I met Patrick in The 22 and asked him what he was doing? This was his answer. We chatted for a couple of hours. I think he had just finished Scanners. The Club 22 at the Windsor Arms was an amazing place in 70's & 80's. It was like the hub of movie business in Toronto. Every day there was an adventure of some kind. Robert Miller was a writer for McLean's Magazine and CTV and had recently turned to novels like Dreadlock and some movie biz with Bill Marshall. I had bravely written my first screenplay and had given a copy to Bill Marshall. So we are sitting at the producers table with a few cronies at the mostly empty Club 22 and Bobby says come here I want to talk to you. he leads me to the empty piano bar. He tells me he picked up my script at Bill's office and read it. He than told me I shouldn't be in the movie business and picked my script apart line by line. He was good, he had a photographic memory and a grounding in writing and English and literature that w...
Great late night days and that great juke box. I used to play The Virtues over and over, waiting for the guitar solo. We'd come in after our gigs, adrenaline flowing. Gar's Bar presented the perfect unwind. A cool hang, late night workers in the know would show as different clubs let out all over downtown. Gar's Bar was the first time I ever tasted Calamari. I believe the man himself made it on the spot! The place became successful and others copied but none presented the warmth and friendly hospitality of the original. That's because of Gary, the man who made the place. Special.
ReplyDeleteI think you mean 'The Ventures'
ReplyDeleteNope Gary, The Virtues, Guitar Boogie Shuffle.
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to make a wager, but I bet you've Googled to find out. You make the kalamari, I'll make the music!