Olivia On Jools Holland

[Hari's Chick]

Olivia is going to be on Jools' show Friday, Oct. 24. I believe the details are~~ BBC2 at 11:35. Double check though. images/icons/smile.gif

[Savoy Truffle]

Oh, I really wish I could see it! We used to get Jools Holland's show here on BBC Canada but they've taken it off. Grrrr.

Thanks anyway, HC!

[FPSHOT]

I'll be there, I mean in front of the TV, and taping it.

You're invited to watch.

[beatlebangs1964]

I wish I had the BBC2 channel. Rats!

This is something I really want to see!

[Danoota64]

Isn't Jools Holland on BBC Radio 2 available on line and not on television? I could be wrong, but this week (Monday) I got to hear Raul Malo of The Mavericks on line when he visited Jools in the studio. The shows are also archived. Check 'em out!
(not sure of the exact link)

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[Siobhan]

Thanks for the info HC! I'll make sure I catch it. images/icons/smile.gif

[FPSHOT]

I just saw it.

Olivia was with Ray Cooper.

Very short interview about the film.

Nothing new

"The Quiet One ? He never shut up" she said.

That's what cought me, the rest of the 3 minutes was as in previous comments about the film.

[ Oct 24, 2003, 04:16 PM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[LittleDarlin909]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:

"The Quiet One ? He never shut up" she said.
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[LittleDarlin909]

Originally Posted By FPSHOT:

"The Quiet One ? He never shut up" she said.
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[Savoy Truffle]

Yes indeed! images/icons/smile.gif

[FPSHOT]

Okay, I took a few notes;

Jools: how did this film really come about, who'se idea was this to do this concert

Olivia: It really was Eric Clapton's, he was .. well we are all missing George a lot..and he came to me and said 'can you do a tribute concert' and let him organize it and he (Ray) egged him on for a bit.

J: how did you (to Ray) first get involved .. but ofcourse I should point out but not are you known in the Brittish film world but also a great percussionist... but how did you meet George?

Ray: in the dark days of Savil Row when The Beatles were doing individual projects at that point and they all had their co-musicians and I happened to be previliged to be one of George's co-musicians, working on George's projects, all that ever still being The Beatles, and that's how we met, it's along time ago.

J: this film we now made .. you've made .. is really extraordinary isn't it, now who are some of the other people involved?

O: there was Ringo and Paul, and Tom Petty - Traveling Wilburys - Jeff Lynne, Billy Preston, an old friend of George's who George met in Hamburg, a guy called Jools Holland, Sam Brown, Joe Brown

J: all the people who loved him, Ravi Shankar

O: yeah Ravi Shankar ofcourse, Anoushka Shankar, Klaus Voormann from the Hamburg days

J: the thing about George, I always found amazing is that not only was he this incredible songwriter, like a Burt Bacharach, but he happened to be in The Beatles as well but also one of the biggest film producers Brittain has ever had.
Monty Python people were involved, why was that?

O they were some of his best friends and we had to have some humor cause George was not the quiet one as you know ...he never shut up... and he had this great sense of humor.. and they were his friends.. so we couldn't have to solumn, the occasion, he wouldn't have enjoyed that and they made sure it wasn't too solumn. And of course Tom Hanks happened to be around the night before and so he was asked if he would like to be a Mounty, in the Limberjack scetch.

This is where Jools showed the end of When My Guitar, from the film clip, starting at "Still My Guitar ..." and again it is amazing to see Clapton with his head up high, eyes closed as if he is singing to his friend, so concentrated and so passionate, then this moment with Ray on percussion and Eric Clapton just staring at the audience as if a million memories of George passed his mind.

J: It does look incredible and also it's gonna be around in lots of cinema's and on DVD ... and in America, was it received well?

O: very well received, got great reviews .. lotta people loved George, they wanna see it and also now...it's quite a historic document really

J: what do you think George would have made of the film?

O: I think he would have enjoyed it. Seeing all his mates, he loved everybody being together ... cause he wouldn't have to play you see.. he could just sit and watch

J: where do the proceeds go

O: they go to the Material World Charitable Foundation which George set up in 1973, which supports esteblished charities like for children or people with special needs

J: Okay, Olivia Harrison, Ray Cooper, thank you very much indeed

That was it, a little 4 minutes.

[ Oct 25, 2003, 03:55 AM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

[beatlebangs1964]

Rob,

Bless you for posting that transcript! graemlins/thumbsup2.gif

[Savoy Truffle]

Yes, thank you! Almost as good as seeing it. images/icons/smile.gif

[Siobhan]

It was a short but sweet interview. Olivia looked great and came across as being very down to earth. I haven't seen to many interviews with her, so it was nice to get to see this one, brief as it was.