The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world.
SUPERSONIC – KENNY CUMMINGS (2025)
Run Time: 21:18
A Film By: Alex Stark
Key Cast: Kenny Cummings
FILM MAKERS
Alex Stark is an award-winning filmmaker, director, and photographer specializing in documentaries, commercials, and branded films. Alex’s passion is real human stories, which he approaches with warmth, sympathy, and authenticity. He captures the passion of his subjects and the essence of their environments in a creative, imaginative, and visually stunning way.
SUMMARY
Supersonic chronicles the improbable trajectory of Kenny Cummings, a passionate musician who transformed his life’s obsession from creating music to building a career restoring and racing vintage Norton motorcycles. His story explores the parallels between creativity and craftsmanship. It stands as a testament to the untapped potential within us all — showing that our greatest adventures often come when we least expect them.
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I get the career shift .. in light of the royal enshitification of the music business ( if you can still call it that ) and music in general … yeah … I get it all too well . 😉
And yeah I get the relationship between creativity and craftsmanship ( Port Townsend WA’s wooden boat scene is my haven for craftsmanship .. with Marthas Vineyard’s a close 2nd … ahhh .. Gannon and Benjamin … the masters of the craft )
But snortin Norton’s ? That … I do not get at all
I do hope he realizes what a lucky SOB he was as a kid … mom buying him baby grands ARP2600’s ( the most expensive person synth of the era ) etc .. I had to work for my gear .. not to mention restoring repairing and hopping up my own gear till I turned pro .
But again … snortin Nortons ? Eeesh …
The film ? Not bad … not great either … but not bad .
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My first electric guitar ? A 59 Gibson Melody maker purchased in 69 from a somewhat dubious source my Jouisey Boy cuz took me to . The amp ? His worn out Univox Half stack … which I had to completely go thru from tubes to solder joints to replacing a speaker … cost en total ? $125 .. yeah .. back when old was just old .. not a collectors item
Ahhhhh …. the good ole days … when starting out was an adventure … not an exercise in debt and bankruptcy … not to mention when ya knew how to do the basics yerself … cause shop class was mandatory in JrH HS regardless of yer career tract
And errr … just to dig the jealousy knife in a little deeper … on the side .. I was building my very first real bobber … outta baskets full of shovelhead etc bits and bobs
Ha ! So much fer tech making our lives so much better as the money goes flowing out the door like dust in a tornado
Analogue Rules !
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BTW .. in case Mr Cummings is peaking in …
.Thanks for the Philip Glass comment …. damn …. I really needed that
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Paul, thanks for putting this film out there for me and others to see. I started in the Norton scene when my Venom became obsolete in 1979 and I traded it for a clapped out ’70 Commando. Lots of work and lots of fun later I clocked it at 125 mph at night on Los Osos Valley road outside of San Luis Obispo, CA at night. I promptly sold it and reevaluated my sanity. I’ve had 2 more Commandos since and really loved them for their rawness and feel of power. I began road racing by supplying my little Velo MAC for Dave Roper in 2010 and he and Kenny helped fettle the bike for its first race at Miller Motorsports in Tooele, UT. My favorite memory of Kenny is when Dave won his first race on the Velo over a gaggle of 500cc bikes at Utah. Kenny was so excited that he jumped up and down cheering Dave on. We continued to pit together even as I took over the helm on the little MAC and my Indian but eventually drifted apart as Kenny sponsored his race team and got deeper into racing himself. I knew he was a musician but didn’t know how accomplished he really is. My son has been a musician in the Seattle scene for the past 25 years so I know a little about what it takes to put a band together, keep it together, and have some successes. Thanks again.
” My son has been a musician in the Seattle scene for the past 25 years so I know a little about what it takes to put a band together, keep it together, and have some successes. Thanks again ”
Trust me .. unless you’ve done it or are doing it yourself … you really have no clue at all regardless of how close you might be .
My favorite line I give to upcoming musicians when lecturing or teaching ?
When the business of music was good ..being a musician was bad .enough … but now that the business of music is in tatters … being a musician ( especially with the enshitified internet / social media /streaming etc ) is a blatant living hell
And take my word for it .. success is no guarantee of anything … no matter how much you may attain . Fact is … success is more of a curse than a blessing …
…or to put it in the words of the bard ( Jim Morrison )
” No One Here Gets Out Alive ” .. and yes … that was about fame .. not drugs ..
Or in my words … Fame first controls you … Then it Dominates you .. and ultimately it will either Own you completely .. or utterly destroy you
And if not for a certain Peter Grant and my Joisey Boy 2nd cousin giving me guidance in the beginning .. I too would of been a victim of fame
So in reality .. Mr Cummings should be thanking his lucky stars he never did attain any level of … fame