Luke Gibson

Canadian film director Paul Almond (most known for directing the first in the Up series) released a trilogy of films: Isabel (1968), The Act of the Heart (1970) and Journey (1972) all of which featured Geneviève Bujold, his wife at the time.

In Journey, Toronto singer Luke Gibson appeared as Jude, a balladeer in the rural commune where the film takes place. Gibson wrote the music in collaboration with Paul Almond during filming - according to Almond, “the words are right in the heart of the experience all the way through, beautiful lyrics.”

Journey did not do well critically and there aren’t any BluRay remasters or anything. The only version I could track down was from an Italian broadcast recorded onto VHS - they dubbed all the dialog into Italian but thankfully left the music intact. Here are three clips of Luke Gibson as Jude the Balladeer:

Ih 1972, Luke Gibson released his only solo LP on True North Records (TN-6) which is a favorite around this house - a superb country rock album which has been re-released on CD - highly recommended. A couple tracks below - enjoy: