Around the same time, I received a call from previous collaborator Paul Stainthorpe, Founder and Director at multi-award-winning film company Lone Pine Pictures, to arrange a meeting at none other than the John Duck pub in Durham City, for a catch up and to discuss possible future collaborations.
We had first met when Paul approached me for permission to use The Whisky Priests song 'Ballad of the Little Count' (based on the life of the famous historical figure Count Józef Boruwłaski) as the end credits theme song to Lone Pine Pictures' earlier award-winning film 'The Little Count' (a documentary exploring the myth and the legend of the self-same character).
Meanwhile, in the space of just one month, I had further developed my vision into a collection of more than 30 songs and tunes, telling the entire tale of John Duck in the form of a gothic folk-rock opera titled 'The Butcher Baronet'.
My eponymous song 'The Butcher Baronet' was chosen to serve as the end credits theme for the Lone Pine Pictures film and it was subsequently released as a download single...
Lone Pine Pictures' documentary film 'The Butcher Baronet' premiered to an enthusiastic full house at the Gala Theatre & Cinema in Durham City on 28th October 2019, going on to win a series of international awards.
