A fabulous trilogy Cam. I was in tears at the end. I love the VU so much. And Sterling was my favourite member. He and the group changed my life. I was 15/16 in 1972 when I first heard them. I found out about them through David Bowie, who I also loved. I bought WL/WH. I played it so loud it blew up the speakers on the wee Wi-Fi my folks bought me. They informed and guided my life and contributed to what I am today at 67 years old. Thank you Cam. You've made an old man very happy. God bless you.
This makes me so happy - thank you for taking the time to write. It's lovely to hear that the film has moved you in this way. Making it was quite an emotional experience for me also.
The most comprehensive documentary of the Velvets through the work of Sterling. I have been a fan for over 50 years but learnt so much from this series. Brilliant x 100.
Another highly enjoyable installment. Thanks so much for doing these. I was just happy the Mo Tucker doc you did existed at all and now we have this! All of this stuff is way better than just about any professional music doc I’ve seen. The passion is immense, yet somehow understated. Kind of a perfect homage to the Velvets.
Better than the Apple TV documentary. Thorough and fascinating, and I've seen a lot of VU related content. Well done! I'll be watching this repeatedly.
Cam, You saved the best for last - this is very moving. Thank you for making this, I am in awe. You have made the 14 year old Velvet Underground fan in me very happy. Sterling - I salute you.
Beautiful. I loved the comment about Sterling standing tall in the background, away from the spotlight, playing his guitar and smiling to himself knowingly...
Absolutely brilliant , your documentary on Mo Tucker was amazing but this is another league. Thank you so much, I can only imagine the work you’ve put into this .
Can’t thank you enough Cam. This film has both historical and aesthetic value. I timidly hope that you will continue to give us documentaries in the future.
Thanks very much indeed, that means a lot! I'm on a break at the moment (in the middle of a car restoration, and also working on a live EPI-style VU tribute show), but there are definitely more subjects I have on my list to explore in the future!
Thank you for this wonderful tribute to Sterling. He wrote a letter to me in 1984, after I'd written to him from Bournemouth UK to Texas. He was a terrific rhythm guitarist, just listen to 'What Goes On', he's solid as a rock. His death was a terrible shock. I remember Sterling with so much admiration and respect - he was a complex and fascinating man. So down to earth, and a devil of a great guitarist!
Fantastic document on Sterling Morrison and Velvet Underground. Volumes of information, pictures, and video clips I hadn`t seen or heard before in the decades of being a VU fan. Every minute of the document was informative and held my attention quite well. Superb job, Cam!
This is a high standard you've created for folks like me who devour musical history. I have even more respect for Sterling now. And thanks for adding Dean Wareham and Luna to the story.
Until I watched this, I has no idea how much Sterling really shaped the sound of the Velvets. That sorta gets lost in Lou Reeds persona. I really enjoyed the video.
I met Sterling on the last night of Moe Tucker's 1995 tour in Athens GA, it was late May and Sterl had only a few months to live. I got into the green room backstage and Mo did not want to tell old stories (just complained rightly so about the sound of the reunion album) but Sterl was VERY talkative! I told him my favorite guitar solo was on "That's The Story Of My Life" and asked how he came up with it, he said "Lou told me to play something childlike". Sterl of course did not let on that he was ill, I noticed that his skin was pretty bad and I wondered if it had always been that way. They had Victor deLorenzo on drums that night, I had met him 13 years before after a Violent Femmes gig and he was surrounded by girls in that green room. Mo and Sterl signed 3 albums and 3 cds for me, all of which are now displayed in my home.
What a fantastic trilogy! This needs to be more promoted by the TH-cam algorithm ! I remember first hearing the Velvets in college in the mid 80s probably shortly after all their records were re-released. Coming from a more Grateful Dead, classic rock, jam band background, I was initially perplexed and fascinated by their sound. It was over the next few years that I realized how incredibly talented they were. They were really just ahead of their time. That’s the reason why they weren’t more financially successful initially. The record industry just didn’t know what the hell to do with them. Luckily, like me, fan after fan of younger generations, have realized that yes, they are the most influential rock act of all time I would argue.
A wonderful conclusion to an excellent series of documentaries. Thank you so much. The love and dedication you put into producing these films pours right out of the screen. Wishing you all the very best in your future endeavours.
to me as a fan for half a century this four-part documentary is the place to go. hopefully many young music lovers will get to see it. the story of the velvet underground goes on. 💜
This is so heartwarming. I really have to watch in stops and starts because it's emotional to me. It takes a lot for a band to be a band, and they were for as long as it lasted, a band.
1:00:26....Impossible for mahself to watch that footage of that song without tears coming.....Sterling absolutely rips it....Everyone should see that segment in its entirety and you will know Rock Music...
Cam - thank you again - for producing an important historic - living - documentary on Sterling's role in VU - a fitting tribute - many many thanks - I'm so glad you've kept this project going - & I may have found my AD412 ;-) the search for which brought me to discover your important recording of this history and bringing it back to life again ...
