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My
Favorite Storyteller
Allow
me to introduce you to my favorite storyteller, Gary Carden (that's him on the
right.)
Mountain
Talk
Gary is a Master Storyteller
and has probably forgot more about the art than I'll ever know.
Now just in case you don't
understand Mountain
Talk, that's meant to be a complement, click the link to find out more about
the film Mountain
Talk (Gary narrates.)
About Gary in his
own words:
"I
was raised by my grandparents in a house filled with the past. I listened to Grady
Cole and Renfro Valley on the radio while my grandfather tuned musical instruments
with a tuning fork and sang hymns from a shape-note songbook.
I grew up listening
to a great deal of foolishness about 'bad blood' (mine), black Irish curses (my
grandfather's) and the evils of being 'left handed' (I couldn't play a musical
instrument.) I grew up with the cows, June apple trees, comic books, the Farmers'
Federation and Saturday movies. I told my first stories to my grandfather's chickens
in a dark chicken-house when I was six years old. My audience wasn't attentive
and tended to get hysterical during the dramatic parts. Ó
The
Prince of Dark Corners
One of Gary's most recent
plays to make it to film is "The
Prince of Dark Corners" based on the true story of Lewis Redmond (played
in an outstanding performance by Milton Higgins.) At the time of his capture in
1881, the outlaw, was described as "the most famous man in South Carolina." Redmond
was equally well-known in western North Carolina and north Georgia where local
newspapers begged the court to "forget his faults in admiration of his undaunted
courage and unmistakable dash."
Due to rumors of a dramatic
rescue, Redmond's trial in Asheville, North Carolina was canceled and he was transferred
to Greenville, South Carolina. People visiting the jail while he was awaiting
trial in both locations gave him food, whiskey and cigars. Redmond acquired quite
a collection of perfumed notes from women.
This film has aired on ETV
and will air on Thursday, January 3rd on UNC-TV.
If you don't get these channels
or just want a copy of your own, click n the DVD to the right to purchase a copy
from Gary. I'm sure you won't be disappointed; the DVD includes bonus features
too.
All
this is just this tip of the iceberg, so to speak . . .
Gary is forever busy, writing
book and plays,
making appearances, painting,
and touring with his new drama group, The Tannery Whistle Players. The players
have most recently been performing "The
Raindrop Waltz" with great success and it looks like their upcoming year
is shaping up to be a busy one. Details we be posted on Gary's site as they become
available.
So drop into The TanneryWhistle
and pay Gary a visit and enjoy!
Tell him Ol' John Brown sent
you. |
