#roger williamson

[cazzyf1]

I love music, and I love classic Formula One. And I always wonder about what music drivers liked listening to.

I don't know an awful lot but below is all the information I do know, and if you know what music your favourite drivers liked then I would love to know!

Niki Lauda:

His favourite song was 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman, but he also liked lots of her other songs like 'Talking about a Revolution'. He listened to Bob Marley a lot in the 70s and was a fan (and friend) of George Harrison. He liked the song 'Imagine' by John Lennon. He was also a fan of Bill Withers, Randy Newman, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin, and he was also quite the fan of George Ezra and would hit the dance floor if the song 'Budapest' came on.

Roger Williamson:

He loved rock and roll music and would listen to it while working on his car. His favourite band was T-Rex, their song 'Get It On', being one he listened to most. His partner at the time said she now always associates the song 'Killing Me Softly with his song' by Roberta Flack with Roger because they sang it on a road trip not long before he passed away.

Wolfgang von Trips:

He liked classical music because of his mum and upbringing, but he was also introduced to Jazz music when he came in contact with the Americans who took over his house for a bit, which he loved.

Mike Hawthorn:

In one of his Sunday Times car reviews, he mentions listening and singing along to the song 'Hey There' by Rosemary Clooney on the radio.

James Hunt:

I don't know what song or artists he liked, but James Hunt loved listening to music and would carry radios and other transportable music devices to listen to music. I believe he liked classical music but also the current popular music. He and Niki went to a disco with Fat Domino playing, so potentially, they were both fans of his.

François Cevert:

I believe I read somewhere that Jackie Stewart said François Cevert's favourite music was 'Beethoven's Piano Sonata no 8 in c minor' and that he could play it well.

[frenchcurious]

Roger Williamson 1948-1973. © Andrew Kitson. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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look at that smile

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[nthspecialll]

Funny stories from set

Here are some funny stories from the making of red dead that I have heard in interviews, with links to the videos if I have been able to find them again, just click the text with the line under.

(25.40) Between the takes of Red Dead Redemption 2, Rob (John) worked construction and one day they were using a Skidloader and he got driven over. He had to reach up and bang on the side of the thing to alert the driver. He ended up with a broken foot and couldn't work for eight months. One of the scenes that someone else ended up doing for him was Rip Van Winkle.

(31.22) The interaction where Charles throws Micah was orignally Charles throwing Bill and was the first thing that Noshir (Charles) filmed on set. With a mo-cap suit follows this big thing in front of the face that helps capture facial expressions (I think), and Noshir was like "I am going to wreck some shit" after being told that he wasn't allowed to turn his head to avoid his and Steve's (Bill) equipment crashing together and after being told over and over, they did it and the equipment indeed broke. So while standing in a T-pose after the set was done, he was just like "... I am so fired."

(6.45) Mick (Sean) and Roger (Arthur) actually knew one another before working on red dead together. Roger worked at a pub not far from the resturant that Mick worked at where they put plays on on the second floor and Roger would come and do readings. Roger auditioned for a part in a play around the beginning of rdr2, and he got the part however he had to cancel due to another bigger job he had gotten. And then Mick got the role of Sean and he figured it all out.

(36.40) Gabriel (Javier) started a rumor that the director was his dad, his stepdad. A lot of the new people on set would come up and be like "I feel like he doesn't like me" and Gabriel would be like "Oh don't worry that is just my dad, he likes you don't worry."

(41.30) Steve (Bill) and Ben (Dutch) would often stay in the same hotel when they were filming and they had this ritual called "Whiskey Hottop" where they would get in a hottop, pour themselves some whiskey and sit together. Sometimes Rob and Noshir would join as well.

(5.17) Rob and Ben knew one another as well from before the first red dead, as they both worked security at a bar called sky bar in Hollywood.

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Scream 3 (2000)

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Dutch: We just need more money, one more take and we’re done

Arthur’s honest reaction knowing full damn well he has 800k:

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Hey it’s been a while!! I’ve had the worst artist block EVER but hopefully (with me on summer break), I’ll be able to draw more often!

But!! Here are some scene redraws from the 1990 movie!

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My YouTube playlist of Brian's work outside of the Rolling Stones.

I'll also include this article that provides more detail: https://tinnitist.com/2024/09/28/area-residents-stylus-counsel-brian-jones-show-tell/

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Comic haul!

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more Al Williamson brilliance

[cazzyf1]

Some information about Roger Williamson from the book 'The Lost Generation'

Roger was inspired to race by his father who raced speedway bikes

Him and his father raced together

A local, Tom Wheatcroft, who wanted to help a local boy offered to buy a new engine for Roger Williamson. Later Tom's wife opened their front door to find Roger covered in dirt and oil holding a ticket to Silverstone for Tom.

When Tom arrived, Roger had crashed and thought it was the end of his career. Tom sponsored him and got the car fixed for the race.

Roger would be cost conscious and refused to get things he didn't need even if Tom implored him to.

Roger never took his support for granted

"He always had time for you, and had absolutely no side. If he said "hello" to you once, he'd always acknowledge your presence there after however tense the race environment was."

"He never came in and said it was the car, never blamed the far. If anything weren't right, he thought it were him that were off."

Roger would take his girlfriend around the track before he raced so they knew what was going on.

"He was, in many respects, quite shy"

"I've always liked red wine, and when we would go out for a meal he'd say, "I suppose you want some of that red stuff?" He rarely drank wine, but if he had some he'd say, "Hmm it's not bad is it?" He was never a great drinker, and he used to tease me and say, "you'd better choose the wine, I haven't got a bloody clue what I am doing!" - his girlfriend

He wore a flat cap as his personal gimmick

His girlfriend has always associated the song 'Killing me softly with his song' by Roberta Flack with him as they drived around listening and singing to that song one day

"The one thing I actually fear more than anything is being burned alive." - Roger Williamson

[frenchcurious]

La dernière et fatale course de Roger Williamson (March 731 Ford-Cosworth) au Grand Prix des Pays-Bas 1973 à Zandvoort, suivi sur la photo par le héros inglorieux David Purley, également en March 7301 Ford-Cosworth). © LAT / Sport automobile. - source Carros e Pilotos.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have 4 Film Favorites Final Destination Collection It has Final Destination 2000, Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006) and The Final Destination 4 (2009)

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[nthspecialll]

Out of place

As some of you might know, some of the scenes with different characters where in fact not mo-caped (motion captured) by the correct actors, so here is a short combination of when the "wrong" actors were used.

When filming the end credits for rdr2, the actor for Mary Linton wasn't in, so instead Roger Clark stepped in. So in the scene when Mary is crying over Arthur's grave it is in fact Arthur crying over Arthur.

For about eight months, Rob was not able to come in and mo-cap because his foot was broken after being driven over by a skidloader at his daily construction job, meaning a few different actors took his role in different scenes. One of these scenes is the iconic "Rip Van Winkle", I don't know who acted it, but it wasn't him.

In a random event out in the woods you might meet a bear trying to kill a man, Roger played the role of that bear, screaming and shaking the poor fella who was getting attacked by the bear.

Rob mo-caped one of the night folk and appearently he was so terrible at it he doesn't even know if it was accepted into the game. He kept being told he had to be more "wolf-ish," which he didn't quite know what meant.

Honorary mention from rdr1, in the very first scene with John on the train you also see Bonnie, however it was not Kimberly Irion who plays Bonnie that mo-capped that bit as she had not been cast yet, it was in fact Steve who voices Bill that did that part.