I’m really excited to post on this amazing website! I’ve been coming to the SWDB for a few years for great info. I’ve been hosting Spaghetti Western Sunday in New Orleans for a little over a year now at Banks Street Bar. We show a Spaghetti Western and have a band play during the intermissions.
We usually play three segments of movie and have three sets of music. Our regular band is Ron Hotstream and the Mid-City Drifters but we’ve had a few bands fill in over the year as well. While Ron & the Drifters are touring in Germany we have the Scordatura String Band Filling in. We’ve had a GREAT time the last year showing a Euro Western almost every Sunday along with great music. Our bands are:
I hope if any of the great patrons of this site are ever in New Orleans for the weekend that you come See Us at Banks Street Bar!
While we normally exclusively play Spaghetti Westerns, we have opted to play a few American Westerns for different reasons recently. We showcased The Magnificent Seven in honor of the passing of Eli Wallach not so long ago. While Ron Hotstream & the MidCity Drifters have been in Germany, we replayed the Dollars trilogy and continued with the Westerns Clint Eastwood made in the US after The Good The Bad and The Ugly. This has been an amazing experience with the Scordatura String band playing music from each of the movies played during their residency. Here’s a listing of what we have played in the last year and I hope you can make it out to New Orleans.
Jimi Palacios
6/30/2013 A Fistful of Dollars 1964
7/7/2013 For a Few Dollars More 1965
7/14/2013 The Good the Bad and the Ugly 1966
7/21/2013 Death Rides a Horse 1967
7/28/2013 The Grand Duel 1972
8/4/2013 Day of Anger 1967
8/11/2013 Navajo Joe 1966
8/18/2013 The Hellbenders 1967
8/25/2013 The Mercenary 1968
9/1/2013 The Great Silence 1968
9/8/2013 Django 1966
9/15/2013 OFF
9/22/2013 Django Kill! If You Live Shoot… 1967
9/29/2013 The Forgotten Pistolero 1969
10/6/2013 A Bullet for the General 1966
10/13/2013 Face to Face 1967
10/20/2013 The Big Gundown 1966
11/3/2013 Run Man Run 1968
11/10/2013 OFF
11/17/2013 Compañeros 1970
11/24/2013 Massacre Time 1966
12/1/2013 The Strangers Gundown 1969
12/8/2013 OFF
12/15/2013 Cemetery Without Crosses 1969
12/22/2013 Keoma 1976
12/29/2013 Mannaja 1977
1/5/2014 Blindman 1971
1/12/2014 OFF
1/19/2014 Four of the Apocalypse 1975
1/26/2014 The Unholy Four 1970
2/2/2014 OFF
2/9/2014 OFF
2/16/2014 Bandidos 1967
2/23/2014 And God Said to Cain… 1969
3/2/2014 OFF
3/9/2014 OFF
3/16/2014 The Tramplers 1965
3/23/2014 Twice a Judas 1968
3/30/2014 Texas Adios 1966
4/6/2014 OFF
4/13/2014 7 Dollars on the Red 1966
4/20/2014 Apocalypse Joe 1970
4/27/2014 Minnesota Clay 1964
5/4/2014 His Name Was King 1971
5/11/2014 They Call Him Graveyard 1971
5/18/2014 Bounty Killer 1966
5/25/2014 OFF
6/1/2014 Price of Power 1969
6/8/2014 One Dollar Too Many 1968
6/15/2014 OFF
6/22/2014 The Beast 1970
6/29/2014 The Magnificent Seven 1960
7/6/2014 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968
7/13/2014 A Fistful of Dollars 1964
7/20/2014 For a Few Dollars More 1965
7/27/2014 The Good the Bad and the Ugly 1966
8/3/2014 Hang 'Em High 1968
This Sunday August 10th we’re continuing our journey with the American Eastwood Westerns with Two Mules for Sister Sara! Music Provided by the Scordatura String band during the intermissions!
This Sunday August 17th we’re continuing our journey with the American Eastwood Westerns with Joe Kidd! Music Provided by the Scordatura String band during the intermissions. The Scordatura String Band will also be playing a Special 20 minute set of Spaghetti Favorites from Morricone and Bacalov. I’m going to record the set and put it up on YouTube. I’ve also tentatively plotted out the remainder of the year’s flicks!
8/24/2014 High Plains Drifter 1973
8/31/2014 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
9/7/2014 Pale Rider 1985
9/14/2014 Unforgiven 1992
9/21/2014 A Fistful of Dynamite - Duck You Sucker 1971
9/28/2014 OFF
10/5/2014 My Name is Nobody 1973
10/12/2014 A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe 1975
10/19/2014 God Forgives… I Don’t! 1967
10/26/2014 OFF
11/2/2014 Ace High 1968
11/9/2014 Boot Hill 1969
11/16/2014 They Call Me Trinity 1970
11/23/2014 Trinity Is Still My Name 1971
11/30/2014 Sabata 1969
12/7/2014 Adios, Sabata 1970
12/14/2014 Return of Sabata 1971
12/21/2014 A Pistol for Ringo 1965
12/28/2014 The Return of Ringo 1965
First off, this sounds really cool and if I was anywhere close I would definitely be there! Second, a question: What sources do you usually use to show your films? I noticed you have a few fims listed that don’t have US releases like Face to Face
Hey Johnny! Thanks, it really is a great time. I use laptops and an Epson projector. I hook up my sound through the PA. My old laptop is set to region 2 for the titles I have no 1 or 0 region dvd. My only limitation is making sure I have an English dub. English subtitles helps out a lot being a noisy bar.
This Sunday August 24th we’re continuing our journey with the American Eastwood Westerns with High Plains Drifter! Music Provided by the Scordatura String band during the intermissions! I’ll also be cooking Butterbeans with pork in a tomatillo/jalapeno base - Mexican Rice too!
Here are two clips from Nola County. They are a country band that has played at Spaghetti Western Sunday in New Orleans! We have a great time showcasing different bands during the intermissions of the movies we show. I hope you like!
Definitely. Makes me want to kick off the inaugural “Spaghetti Western Sunday in Pitsea, Essex” but it’d probably just consist of me watching/falling asleep in front of a Spag after my Sunday roast.
This Sunday August 31st we’re continuing our journey with the American Eastwood Westerns with The Outlaw Josey Wales! Music Provided by the Scordatura String band during the intermissions! I’ll be cooking a pork shoulder in homemade BBQ sauce, Butterbeans with pork in a tomatillo/jalapeno base, and Mexican Rice too! Come on down everyone!
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