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From music fan to teacher to filmmaker, Rob Bowman has always been driven to share his passion for the music of a generation – and this past weekend, he took his fascination with soul to Hollywood as a guest speaker and producer at the Mods & Rockers Film Festival (Slight Return!).<\/p>\n

\"\"A professor of ethnomusicology in York’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Bowman has contributed extensive – and Grammy-award-winning – liner notes and commentary for many CD\/DVD productions and written books and articles about the early days of rock & roll. However, on this occasion he was appearing at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles as a co-producer, journalist and narrator at screenings of two films he helped make.<\/p>\n

\n

Right: Rob Bowman<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The two productions, Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding<\/em> and The Stax\/Volt Revue: Live in Norway 1967<\/em>, premiered at the festival on Monday with Bowman on hand to answer questions, both as producer and Stax Records historian.<\/p>\n

In between screenings, Bowman took part in a discussion of the films with Redding’s widow, Zelma, session trumpeter Wayne Jackson of the Stax studio session band, The Mar-Keys.<\/p>\n

In the documentary Dreams to Remember<\/em>, which he co-produced, Bowman interviewed the legendary songwriting collaborator\/guitarist Steve Cropper (of Booker T. and the MGs), Stax Records founder Jim Stewart, Jackson and Zelma Redding. The 91-minute film celebrates the life and career of Otis Redding incorporating 16 classic full-length performances (many not seen in over 40 years) and includes ultra-rare footage of his last performance just two days before his death, at \"\"age 26, in a plane crash with members of his band in 1967.<\/p>\n

Left: Otis Redding<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

The second production, a 78-minute digitally restored copy of a Norwegian Television broadcast, is the only known full-length film of the legendary 1967 Stax Revue – the European tour that sparked the soul revolution. The performance includes appearances by such famed artists as Sam & Dave, Arthur Conley, and Booker T. and the MGs, and features the entirety of Otis Redding's five-song set. Bowman co-produced the DVD, provided the commentary track and wrote the liner notes.<\/p>\n

The productions are not Bowman’s first forays into the film world; he has assisted on several productions in the past and even acted in one film, The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico<\/em>, in which he played a musicologist (named Rob Bowman…) who is researching a book on Terrifico. (See the Sept. 7, 2005 issue<\/a> of YFile<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

A York alumnus (BA ‘78, MFA '82) and one of the longest-serving instructors at York, Bowman began teaching his courses on rock & roll and popular music 29 years ago at age 22. He is also director of York’s Graduate Program in Musicology & Ethnomusicology<\/a>. In 2005, he was deemed one of the top 10 teachers in TVO’s Best Lecturer competition (see the Sept. 8, 2005 issue<\/a> of YFile<\/em>). He is also the author of Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records<\/em> (Music Sales Corp. 1997).<\/p>\n

For more information on the films, visit the Mods & Rockers Film Festival<\/a> Web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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