Almost Famous: The Story of the Real Stillwater

Jim Harris-The Southern Voice

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Feb 29, 2024

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In Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film Almost Famous, we follow the lives, trials, and rise to fame of a fictional band, Stillwater. Many may not know that there was a real band named Stillwater that Cameron Crowe crossed paths with in the 1970s at the famed Capricorn picnic. Like the band in the film, these guys were Almost Famous, with a few breaks causing them to narrowly miss stardom.

As to whether that encounter led to the selection of the name Stillwater for the film, only Crowe can answer, but in a widely syndicated article from 1977, when Stillwater was a band on the rise, Crowe is quoted as referring to the band as the Wet Tucker Brothers, a comparison to three of the hottest bands at the time, Wet Willie, Marshall Tucker, and…