All I Have To Do Is Dream
“The Pioneers of Nashville”
Spencer Proffer has partnered with former president of BMI Del Bryant, to produce the official cinematic story telling film in a documentary format, on the latter’s parents - the legendary songwriting duo Felice and Boudleux Bryant. Considered two of the most influential and prolific songwriters in the history of pop music, the feature, cinematic documentary will be a celebration of the songs and artists who recorded and were inspired by the Bryants’ work. This film will contain the iconic standards written by the Bryants’, fully blessed and authorized by other estate and perpetual owners of the copyrights.
Our 110 minute work will look at Nashville in the late ‘50s where the Bryants were truly the bohemian, musical pioneers of the City. Evenings at their home, the House of Bryant, where The Everly Bros, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and other Nashville music stars as well as singer/songwriters, would gather to hear new Boudeleux and Felice songs in in their kitchen, with Boudleux strumming on his old guitar. Like the beatnik movement in Greenwich Village in NY when Dylan tim Buckley, Tom Paxton and other folk pioneers got together at the Bitter End, Cafe Wha and other landmark venues, the Bryant’s home was just that in Nashville.
During their incredible career, the Bryants earned 59 BMI country, pop, and R&B music awards, and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Their compositions were recorded by many of the greatest artists of all time including the Everly Brothers, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Buddy Holly, Emmy Lou Harris, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan and Dean Martin.
The documentary will have a significant halo on the Everly Brothers whose career was anchored by the Bryants’ compositions including #1 songs “All I Have to Do Is Dream”, “Bye Bye Love”, and “Wake Up Little Susie”. Ranked as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine, “All I Have to Do Is Dream” was also named one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2004.
The film will feature timeless artists along with their contemporaries such as Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, Graham Nash, Barry Gibb, Tim Rice, Keith Richards, Fleet Foxes, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Norah Jones. These prolific singer/songwriters will share their own personal thoughts and feelings on how the Bryants’ magical harmonies shaped the very essence of pop culture. Audiences will also experience several Bryant classics through spectacular performances and will learn how the wife and husband team shaped the face of modern music forever.
Additionally, we will take a poignant look at Felice Bryant’s tremendous influence, inspiration and love for her icon, songwriting partner and husband, while herself being a woman’s icon - a pioneer of heart, soul, leadership and warmth.