Thanks so much, Tim! Nice to hear from you again...glad to hear you've found an AD412. I think I mentioned to you previously that the only place I could find one was in Bulgaria...well, last month I bought it, and had it shipped over! So now I have two awesome looking Vox stacks for the VU tribute band project - which is progressing well indeed, you'll be glad to hear - but a couple of weeks ago, the left channel on one of the AD120VTH heads stopped working - the one I've had over four years! I've had it apart and am trying to fix it, but I've replaced several components and still, no dice. I've considered trying to build my own custom AC100/2's from scratch if I can't fix it, only I can't seem to find any clear information on the RMS power rating when paired with a 4/16ohm cab like the AD412 (I think the original AC100 cabs were 8ohm - the amps had 8/16 outputs, but I think with the latter the output is halved unless I'm mistaken)...otherwise I might opt for another (more reliable!) solid-state option, such as the Marshall Lead Mosfet 3210 (which is 100W at 4ohm - perfect for the AD412). I'd be interested to hear your thoughts! Here's the forum thread with repair progress: music-electronics-forum.com/forum/amplification/guitar-amps/maintenance-troubleshooting-repair/1006999-vox-ad120vth-amplifier-head-issue-left-channel-silent-dead-no-sound
been one of my favorite bands for many years, and now I love them even more. thank you so much for this amazing documentary about this magneficent man and band!
Wow, that emotional ending hit quite unexpectedly deep! Again, this documentary is absolutely superb in its depth and detail, a product that only a true fan can make. A side note: I saw them at Glastonbury festival in 93. Me and a friend, another big VU fan, had to walk away after just a few tunes, such was the horror of watching that train wreck. It was clear that it was down to Lou as he was clearly butchering beloved and cherished songs, with seemingly intent.
This is truly one of the best things I’ve ever seen on TH-cam. Emotional end but I’m glad you included the Luna stuff Friendly Advice etc at the end . Another favourite. Stirring stuff.
Two things just occurred that I didn’t expect, first I got tears in the middle of a beautiful summer day as I heard about Sterling’s final days; then my disgust with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame grew more than I could’ve imagined listening to Moe’s description of the shabby treatment of their friend’s passing.
Amazing and wonderful on every level, informative, celebratory and very moving portrait of the greatest rock and roll band ever as seen through the eyes of its tugboat captain. I am blown away, thank you so much for this Mr. Forrester!
@@cwcoltere3949 You're very welcome - glad you have enjoyed it so much. If I could ask a small favour; would you please share the film in any way you are able to? Many thanks! th-cam.com/play/PLXFuVjTBILlgbL7vPV_j8aZiZ2njZTpoY.html&si=hytbt8L_vktTPnyu
Thank you so much for this well researched and thoughtful tribute. In a way one of the best Velvets biographies too because it's almost a view from the side instead of a piercing spotlight focused on the usual suspects. Much more nuanced and detailed. Well done, Cam.
Thank you for sharing his story. I'd like to think he is smiling down, knowing more people would hear him. His guitar work would always be my favorite out of all guitarists, if only for how cool, elegant, and appropriate it sounds. No excess, just that Goldilocks spot that brings the song to its perfect form. Thank you for this. You are a real one.
Bravo Cam! I loved hearing from Sterlings wife. So sad to hear him say he was just hitting his stride when he got cancer. But wow Sterling wears a great mustache.
Mr. Cam, just finished absorbing your A plus presentation here. What a tribute to Holmes Sterling, guitarist, English professor, tug boat captain, and all around fascinating human. Heroic and inspirational, both your documentary creation and Sterling the man.
I started being a fan of VU as a teenager. I was fascinated by the artistery & the experimental approach. They were hypnotizing me with their rythms & the soaring guitar work of Sterling Morrison & Doug Yule. They were a very interesting band, incredible lyrics and they were getting better & better on each album/concert. That Morrison was dying in the same age like my mom,who had incurable,not treatable form of cancer saddens me profoundly! Seems he was a good soul,even worse to accept such a terrible sickness was taking him away! What a good documentary,Cam! Would like so much doing some music with someone like you. It never happened. But the music is flowing constantly through my venes! Its existential to have it...wish you only the best for whatever your planning as next. Hugs. (Finally all the critics understand today how good they were. And the young rock fans adore them. Deserved,my friend. Just like the merits for your DOC!) 😂🫂🪔🧔🏼🎸🥁🎻🎤🎹
Thank you so very much, Cam. This was a labour of love. Most of all, as a musician you realized and honored the fact that the impact of a band isn't just a front man but the sum of those who worked together with passion for what they did to make a band exceptional. I've always love Sterling, but what you did so well was to show to all how much he added to the impact of the Velvets. Bless you Cam for giving us this insight and a thoughtful tribute. The last ten minutes I had to fight back the tears. So many of those we've loved are gone and this was a way of honoring them if not through Sterling's story. You affirm the last 30+ years I've had for the Velvets and taken it beyond what words could express.
