As a tribute on what would have been Sterling Morrison's 82nd Birthday, this video comprises all of the guitar demonstration scenes from independent artist Cam Forrester's recent documentary 'STERLING. The Velvet Warrior', in which he faithfully performs recreations of Sterling's guitar and bass parts from all four studio albums recorded by The Velvet Underground, between 1966 and 1970.
'Sunday Morning' - 0:00
'I'm Waiting For The Man' - 0:28
'Femme Fatale' - 0:43
'Venus In Furs' - 0:53
'Run Run Run' - 2:12
'All Tomorrow's Parties' - 2:26
'Heroin' - 2:44
'There She Goes Again' - 3:17
'I'll Be Your Mirror' - 3:33
'The Black Angel's Death Song' - 3:42
'European Son' - 3:56
'White Light/White Heat' - 4:16
'Lady Godiva's Operation' - 5:17
'I Heard Her Call My Name' - 5:35
'Sister Ray' - 6:56
'Candy Says' - 8:03
'Some Kinda Love' - 8:25
'Pale Blue Eyes' - 8:44
'I'm Set Free' - 9:39
'That's The Story Of My Life' - 10:08
'Sad Song' (Demo) - 10:37
'Rock And Roll' - 11:54
'Sweet Jane' - 12:57
'STERLING. The Velvet Warrior' DOCUMENTARY TRAILER - 13:34
The full three-part documentary feature, in which Forrester explores the career of Sterling Morrison, pays a long-overdue tribute to one of the most underrated rock guitarists in music history, and takes a detailed look into his background, his style of playing, his intuitive contributions to the music, and the turbulent story - from his perspective - of one of the most important bands of the 1960s.
PART I: 'SLOW INITIATION' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RgOw1WdAQ&t=408s
PART II: 'CRUSADING' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7TYxOKJBIw
PART III: - 'ENTROPY' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEbQTn4qxOU&t=4671s
Sterling was highly intellectual, and an articulate speaker, with a sharp tongue and dry wit.
He gave numerous interviews over the years, where he covered his experiences during the band years in great depth. These have been compiled into one cohesive timeline, and all of his quotes are read aloud by voice actor Wyatt Markus - bringing the late musician's words back to life, in addition to actual audio/video of Sterling himself where available.
Also included are personal accounts from Sterling’s widow, Martha Morrison, as well as music industry executive Bill Bentley (who was a close friend of Sterling’s and played with him in a band called The Bizarro’s during the 1970s), and musician Dean Wareham (frontman of the band Luna, who supported The Velvet Underground during their reunion tour of Europe, in 1993), who have all contributed audio interviews, offering their memories of the guitarist, plus several demonstration/reconstruction scenes performed by Cam Forrester, using the same guitar models as Sterling originally used on recordings.
Sterling was quoted saying that he intended to write a book of his memories of the band years, to be titled ‘The Velvet Underground Diet’, but tragically died one day after his 53rd Birthday, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, on August 30th 1995, before ever getting around to doing so.
The aim of the documentary is to tell as many of Sterling’s recollections that were written down over the years, to as many people as possible all over the world.
Researched, compiled, written, edited & narrated by Cam Forrester.
Sterling Morrison quotes read by Wyatt Markus.
Music demonstration & reconstruction scenes performed & filmed by Cam Forrester.
Special thanks to Martha Morrison, Dean Wareham, Bill Bentley, Gavin Roberts, Richie Unterberger, Ahmed Abdeldayem and Brian Gough for your contributions and support, as well as Rob & Jerry at Peach Guitars in Colchester, Essex, for generously allowing the use of their Gibson Custom Shop guitar models.
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This documentary film is a non-profit production; made for viewers' enjoyment and informative/historical purposes only – no copyright infringement intended.
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