Gustavo Antonio "Tav" Falco is an American-born filmmaker, actor, musician, author, photographer, and dancer.
11 Facts About Tav Falco
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Tav Falco has directed one feature film and numerous short films, and has played minor acting roles in motion pictures filmed in both North America and Europe.
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Tav Falco is the author of two books, one a psychography of the city of Memphis, and the other a collection of his photography.
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In 1978, Alex Chilton teamed up with Tav Falco after being impressed by Tav Falco's performance of the song "Bourgeois Blues" at The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, which culminated in the chainsawing of an electric guitar.
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Tav Falco moved to New York in 1981, and released his official follow-up album, Blow Your Top, on Chris Stein's Animal Records imprint, which was distributed by Chrysalis Records.
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Tav Falco devoted portions of his musical career to highlighting traditional regional artists from Memphis and Mississippi who had not gained media attention.
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Tav Falco's photography was used for the Charlie Feathers album Honky Tonk Man.
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Urania Descending, the first feature film directed by Tav Falco, was completed in 2014 and released in 2016 by Lamplighter Films.
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Tav Falco was featured in a cameo role shot on Super 16mm film, where he created and then recited improvised dialogue with Basquiat.
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Tav Falco has collaborated with Erik Morse, an American underground author, music writer and journalist, on a two-volume book series about the city of Memphis entitled Mondo Memphis.
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The remainder includes selections from the Great American Songbook such as "Strange Fruit" and "Born to Be Blue," and veers far enough away from The Panther Burns' signature sound that Tav Falco opted to present it as a solo album, despite Panther Burns members being featured prominently on the album.