A screening of "Don't Turn Your Back on Friday Night", on-stage conversation and live performance with Ike Reilly.
Meet former gravedigger and doorman Ike Reilly. At 40 years old, he landed a major label recording contract, and in true rock & roll fashion, he bought his family a dream home. He 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 failed to achieve 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, the 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 and in the face of financial calamity, 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 Fitzgerald (Artist, Actor - Patriot); Mars Williams (Psychadelic Furs - band); and many more.