The Waltons
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
The series pilot aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story and was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series originally aired on CBS for a total of nine seasons. After the series was canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television movie sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication.
Premise
Setting
The main story takes place in Walton's Mountain, a fictional town at the foot of a mountain in fictitious Jefferson County, Virginia.
The actual place upon which the stories are based is in Nelson County, Virginia and is the community of Schuyler.
Waltons (band)
The Waltons were a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Regina. The band received a 1994 Juno Award for Best New Group.
History
The band was originally known as "Neurotic Paperboy", before changing to The Waltons. They released two independent demo cassettes, '89 Demonstrations and Demo Sandwich, in 1989 and 1990. The band was formed in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Jason Plumb, Bass guitarist Keith Nakonechny and drummer David Cooney.
In 1992, with producer John Switzer, they released their debut album, Lik My Trakter ("like my tractor") independently. Also in 1991, they were nominated for two CFNY-FM CASBY Awards for 'Most Promising Band' and 'Best Western Canadian Band'. The following year, they signed to Warner Music Canada, and toured as a supporting act for Barenaked Ladies. Todd Lumley also joined the band that year, playing keyboards and accordion. The album became their commercial breakthrough, spawning the Top 40 hits "Colder Than You", "In the Meantime" and "The Naked Rain". The song "The Living Room" also received heavy airplay on many alternative stations around Canada.
The Waltons (UK band)
The Waltons were an anarchic band from the Isle of Wight in the UK. The socio-political post-punk/rock 5-piece fronted by Tony Gregson (aka Tony Walton), had one minor hit with "Brown Rice" (the long grain mix) in the mid-1980s, and starred in an early Colin Nutley movie shot on the island called Annika, about an Island boy falling in love with a Swedish exchange student.
Original line-up
Later to be joined by Sean the Riddler, on various keyboards and found hubcaps.
They were regular live performers on the Isle of Wight but never quite succeeded in totally breaking away from the island. They allegedly came to blows in the late 1980s whilst touring the Netherlands in an old hippy bus driven by ex-paratrooper and traveller, Sam Ganja. They disbanded soon afterwards due to problems with drugs, alcohol and mental illness.
Podcasts:
The Waltons
ALBUMS
- Vaguely Sunny: Isle of Wight Rock Anthology released: 2000
Vaguely Sunny: Isle of Wight Rock Anthology
Released 2000- Head of Steam
- So Much for Hollywood
- Beachboats
- The Seagull Ballroom and Buddy Holly (spoken)
- Deep Blue Feeling
- Disco Blue
- Bob Dylan Visits the Isle of Wight (spoken)
- Funny How the Time Goes
- Lakes of Ponchartrain
- Mind the Houses
- Urbanology
- Black Leather
- Lost in London (Extract)
- Just a Lover
- Adam and Eve
- The Godshill Festival (spoken)
- Endless Dream
- Tribute to Jimi Concert Introduction (spoken)
- Diamond Wight
- [silence]
The Waltons
ALBUMS
- The Western Cowpunk Association released: 2008
- Here Comes The Waltons released:
The Waltons
ALBUMS
- Cock's Crow released: 1995
- Lik My Trakter released: 1992
- Liv released:
- Empire Hotel released:
- Simple Brain released:
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by Deacon Blue
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by Deacon Blue and Ricky Ross
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by Xiu Xiu
The Wildness
by: Deacon BlueOh the rush hour is over
And the night has been trying
To drive us and chase us away
But we`re lovely and drunk now
And our laugh dosen`t
Rattle or fray
And the friday folk
Are coming round
Let the wildness
Have its way
Oh sweet autumn
With your dark surprise
And your short days all smudged with gold
You covered up
Worn paths for us
So no story could be told
And sent the dark
Come tumbling down
So the wildness
Can`t grow cold
So the morning
Would never know
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Driving me on again
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Shaking me
Letting me know
There were two of us driving
We were six miles out
And a
Hundred miles to go
Still the morning lies waiting
And the light falls
On your travel map
I`m still here hoping
For the wildness
To relax
For the wildness
To go back
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Driving me on again
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Shaking me
Letting me know
I said yeah
Can you
Feel it
I went up to your house one night
I took 59 in the rain
And I saw your tiny face shine
So calm and so bright
And so gay
I called in
I called out
I couldn`t see any other name
I woke
One morning
With the wildness
Once again
With the wildness
Shining in
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Driving me on again
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Shaking me
Letting me know
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Driving me on again
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Shaking me
Letting me know
Of the wildness
Of the wildness baby
Driving me on again
Of the wildness
Of the wildness
Shaking me