Whistle player tonight at the Academy awards

lollycross · Post by **lollycross** » Sun Mar 24, 2002 1:18 pm

HI all,
My Beatle sources say Jim Walker from Titanic will be playing whistle with Sir Paul
McCartney on his new song Vanilla Sky tonight
at the Academy Awards.
I bet we get a lot more interest in the whistle after this!
lolly

Post by **Dale** » Sun Mar 24, 2002 5:57 pm

"Jim Walker from Titanic" ?

Maybe this is ANOTHER candidate for the "guy who played on the Titanic soundtrack" title. There are many.

Dale

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Curlyblue · Post by **Curlyblue** » Sun Mar 24, 2002 10:29 pm

Yeah, saw that.... (heard it).....

but what whistle was played

and

what are the thoughts on this 'whistle promotion' ?

(worth staying up till 5.30......)

P.S. it's nice to be back here.

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 8:13 am

I think it was a brass Feadog or Walton's, and I don't know the type of low whistle that was used.

That was some great whistling, wasn't it? I'm so tickled that whistling is getting more and more high-profile attention!

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 8:31 am

It looked like he started with a Low whistle, though between broadcast sound and my hearing I wouldn't swear the key was D. He then switched to a high whstle and all I can say was the barrel was metal. Unfortunately, the director seemed to prefer McCartney's right profile, which gave us lots of shots of the other guitar, but no more than a few shadowy glimpses of the whistle player to his right rear. The guy was good, though.

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 8:46 am

I sawn the head piece of the higher whistle and it appeared to be a shade of green. I'm not sure which whistle it was though.

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 12:02 pm

DANGIT!

I missed watching it. ah, well.

Kendra · Post by **Kendra** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 12:19 pm

When I saw the green fipple, I thought it was a Walton's - it kind of sounded like a Walton's too. What color of fipple does the little black Walton's have? On my TV, the fipple looked kind of a flourescent green. I recorded that part of the broadcast and will see if I can get a good capture to post on this board.

mgwhitehead · Post by **mgwhitehead** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 12:24 pm

On 2002-03-25 09:13, Cees wrote:
I'm so tickled that whistling is getting more and more high-profile attention!

Humpf. Not me. The more non-whistling folk hear good whistle music, the less impressive I sound!!!

Whitey
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JayMitch · Post by **JayMitch** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 1:18 pm

On 2002-03-24 18:57, DaleWisely wrote:
"Jim Walker from Titanic" ?

Maybe this is ANOTHER candidate for the "guy who played on the Titanic soundtrack" title. There are many.

Dale

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Dale

I have no inside info, but I would say there is a high probability that this was the guy playing whistle on the Titanic soundtrack.

He is a top drawer LA studio musician who has performed on tons of movie soundtracks, including Titanic. His website ( http://www.jimwalkerflute.com/jimwalker/ ) doesn't say what instrument he was playing for Titanic (he is principally a flute player), but elsewhere on his web site there is a reference to a piece he performs in which a "penny whistle was added to the original instrumentation". So, we know he plays the whistle, and that he was on hand when the soundtrack was recorded. I rest my circumstantial case.

-Jay

ThorntonRose · Post by **ThorntonRose** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 1:23 pm

There are 3 whistles that I know of that have a green fipple:

* Waltons - medium green, glossy
* Feadog - medium green (almost olive), matte
* Clare - bright green (almost neon), glossy

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 2:08 pm

The Generation Folk Whistle also has a brass body and a green fipple - looks a lot like a Clare.

Bagfed · Post by **Bagfed** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 3:24 pm

Yea, that thing was bright green and brass. it must have been a clare?

Man, I thought I was going to pass out on the couch after about the third hour. If I hadn't heard there'd be a whistler on "Vanilla Sky" I might have bailed. Then in a cruel irony, they show paul and the guitar player only. It was like a SNL skit or something. I half expected the whistler to like lean over in front of Paul to get his head in picture.

It was nice to see that poor Jennifer Lopez finaly could afford a whole dress. Did anyone SEE Gweneth Paltro before she left the house? and if they did why did they let her out in public? That was the most unflatering dress I can remember.

Okay I have to Butch up a little here, How about Indiana being in the final four, Eh?

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Jeferson · Post by **Jeferson** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 4:06 pm

I emailed this fellow today to ask him about the whistles he played last night. I also asked if he could shed any light on the Titanic mystery. I'll post any reply here.

Jef

lollycross · Post by **lollycross** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 6:55 pm

Thanks forthe Jim Walker web address. I WROTE TO HIM FOR ALL OF US! Who knows if he will answer or write in here. But at least he will
learn about Chiff and Fipple and that there
are Whistlers out there and we are alert
and interested in other whistle/flute players.
lolly