Awesome. 5am viewing here in southwest USA. Perfect sunrise content. Random thought: the Velvets' Mo Tucker and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience could pass for brother and sister.
I've thoroughly loved all 3 parts of this documentary. Great story, great band, expertly told. I don't see a link to part one in the description, so you might want to include that. TH-cam often recommends me the last part of a series for some odd reason.
It’s funny how the one song on Loaded that Sterling didn’t play on is I Found a Reason. The lead part sounds so much like Sterling’s parts on Pale Blue Eyes and Waiting for the Man.
Indeed...but then compare the lead guitar part in 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' - not just the playing itself, but the guitar tone also - with 'I Found A Reason', and hear the similarity between them...Doug was a very good player!
@@CAMFORRESTER I honestly wonder what the reunion would’ve been like had they brought in Doug. I know this is your last Velvets video for sometime, and I’m looking forward to future content. But PLEASE do a Doug documentary (Dougumentary) whenever you can. Great work!
Thanks for making this story based on this icon. He's one of the guitarists who deserves more recognition. A very well thought out documentary indeed too! If you decide to it again on Reed & Cale, then I'll make sure to witness firsthand. It's very cool that I got to follow a certain individual who's not only an big VU devotee, but also an accomplished artist whose own work is very interesting. Your album pretty much reminds of The Velvets, not just them also The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Motown etc. I can't wait what you have in store for your music & channel. A lot of what I'm saying is coming from a guy who's also an artist & composer. Keep moving forward as always, don't let anyone get you down. P.S. Cause thoughts don't sleep at night, when you're wired!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you have enjoyed the series, and even more glad that you appreciate my original music work - that really means a lot 🙏🏻 Rest assured that there is plenty more content/material coming very, very soon. I only wish we weren't on opposite sides of the pond, as it would be great to be able to jam together! 😉🎸🎹🥁
@CAMFORRESTER yeah no kidding about the last part since after all were both directly influenced by them, the band has some connection with your country (I actually mean UK) with Cale being from there. Ugh lol! Also I'll be looking forward for seeing your band projects live on your channel! Anyway I did this acoustic instrumental cover of WL/WH, hope you enjoy it even though it had some fumbles. th-cam.com/video/edJMkDOTenA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AimzSLyIwGkWHzN2
Once again: Excellent work! Where did you get rare photos and films? IMO Sterling is much under rated, but to me it seems Lou had very much respect for him.
Hey Cam ever since discovering your velvet underground related content 2 years ago with your Venus in furs video ive loved everything you’ve put this documentary has been my favourite one of the lot. I also have a question about I guess I’m falling in love I’m planning on playing a cover of it with my band for college next year and im just wondering what tuning Sterling and Lou are in because my guitarists aren’t sure of what tuning they’re using on the gymnasium recording
Cam: I have two questions that I believe you can answer. 1. Doug Yule continued with the band and recorded the last record because he was told to or because he wanted to? 2. Exactly why he was not invited to the reunion tour and to the induction of the rocknroll hall of fame? Thank you very much.
Lou and John didnt want Yule there from what i gathered. It was a tense reunion at times already, and dont think they wanted to add another personality, especially a guy that replaced one of the members. Sterling, and i think Moe did want him for the reunion. Also, i think Lou may have still had some resentment about him continuing the band with Sesnick the way he did. I think i got that info from reading a Sterling interview. Yule has said that Lou basically treated him like he was an idiot at times, which he admitted he could be gullible at times, especially about what the lyrics meant. Imagine how great it would of been to have all 5 of them together... You might of seen Yule did do an interview with Moe and Lou at the New York Library some time before Lou's passing. Lou didnt seem interested any time he talked, which was unfortunate. As for the first question i dont know, and i know this was for Cam. But ive read any info i can get on VU over the years. But i am just going off memory, so maybe he will have something to add.
@@natetheannihilnater1886 Amazing! Thank you very much. The five of them in 1993 would have been insane. The only information I had was from the Todd Haynes documentary. John said he never ever met Doug. So I was wondering why he wasn't even considered for the reunion or the Rocknroll hall of fame.
Doug carried on after Lou and Sterling quit because their manager Steve Sesnick wanted to keep something going. Doug wanted Moe to play the drums, but she was pretty fed up by that point and wouldn't take any bullshit from Sesnick, so she quit as well after their European tour. The album was performed almost entirely by Doug, along with Ian Paice of Deep Purple on the drums, and Doug wanted to release it as a solo record, but Sesnick got it released by Polydor under the band name instead, and ignored all of Doug's mixing notes. Doug hated the result, and quit himself shortly thereafter. As for the '93 reunion, I concur with Nate, although the rhetoric that Lou hated Doug is debatable...Doug did some session work for Lou in the mid-70's and even went on tour with him, so he couldn't have hated him that much. The infamous "Dead I hope..." quote dates from 1972 when things were probably still pretty raw for Lou. While it's possible they may have fallen out again later on, I'd say it's more likely that Doug was left out of '93 so as not to add any additional threat to what was already inherent in the newly-formed alliance between Lou and John, which turned out to be short-lived even without Doug in the picture.
