92 year-old Irving Fields has been writing hit songs since the 1920's. He recorded over 90 albums, including his biggest LP hit, Bagels and Bongos. Socalled suggested he write a song about Youtube, and he did. He plays 6 nights a week at Nino's Tuscanny, on 58th between 6th and 7th... oh, and Irving plays on Socalled's most recent album, Ghettoblaster. irvingfields.net, myspace.com/socalled
92 year-old Irving Fields made dozens of LP's, wrote countless songs, some of them hits like "Miami Beach Rhumba". He still plays 6 nights a week at an Italian restaurant in NYC, Nino's Tuscanny. Socalled told him about Youtube, and Irving was inspired to write a song. Irving performs on Socalled's most recent album, Ghettoblaster. irvingfields.net, myspace.com/socalled
This Montreal-based senior's orchestra still meets every Tuesday. I made this short film in 1998 for a class at McGill University. Conductor David Katz passed away one week after I completed the project...