Johnny Bagpipes
may have descended from a long line of traditional Scottish Bagpipe
players, but deep in his soul he knows he was born to rock. Get
to know Johnny as he wanders the urban landscape sharing his music,
his dreams and his tortured existence as an artist.
Production Notes
"John, Liz and I went out and just played 'make believe'.
At the end of the day we all just knew that we had something pretty
special", says Korgan. John Johnston, a longtime friend of
Korgan's and a bagpipe virtuoso turned comedian, was thrilled
to hit the streets of Portland with the rough but quirky script
and a small film crew. Korgan and the crew followed Johnny all
over the city as he interacted with real people and told the world
about his struggle as a natural-born rocker descending from a
long line of traditional Scottish bagpipe players. About the process,
Korgan explained," We just walked and talked and discovered
the character as we went, John was a real natural for this."
Film burned, everyone had a blast and at about 5 PM that evening
JOHNNY B. was in the can, where it stayed for about three months
until Korgan and editor, David Massachi, cut together an oddly
amusing and inspiring film.