I know the source that claims Sterling didn't play on I Found A Reason, but that's 100% false. Listen to the lead part, it's unmistakably Sterling's deft right hand. Love the.video series though!
Yeah it comes from David Fricke's essay in the Peel Slowly and See booklet. I thought exactly the same too with regards to 'I Found A Reason', until I found out that the solo in 'Rock And Roll' was played by Doug. It seems he was very good at emulating Sterling's playing style, he played the lead part in 'Oh, Sweet Nuthin' too. Of course one can never be 100% certain, but it does seem that Doug played the majority of the lead guitar on Loaded. Sterling's contributions were mostly rhythm parts.
@@CAMFORRESTER The solo on Rock and Roll sounds nothing like Sterling or Lou to me, so it's not surprising that it's Doug. Have you read Doug's 1996 article The Lowdown on Loaded? He gives a track-by-track analysis of who played what. For I Found A Reason, he says he only played bass.
@@leamanc I had not come across that article before, no - so thank you! Upon reading, it does indeed confirm the 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' solo as Doug, but it claims 'I Found A Reason' could either be Sterl or Lou. Of course I agree that the 'Rock and Roll' solo sounds nothing like either of them, but the similarity between the playing on 'I Found A Reason' and 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' is what inclinated me to assume David Fricke's claim was correct. If it was in fact Sterling, I wonder where he got that information from? I think Sterling was still alive when he wrote it...🤔
@@CAMFORRESTERIt seems the original source for that claim is the Victor Bockris VU bio Uptight. But in that same book, Bockris says Doug does the spoken word part in I Found A Reason, so I think Bockris made a lot of things up
@@leamanc Yea, Bockris certainly did make stuff up. A good friend of mine who was also a VU nerd, and had been one much longer than me, did not hold the Bockris book in high regard. I notice Yule said during that 1996 interview he thinks Lou and him played electric on Lonesome Cowboy Bill, which is possible, but the choppy rhythm sound always makes me think of Sterling, though ive seen Lou play like that before too. Maybe Yule could do that style well too, as Cam said.
I always love to hear history about the Velvet Underground after Lou left. Sterling packing an empty suitcase and staying behind in Texas while the band was flying back to NYC was a fitting end to his tenure in the band.
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A fabulous trilogy Cam. I was in tears at the end. I love the VU so much. And Sterling was my favourite member. He and the group changed my life. I was 15/16 in 1972 when I first heard them. I found out about them through David Bowie, who I also loved. I bought WL/WH. I played it so loud it blew up the speakers on the wee Wi-Fi my folks bought me. They informed and guided my life and contributed to what I am today at 67 years old. Thank you Cam. You've made an old man very happy. God bless you.
This makes me so happy - thank you for taking the time to write. It's lovely to hear that the film has moved you in this way. Making it was quite an emotional experience for me also.
Made me cry at the end too.
The most comprehensive documentary of the Velvets through the work of Sterling. I have been a fan for over 50 years but learnt so much from this series. Brilliant x 100.
Thanks so much, I'm glad you found it insightful!
@@CAMFORRESTER Yeah man, well done...brilliant.
What a brilliant quote at the end. He was so good with prose. Thank you for this wonderful Documentary!
Another highly enjoyable installment. Thanks so much for doing these. I was just happy the Mo Tucker doc you did existed at all and now we have this! All of this stuff is way better than just about any professional music doc I’ve seen. The passion is immense, yet somehow understated. Kind of a perfect homage to the Velvets.
Wow. Brilliant, monumental and - surprisingly - incredibly moving. Thank you so much.
@@percyplath Thank you for your feedback - much appreciated!
I'm amazed at how well done and thorough this is. You should get an award for this.
Thank you so much...I would love that!
Better than the Apple TV documentary. Thorough and fascinating, and I've seen a lot of VU related content. Well done! I'll be watching this repeatedly.
Thanks so much for all your work in putting this together. Sterling has got the tribute that he deserves.
Sterling is my guitar hero of the 60s. I just have found what he did so relatable and yet so ground breaking. RIP Sterling. Rock on.
Wonderful series. Thank you so much for all your work. Masterly.
Beautifully done. This is what every velvet fan has been waiting for. 😢🎉
Cam,
You saved the best for last - this is very moving.
Thank you for making this, I am in awe.
You have made the 14 year old Velvet Underground fan in me very happy.
Sterling - I salute you.
Thanks you once again Edward - I'm glad the final instalment did not disappoint!
Beautiful. I loved the comment about Sterling standing tall in the background, away from the spotlight, playing his guitar and smiling to himself knowingly...
Absolutely brilliant , your documentary on Mo Tucker was amazing but this is another league. Thank you so much, I can only imagine the work you’ve put into this .
Can’t thank you enough Cam. This film has both historical and aesthetic value. I timidly hope that you will continue to give us documentaries in the future.
