Wholphin

Directed by: Jim McGorman

Liner Notes:

“It was Omar’s song that they were singing. They all had an Omar, their Omar.

It was the feeling of someone back there, hearing the song like it was coming up from somewhere. It’s the remembering song…the long song.”

- Sidney Bechet, talking about his grandfather Omar, a slave

Charlie saw the sign while we were driving past Bob and Barbara’s Lounge on South Street in Philadelphia: ‘Mon, Fri, Sat - Nate Wiley and The Crowd Pleasers’

‘You gotta love a band with a name like that,’ he said.
He was right.

I hope you enjoy this portrait of the band.

Thanks to Jack Prince, the owner of Bob and Barbara’s, for keeping the doors open to a place where ‘the long song’ can be heard.

Biography:

www.jimmcgorman.net
www.sbkpictures.com

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