Prom and she begged him to
come see the band perform live.
When he did he was not only
blown away, he began to fall in
love with their story.
“I talked to them over a long
time about doing stuff - even a
musical at one point - and I real-
ized the story I really wanted to
tell about them was their own,”
said Davenport. “Most bands
have a shelf life of like a year and
a half or two years, but for some
reason that band just will not
some of the greatest rock bands quit. They keep going and going
of all time, which is one reason
and going. They’re so passionate,
he wanted the show to have its
love what they do so much, and
premiere in the Garden State.
they work so hard. They sleep in
I mentioned a mutual interest
that van! And I did it with them
of ours - a band from Colum-
in 100 degrees heat. It’s a tough
bus, Ohio called Red Wanting
life, but they will not give up. And
Blue that happens to have a
that’s an amazing story.”
lead singer (Scott Terry) born
That story was captured in Dav-
and raised in South Jersey. As
enport’s film These Magnificent
luck would happen, Scott’s girl- Miles, which features a quote
friend was in a production of
from a New Jersey Stage review
Davenport’s The Awesome 80s
of mine in the opening minutes!
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