Thank you for all your work at Funked Up East! Greetings from Tallinn.
Thanks very much indeed, that means a lot! I'm on a break at the moment (in the middle of a car restoration, and also working on a live EPI-style VU tribute show), but there are definitely more subjects I have on my list to explore in the future!
Thank you for this wonderful tribute to Sterling. He wrote a letter to me in 1984, after I'd written to him from Bournemouth UK to Texas. He was a terrific rhythm guitarist, just listen to 'What Goes On', he's solid as a rock. His death was a terrible shock. I remember Sterling with so much admiration and respect - he was a complex and fascinating man. So down to earth, and a devil of a great guitarist!
Yeah, Sterling made me realize how a great rhythm guitarist makes a band. Was a very mediocre one myself LOLs
Fantastic document on Sterling Morrison and Velvet Underground. Volumes of information, pictures, and video clips I hadn`t seen or heard before in the decades of being a VU fan. Every minute of the document was informative and held my attention quite well. Superb job, Cam!
This is a high standard you've created for folks like me who devour musical history. I have even more respect for Sterling now. And thanks for adding Dean Wareham and Luna to the story.
Until I watched this, I has no idea how much Sterling really shaped the sound of the Velvets. That sorta gets lost in Lou Reeds persona. I really enjoyed the video.
Thank you, beautiful job. Best docu on the Velvets, not only Sterling, I've seen so far.
I met Sterling on the last night of Moe Tucker's 1995 tour in Athens GA, it was late May and Sterl had only a few months to live. I got into the green room backstage and Mo did not want to tell old stories (just complained rightly so about the sound of the reunion album) but Sterl was VERY talkative! I told him my favorite guitar solo was on "That's The Story Of My Life" and asked how he came up with it, he said "Lou told me to play something childlike". Sterl of course did not let on that he was ill, I noticed that his skin was pretty bad and I wondered if it had always been that way. They had Victor deLorenzo on drums that night, I had met him 13 years before after a Violent Femmes gig and he was surrounded by girls in that green room. Mo and Sterl signed 3 albums and 3 cds for me, all of which are now displayed in my home.
That's a great story - thank you so much for sharing it with us!
This has been a simply brilliant tribute to Sterling. Thank you for all the time and love you put into this Cam.
What a fantastic trilogy! This needs to be more promoted by the TH-cam algorithm ! I remember first hearing the Velvets in college in the mid 80s probably shortly after all their records were re-released. Coming from a more Grateful Dead, classic rock, jam band background, I was initially perplexed and fascinated by their sound. It was over the next few years that I realized how incredibly talented they were. They were really just ahead of their time. That’s the reason why they weren’t more financially successful initially. The record industry just didn’t know what the hell to do with them. Luckily, like me, fan after fan of younger generations, have realized that yes, they are the most influential rock act of all time I would argue.
Thanks so much for your comment - my story of discovering them is very similar to yours, and I agree with you completely!
A wonderful conclusion to an excellent series of documentaries.
Thank you so much. The love and dedication you put into producing these films pours right out of the screen.
Wishing you all the very best in your future endeavours.
Thank you so much!
Great series, well done. Sterling deserves recognition
Thank you Cam. This was a very beautiful tribute to Sterling Morrison and The Velvet Underground.
to me as a fan for half a century this four-part documentary is the place to go. hopefully many young music lovers will get to see it. the story of the velvet underground goes on. 💜
I hope so too 🙏🏻 Thank you!
Thank you so much for this deep dive into an artist that changed the course of history with his work.
Cam - thank you for that beautiful tribute to Sterling.
This is so heartwarming. I really have to watch in stops and starts because it's emotional to me. It takes a lot for a band to be a band, and they were for as long as it lasted, a band.
1:00:26....Impossible for mahself to watch that footage of that song without tears coming.....Sterling absolutely rips it....Everyone should see that segment in its entirety and you will know Rock Music...
I've watched all 3 parts & I think it's fantastic. Great job!!
Thank you! Please share it if you are able 🙏🏻
Ooh lovely.
A weapons grade excuse to procrastinate from my plans.
Cheers Cam 👌
YEP!
Who needs to sleep...overrated
Cheers
Cam - thank you again - for producing an important historic - living - documentary on Sterling's role in VU - a fitting tribute - many many thanks - I'm so glad you've kept this project going - & I may have found my AD412 ;-) the search for which brought me to discover your important recording of this history and bringing it back to life again ...
Thanks so much, Tim! Nice to hear from you again...glad to hear you've found an AD412. I think I mentioned to you previously that the only place I could find one was in Bulgaria...well, last month I bought it, and had it shipped over!
So now I have two awesome looking Vox stacks for the VU tribute band project - which is progressing well indeed, you'll be glad to hear - but a couple of weeks ago, the left channel on one of the AD120VTH heads stopped working - the one I've had over four years!
