Don't Turn Your Back On Friday Night
From EP Tom Morello - Meet former gravedigger turned doorman at the Park Hyatt in Chicago turned frontman to his own band, Ike Reilly. At 40 years old he landed a recording contract with Universal and in true rock & roll fashion he bought his family a dream home in his hometown of Libertyville, IL. Ike took his band out on the road where they became what The New York Times called “one of the best live bands in America.” Despite 9 albums, a cult following and immense critical acclaim Reilly has not yet found widespread commercial success. Academy Award-winning director James Marsh says, “Ike’s stuff sounds like it should be enormously successful, and it just isn’t, and I have no idea why.” Exploring Ike’s career and life, this new documentary film culls over 40 years of footage masterfully weaving in songs that reveal a complicated and formidable artist with an incredibly charismatic family. Struggling with booze, a love/hate relationship with his hometown he never left, his deeply rooted Catholic faith and the face of foreclosure on the dream house he raised his family in, Ike finds redemption in music, art & family as his 3 sons begin performing with his band. In addition to Ike, his band, his wife Kara Dean, his mother Roz Reilly, his daughter Hannah Stone, and three sons Shane Reilly, Kevin Reilly and Mickey Reilly featured in the film are: Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine - band); David Pasquasi (Veep, Book Of Boba Fett); Johnny Hickman (Cracker - band); David Lowery (Cracker - band); Tony Fitzpatrick (Artist, Actor - Patriot); Mars Williams (Psychadelic Furs - band); and many more.
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Don't Turn Your Back On Friday Night
From EP Tom Morello - Meet former gravedigger turned doorman at the Park Hyatt in Chicago turned frontman to his own band, Ike Reilly. At 40 years old he landed a recording contract with Universal and in true rock & roll fashion he bought his family a dream home in his hometown of Libertyville, I...