Music Mondays Presents The Legendary Joe Meek

Tonight, Alamo Music Mondays presents The Legendary Joe Meek, a made-for-TV look at the life and death of the eccentric 1960s record producer whose innovative recording techniques and bizarre personal life made him one of the most interesting figures in early 1960s pop.

Probably most famous for his hit songs "Telstar" and "Have I the Right", meek is widely regarded as Britain's first independent record producer, regularly churning out top 50 hits from a DIY studio in his Islington flat. Meek was also known as a technical trailblazer, pioneering the then-obscure techniques of multi-tracking, effects processing and sampling. But despite his success, Joe's drug-fueled paranoia ultimately got the better of him, culminating in an unexplained murder-suicide that has (sadly) become the most widely known aspect of his legacy.

Tonight's screening will also feature a sneak-peek at Howard Berger’s upcoming documentary Something I’ve Got To Tell You: A Life In The Death Of Joe Meek.

* Note: Music Mondays will be preempted by the SXSW Film Festival next week. It will return on Monday March 19th with 8-Bit, a film about art & video games co-presented by The Austin Museum of Digital Art and AICN.

Music Mondays Presents The Legendary Joe Meek
Monday, March 5th
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
9:45pm, $2 / $1 Student, AFS
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