I've had it apart and am trying to fix it, but I've replaced several components and still, no dice. I've considered trying to build my own custom AC100/2's from scratch if I can't fix it, only I can't seem to find any clear information on the RMS power rating when paired with a 4/16ohm cab like the AD412 (I think the original AC100 cabs were 8ohm - the amps had 8/16 outputs, but I think with the latter the output is halved unless I'm mistaken)...otherwise I might opt for another (more reliable!) solid-state option, such as the Marshall Lead Mosfet 3210 (which is 100W at 4ohm - perfect for the AD412). I'd be interested to hear your thoughts!
Here's the forum thread with repair progress:
music-electronics-forum.com/forum/amplification/guitar-amps/maintenance-troubleshooting-repair/1006999-vox-ad120vth-amplifier-head-issue-left-channel-silent-dead-no-sound
Thanks For This Cam...beautiful
been one of my favorite bands for many years, and now I love them even more. thank you so much for this amazing documentary about this magneficent man and band!
This is super super super amazing. Thank you.
Cam you did it again ! Tasty and elegant just like sterling ! Thanks
Wow, that emotional ending hit quite unexpectedly deep! Again, this documentary is absolutely superb in its depth and detail, a product that only a true fan can make.
A side note: I saw them at Glastonbury festival in 93. Me and a friend, another big VU fan, had to walk away after just a few tunes, such was the horror of watching that train wreck. It was clear that it was down to Lou as he was clearly butchering beloved and cherished songs, with seemingly intent.
What a great job, thank you so much!
Part 3 was the best yet. Fantastic work, Cam.
This is truly one of the best things I’ve ever seen on TH-cam. Emotional end but I’m glad you included the Luna stuff Friendly Advice etc at the end . Another favourite. Stirring stuff.
Two things just occurred that I didn’t expect, first I got tears in the middle of a beautiful summer day as I heard about Sterling’s final days; then my disgust with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame grew more than I could’ve imagined listening to Moe’s description of the shabby treatment of their friend’s passing.
better than apple tv + doc.
Been hyped all week for the next part, really fantastic work you’re doing with this.
Amazing documentary. Truly beautiful Cam.
Amazing and wonderful on every level, informative, celebratory and very moving portrait of the greatest rock and roll band ever as seen through the eyes of its tugboat captain. I am blown away, thank you so much for this Mr. Forrester!
@@cwcoltere3949 You're very welcome - glad you have enjoyed it so much.
If I could ask a small favour; would you please share the film in any way you are able to? Many thanks!
th-cam.com/play/PLXFuVjTBILlgbL7vPV_j8aZiZ2njZTpoY.html&si=hytbt8L_vktTPnyu
What a beautiful conclusion to your series!
Thank you so much for this well researched and thoughtful tribute. In a way one of the best Velvets biographies too because it's almost a view from the side instead of a piercing spotlight focused on the usual suspects. Much more nuanced and detailed. Well done, Cam.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for sharing his story. I'd like to think he is smiling down, knowing more people would hear him. His guitar work would always be my favorite out of all guitarists, if only for how cool, elegant, and appropriate it sounds. No excess, just that Goldilocks spot that brings the song to its perfect form.
Thank you for this. You are a real one.
I hope so! Thanks so much ;)
Really a great final. Uff
Wow! I thought I knew a lot about the history of one of my favorite bands, but you've done something very special here. Excellent work!
Bravo Cam! I loved hearing from Sterlings wife. So sad to hear him say he was just hitting his stride when he got cancer. But wow Sterling wears a great mustache.
She really is a lovely, and fascinating person to talk to. So many great stories! Yes it is a very tragic ending though, and way too soon.
Thank you Cam…
Mr. Cam, just finished absorbing your A plus presentation here. What a tribute to Holmes Sterling, guitarist, English professor, tug boat captain, and all around fascinating human. Heroic and inspirational, both your documentary creation and Sterling the man.
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Thanks for this, beautiful work
I started being a fan of VU as a teenager. I was fascinated by the artistery & the experimental approach. They were hypnotizing me with their rythms & the soaring guitar work of Sterling Morrison & Doug Yule. They were a very interesting band, incredible lyrics and they were getting better & better on each album/concert. That Morrison was dying in the same age like my mom,who had incurable,not treatable form of cancer saddens me profoundly! Seems he was a good soul,even worse to accept such a terrible sickness was taking him away! What a good documentary,Cam!
Would like so much doing some music with someone like you. It never happened. But the music is flowing constantly through my venes! Its existential to have it...wish you only the best for whatever your planning as next. Hugs. (Finally all the critics understand today how good they were. And the young rock fans adore them. Deserved,my friend. Just like the merits for your DOC!)
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Indeed, a very tragic ending! But thank you very much, and I'm glad you enjoyed the documentary!
Beautiful work Cam, he's one of the unsung heroes of rock and roll
Thank you so very much, Cam. This was a labour of love. Most of all, as a musician you realized and honored the fact that the impact of a band isn't just a front man but the sum of those who worked together with passion for what they did to make a band exceptional. I've always love Sterling, but what you did so well was to show to all how much he added to the impact of the Velvets. Bless you Cam for giving us this insight and a thoughtful tribute. The last ten minutes I had to fight back the tears. So many of those we've loved are gone and this was a way of honoring them if not through Sterling's story. You affirm the last 30+ years I've had for the Velvets and taken it beyond what words could express.
