For The Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair
Vince is honored to be a part of this documentary film about Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant, the Houston club that is one of the oldest acoustic music venues in the United States. Pat Stout hired him to play his first date there, for tips, in the very early 1970s. He made $12. "More than the 50¢ I made the first time I played for money at Sand Mountain. I still have those quarters."
In his recently published autobiography, One Man's Music: The Life and Times of Texas Songwriter Vince Bell, he wrote:
"I drove into the cold and damp bayou night with the confidence of having done that routine a Carl Sagan's worth of times, from one gig or another, to someplace or another. And back again. We were leaving Anderson Fair in Houston, the joint I'd been driving away from in the middle of the night for four decades so far."
The film had its world premiere at SXSW on April 17th, and is being shown at festivals around the country this year. We encourage you to check the schedule for upcoming screenings and join Vince and friends at one.
For Details:
http://www.andersonfairthemovie.com
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Outside the Paramount Theater in Austin for the world premiere
Photo by Billy Stewart |
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Vince and Carolyn Hester in Austin.
From "SXSW From The Streets: Carolyn Hester and Vince Bell, two stars in the film For The Sake of the Song About Houston's Anderson Fair"
by Joe Nick Patoski |
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Guy Schwartz, Vince, Bruce Bryant, Walter Spinks and Eric Taylor in Houston.
Photo by Melissa Noble. |
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Vince and Robbie at Anderson Fair.
Photo by Melissa Noble. |
From The Austin Chronicle: " [The film] hits an arc when the damaged trio of Steven Fromholz, Eric Taylor, and Vince Bell – performing as the Flatliners – takes the stage, and they tell of the trials their lives have involved and how the music heals both those who listen and those who create."
One Man's Music: A Monologue with Song
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here for dates, times and ticket information.
"Vince Bell's Sun and Moon and Stars is beautifully melancholy with its solitary resignation." Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle blog
"A late CD coupling of David Ball’s “Don’t You Think I Feel It Too” and Bell’s “Sun and Moon and Stars,” stirred by exquisite piano and violin, save the album and make the subsequent cover of Van Zandt’s “Loretta” sound more like the third part of a trilogy..." Michael Corcoran, Austin360.com blog
