Joe Strummer en el Mirador de San Nicolás (Granada)
En el metraje de 'Quiero Tener Una Ferretería en Andalucía' se narra, parece que con pocos medios económicos pero con las valiosas aportaciones de los recuerdos de conocidos y algún material de archivo, esos periplos de Joe Strummer (The Clash) por Granada y Almería, sitios que frecuentó una vez que su famosa banda se iba yendo al garete y terminó por desaparecer. En Granada, adonde llegó influido por su pasión por Lorca (recordemos que la canción 'Spanish Bombs' del álbum London Calling estaba dedicada al poeta granadino), se hizo un círculo de amigos e incluso produjo un disco de la banda local 091. Luego repitió visitas e incluso actuó en un spaghetti-western-punk, 'Straight To Hell' (Alex Cox, 1987), rodado en el desierto de Tabernas (Almería), desierto conocido por sus poblados del Oeste que sirvieron en su momento de escenario para películas y que ahora sólo quedaron como atracción para turistas. Conoció el Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata, donde terminó comprando casa (concretamente en San José) y volviendo en los veranos con su familia. Una historia que se conocía poco más allá de fans, círculos de implicados e interesados y por Internet (sobre todo los relatos de su amigo Jesús Arias en los foros de ipunkrock y que transcribí aquí hace un tiempo), que merecía salir a la luz pública y que ya está disponible en este documental estrenado en algunos festivales y ciclos, esos eventos especiales en los que se puede ver este tipo de material. Ahora sólo queda esperar la posibilidad de disfrutarlo...
Called for the international market 'Hey Joe, Strummer in Andalusia' [original title 'I Want to Own a Hardware Store in Andalusia'] this documentary is made, it seems, with little money but with the valuable contributions of the memories of the people who were his buddies over here and with some archival material, narrating the voyages and anecdotes of Joe Strummer (The Clash) in Granada and Almeria (in the South of Spain), places he used to visit once his famous band was going to hell and finally disappeared. In Granada, where he arrived influenced by his passion for Lorca (remember the song 'Spanish Bombs' in London Calling was dedicated to the universal poet from Granada), he ended up having a close circle of friends and even produced a CD for the local band 091. After repeated visits and even starring in a punk-spaghetti-western, 'Straight To Hell' (Alex Cox, 1987), shot in the desert of Tabernas (Almeria), a desert known for the settlements who served in the seventies for making many of those cheap Western films, he then visited the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, where he ended up buying a house (specifically in the little town of San Jose) and returning every summer with his family. A not very well known story that was only common to fans and told in small local chats and online forums (especially the stories of his friend Jesus Arias in ipunkrock.com and that I transcribed here some time ago), wich deserved being told and is available for those who want to know about it in this documentary that was already premiered in special occasions and small Festivals and will soon be ready for an international debut. Now I just have to wait for the chance of enjoying it myself somehow...
Called for the international market 'Hey Joe, Strummer in Andalusia' [original title 'I Want to Own a Hardware Store in Andalusia'] this documentary is made, it seems, with little money but with the valuable contributions of the memories of the people who were his buddies over here and with some archival material, narrating the voyages and anecdotes of Joe Strummer (The Clash) in Granada and Almeria (in the South of Spain), places he used to visit once his famous band was going to hell and finally disappeared. In Granada, where he arrived influenced by his passion for Lorca (remember the song 'Spanish Bombs' in London Calling was dedicated to the universal poet from Granada), he ended up having a close circle of friends and even produced a CD for the local band 091. After repeated visits and even starring in a punk-spaghetti-western, 'Straight To Hell' (Alex Cox, 1987), shot in the desert of Tabernas (Almeria), a desert known for the settlements who served in the seventies for making many of those cheap Western films, he then visited the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, where he ended up buying a house (specifically in the little town of San Jose) and returning every summer with his family. A not very well known story that was only common to fans and told in small local chats and online forums (especially the stories of his friend Jesus Arias in ipunkrock.com and that I transcribed here some time ago), wich deserved being told and is available for those who want to know about it in this documentary that was already premiered in special occasions and small Festivals and will soon be ready for an international debut. Now I just have to wait for the chance of enjoying it myself somehow...
Joe Strummer en el Albayzín (Granada)
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