@@friendsofjackketch860 Thank you for offering such lovely feedback and appreciation - this means a great deal to me 🙏🏻
Damn. I can't believe how good this Doc was! Thanks Cam!!
Outstanding. Simply the best,
Awesome. 5am viewing here in southwest USA. Perfect sunrise content. Random thought: the Velvets' Mo Tucker and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience could pass for brother and sister.
A really well-done and moving tribute to a guy who played music for the right reasons: personal artistic satisfaction.
Fantastic documentary, goad to see Sterling Morrison getting the spotlight he deserved
Keep up the good work Cam!
Absolutely loved it. Well done Cam
So good!!!!! Thanks.
Amazing work! Thank you!
Thank you for making these.
congrats, fantastic doc.
your welcome.
great documentary.
Amazing documentary
Brilliant, informative and deeply moving.
I've thoroughly loved all 3 parts of this documentary. Great story, great band, expertly told.
I don't see a link to part one in the description, so you might want to include that. TH-cam often recommends me the last part of a series for some odd reason.
Thanks, I'll do that!
Absolutely fantastic series, thanks for the hard work.
It’s funny how the one song on Loaded that Sterling didn’t play on is I Found a Reason. The lead part sounds so much like Sterling’s parts on Pale Blue Eyes and Waiting for the Man.
It does i was shocked to learn he didnt play on it
Indeed...but then compare the lead guitar part in 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' - not just the playing itself, but the guitar tone also - with 'I Found A Reason', and hear the similarity between them...Doug was a very good player!
@@CAMFORRESTER I honestly wonder what the reunion would’ve been like had they brought in Doug. I know this is your last Velvets video for sometime, and I’m looking forward to future content. But PLEASE do a Doug documentary (Dougumentary) whenever you can. Great work!
Loved this!
Thanks for making this story based on this icon. He's one of the guitarists who deserves more recognition.
A very well thought out documentary indeed too! If you decide to it again on Reed & Cale, then I'll make sure to witness firsthand.
It's very cool that I got to follow a certain individual who's not only an big VU devotee, but also an accomplished artist whose own work is very interesting.
Your album pretty much reminds of The Velvets, not just them also The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Motown etc. I can't wait what you have in store for your music & channel.
A lot of what I'm saying is coming from a guy who's also an artist & composer. Keep moving forward as always, don't let anyone get you down.
P.S. Cause thoughts don't sleep at night, when you're wired!
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you have enjoyed the series, and even more glad that you appreciate my original music work - that really means a lot 🙏🏻 Rest assured that there is plenty more content/material coming very, very soon. I only wish we weren't on opposite sides of the pond, as it would be great to be able to jam together! 😉🎸🎹🥁
@CAMFORRESTER yeah no kidding about the last part since after all were both directly influenced by them, the band has some connection with your country (I actually mean UK) with Cale being from there. Ugh lol! Also I'll be looking forward for seeing your band projects live on your channel!
Anyway I did this acoustic instrumental cover of WL/WH, hope you enjoy it even though it had some fumbles.
th-cam.com/video/edJMkDOTenA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AimzSLyIwGkWHzN2
Choked up at 1:15. Damn.
I have one criteria when reading a review about the Velvet Underground; if they describe Sterling Morrison as the bassist, I do not read any further.
Or that they used an electric violin
Once again: Excellent work! Where did you get rare photos and films? IMO Sterling is much under rated, but to me it seems Lou had very much respect for him.
Thanks! The photos and films are from varying sources compiled over several years 😅
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Hey Cam ever since discovering your velvet underground related content 2 years ago with your Venus in furs video ive loved everything you’ve put this documentary has been my favourite one of the lot. I also have a question about I guess I’m falling in love I’m planning on playing a cover of it with my band for college next year and im just wondering what tuning Sterling and Lou are in because my guitarists aren’t sure of what tuning they’re using on the gymnasium recording
Hi there! Thanks, I'm really glad you've been enjoying all my VU content! The tuning for GIFIL is DGCFAD or 'D-Standard' - hope this helps!
@@CAMFORRESTERthanks cam I really appreciate it looking forward to see what non VU stuff your going to put out in the future!
Cam: I have two questions that I believe you can answer.
1. Doug Yule continued with the band and recorded the last record because he was told to or because he wanted to?
2. Exactly why he was not invited to the reunion tour and to the induction of the rocknroll hall of fame?
Thank you very much.
Lou and John didnt want Yule there from what i gathered. It was a tense reunion at times already, and dont think they wanted to add another personality, especially a guy that replaced one of the members. Sterling, and i think Moe did want him for the reunion. Also, i think Lou may have still had some resentment about him continuing the band with Sesnick the way he did. I think i got that info from reading a Sterling interview. Yule has said that Lou basically treated him like he was an idiot at times, which he admitted he could be gullible at times, especially about what the lyrics meant.
