission is free but you must reserve your spot by calling 817.501.1003 or 817.504.1373 or using the ticketing system on the Lone Star Film Fest website.
Tags: independent film, Lone Star International Film Festival, LSIFF, movies, Teen-A-Go-Go
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the paul formerly known as paul
i’m really glad to see this project hit the sun light as many of the musicians featured in the film went on to do major work in music: t-bone burnett, johnny reno, red young, stephen bruton etc. all of these musos carried with them very specific aspects of the panther city style into later phases of their careers: jacksboro hwy shuffles, jacksboro hwy western swing, evans ave. / riverside “free” jazz etc.
so many up and coming fw musos have no roots and wither by their mid / late twenties and are left completely bereft of ideas (musically speaking.) not the musicians featured in the film. even the ones who went on to non-music based careers had deep roots which makes them valuable music fans … something that further adds to the community.
also great to see austin based, but fw raised, writer joe nick patoski featured in the movie. a really brilliant guy. check out his books on stevie vaughn and willie nelson as well as his writing in texas monthly.
Nov 7th, 2008
Jim Jones
Guess I’m the last person in the world to learn about this phenomenon. My band was Jim Jones and the Chaunteys in the 60’s. Would like to make contact and give Kudos to all involved.
Jim Jones
“The Chaunteys”
Sep 18th, 2009
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