STERLING. The Velvet Warrior – new fan doc on Velvet Underground guitarist

Cam Forrester put together a Sterling Morrison documentary in three parts kicking off Saturday (June 22) at 8 am EST.  

Here's the scoop...

A preview trailer for the brand new three-part documentary feature, in which independent artist Cam Forrester explores the career of Sterling Morrison - guitarist of The Velvet Underground - paying a long-overdue tribute to one of the most underrated rock guitarists in music history, and taking a detailed look into his background, his style of playing, his intuitive contributions to the music, and the turbulent story - from his perspective - of one of the most important bands of the 1960s.

Sterling was highly intellectual, and an articulate speaker, with a sharp tongue and dry wit.

He gave numerous interviews over the years, where he covered his experiences during the band years in great depth. These have been compiled into one cohesive timeline, and all of his quotes are read aloud by voice actor Wyatt Markus - bringing the late musician's words back to life, in addition to actual audio/video of Sterling himself where available.

Also included are personal accounts from Sterling’s widow, Martha Morrison, as well as music industry executive Bill Bentley (who was a close friend of Sterling’s and played with him in a band called The Bizarro’s during the 1970s), and musician Dean Wareham (frontman of the band Luna, who supported The Velvet Underground during their reunion tour of Europe, in 1993) who have all contributed audio interviews, offering their memories of the guitarist. Plus several demonstration/reconstruction scenes performed by Cam Forrester, using the same guitar models as Sterling originally used on recordings.

Sterling was quoted saying that he intended to write a book of his memories of the band years, to be titled ‘The Velvet Underground Diet’, but tragically died one day after his 53rd Birthday, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, on August 30th 1995, before ever getting around to doing so.

The aim of the documentary is to tell as many of Sterling’s recollections that were written down over the years, to as many people as possible all over the world.

RELEASE SCHEDULE:

PART I: 'SLOW INITIATION' - 22.06.2024

PART II: 'CRUSADING' - 29.06.2024

PART III: 'ENTROPY' - 06.07.2024

- ALL AT 12PM NOON [GMT]

Check out STERLING. The Velvet Warrior – Part I: Slow Initiation followed by Cam Forrester's previous Velvets doc "Foundation Velvet: The Drumming of Maureen 'Moe' Tucker" below.