Imagine how great it would of been to have all 5 of them together...
You might of seen Yule did do an interview with Moe and Lou at the New York Library some time before Lou's passing. Lou didnt seem interested any time he talked, which was unfortunate.
As for the first question i dont know, and i know this was for Cam. But ive read any info i can get on VU over the years. But i am just going off memory, so maybe he will have something to add.
@@natetheannihilnater1886 Amazing! Thank you very much. The five of them in 1993 would have been insane. The only information I had was from the Todd Haynes documentary. John said he never ever met Doug. So I was wondering why he wasn't even considered for the reunion or the Rocknroll hall of fame.
Doug carried on after Lou and Sterling quit because their manager Steve Sesnick wanted to keep something going.
Doug wanted Moe to play the drums, but she was pretty fed up by that point and wouldn't take any bullshit from Sesnick, so she quit as well after their European tour.
The album was performed almost entirely by Doug, along with Ian Paice of Deep Purple on the drums, and Doug wanted to release it as a solo record, but Sesnick got it released by Polydor under the band name instead, and ignored all of Doug's mixing notes. Doug hated the result, and quit himself shortly thereafter.
As for the '93 reunion, I concur with Nate, although the rhetoric that Lou hated Doug is debatable...Doug did some session work for Lou in the mid-70's and even went on tour with him, so he couldn't have hated him that much. The infamous "Dead I hope..." quote dates from 1972 when things were probably still pretty raw for Lou.
While it's possible they may have fallen out again later on, I'd say it's more likely that Doug was left out of '93 so as not to add any additional threat to what was already inherent in the newly-formed alliance between Lou and John, which turned out to be short-lived even without Doug in the picture.
oh good, it's almost a hundred degrees here and i have 90 minutes to forget how miserable i am for a while--thanks
Glad I could help! ;)
I know the source that claims Sterling didn't play on I Found A Reason, but that's 100% false. Listen to the lead part, it's unmistakably Sterling's deft right hand. Love the.video series though!
Yeah it comes from David Fricke's essay in the Peel Slowly and See booklet.
I thought exactly the same too with regards to 'I Found A Reason', until I found out that the solo in 'Rock And Roll' was played by Doug. It seems he was very good at emulating Sterling's playing style, he played the lead part in 'Oh, Sweet Nuthin' too. Of course one can never be 100% certain, but it does seem that Doug played the majority of the lead guitar on Loaded. Sterling's contributions were mostly rhythm parts.
@@CAMFORRESTER The solo on Rock and Roll sounds nothing like Sterling or Lou to me, so it's not surprising that it's Doug. Have you read Doug's 1996 article The Lowdown on Loaded? He gives a track-by-track analysis of who played what. For I Found A Reason, he says he only played bass.
@@leamanc I had not come across that article before, no - so thank you!
Upon reading, it does indeed confirm the 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' solo as Doug, but it claims 'I Found A Reason' could either be Sterl or Lou. Of course I agree that the 'Rock and Roll' solo sounds nothing like either of them, but the similarity between the playing on 'I Found A Reason' and 'Oh Sweet Nuthin' is what inclinated me to assume David Fricke's claim was correct.
If it was in fact Sterling, I wonder where he got that information from? I think Sterling was still alive when he wrote it...🤔
@@CAMFORRESTERIt seems the original source for that claim is the Victor Bockris VU bio Uptight. But in that same book, Bockris says Doug does the spoken word part in I Found A Reason, so I think Bockris made a lot of things up
@@leamanc Yea, Bockris certainly did make stuff up. A good friend of mine who was also a VU nerd, and had been one much longer than me, did not hold the Bockris book in high regard.
I notice Yule said during that 1996 interview he thinks Lou and him played electric on Lonesome Cowboy Bill, which is possible, but the choppy rhythm sound always makes me think of Sterling, though ive seen Lou play like that before too. Maybe Yule could do that style well too, as Cam said.
Lou reminds me of Jerry Lewis when he speaks.
I can hear what you mean, yeah! He seems to express a bit more widely (higher in pitch particularly), but indeed, a similar accent!
downtown is spelled wrong on Loaded--that's how much anyone cared
I always love to hear history about the Velvet Underground after Lou left. Sterling packing an empty suitcase and staying behind in Texas while the band was flying back to NYC was a fitting end to his tenure in the band.
Doug Yule's soul patch is the real villain in this story...
Soul patch?
@@CAMFORRESTER ...soul patch= his lower lip whiskers, lol.
haha every vw has heat, if you don't feel it it is because there is a little flap that opens when u turn the knob to let the heat in, if the cable breaks the flap will not open and u will feel no heat--i fixed mine by jamming an old tennis ball which kept the flap open and let the heat in---kinda late info now, but ya know someone might have an older one--ill stop now
I have a Citroen 2cv which is very much the same affair!