The Moonshine Riders
“Since we all have jobs sometimes we are lacking time, but we have Pierre Audet who takes care of notifying everybody when there’s a shooting and he synchronizes everything. In a future episode we will have our Daisy Duke. We looked for quite a while but now we found her,” explained Savoy.
They filmed six episodes in 18 months because they can only do it during summer. Savoy who is very savvy provides scenes where we see a General Lee jumping in the air. Some of these cars are valued to $100,000 but like Savoy said: No General Lee has been sacrificed yet. Trick cameras are great. According to Savoy it’s like a jam. We all work together and the results are quite interesting. He is also delighted with the work of brothers Simon and Patrick Ouellet. Their chemistry is fantastic, according to Savoy.
They will release the 7th edition on Friday May 26, 2023. This is a very special episode. It is a tribute to the late François Wilcott (the moonshiner).
“This guy had very low self-esteem and it made him feel good to have a part in our web series. Everyone liked him. He was always in a good mood and made people laugh. He died earlier in the web series but I had enough stock shots to include him until the 5th one with his family’s consent,” explained Savoy.
Wilcott was a close friend of Nicolas Jeanson (Dredneck). The whole gang was pretty shocked to lose him. They decided that this episode would be a tribute to their friend.
Even Sylvain Dubreuil, owner of one of the cars, came back from Florida to be part of this tribute. At the end of this episode, you can see 200 cars in a parade in memory of Wilcot. Needless to say it is very impressive.
Savoy also said that the first episode got 25,000 views, 20,000 followers on Tiktok and 100,000 views all platforms included. He also has plans to have the web series translated in English although it’s easy to know what is going on by just watching it.
Narrator Philippe Lacombe is a former radio host and now owner of school (Ca Clique) really does a fantastic job. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the people involved in the project. This will give you the idea of the scale of this project.
François Wilcott - (Wilcott) Moonshine Maker (RIP) (1978-2021)
Simon Ouellet (Jack Duke) Dodge Charger 1969
Sylvain Dubreuil (Whisky Duke) Dodge Charger 1969
D-R Dubreuil (Matrix Duke) -Dodge Charger 1969
Dany Prévost (Dan Duke) Dodge Charger 1969 –Bumblebee
Éric Jeanson - (The Vicking)chevrolet Camaro 1979
Vincent Longpré
Charger 1966
- (Vinnie) Dodge
Nicolas Jeanson
Oldsmobile Delta 88 1967
Nicholas Dostie (Candy man) Mustang 1970
Patrick Ouellet (Lieutenant Dog) Sthude’s police
Ernest Lafond (Bud) St-hude’s police Sébastien Grimard - (Cosco P. Coltrane) Actor- Policeman in the village of Hazzard
Max St-onge Sherifff Contra Costa) Crown Victoria 2011
Normand Breton
-Moonshine Maker
Pierre Deschambault (the collector), Harley Davidson FXCWC Rocker 2008
Pierre Audet (LE WÉZIN) Automobile maintenance
Christian Chenier
K2000 (Knight Rider)
Daniel Parent - (Wilnott)moonshine dealer
Frank Fournelle - (FRANK Acrobatic plane and actor
Martin Côté - (Cocotte) Nascar Pilot Mathieu Lafond -(Blake) Moonshine dealer
Marcel customer
Catherine Parent - (Maria) customer Mélanie Lacroix - (MEL) ActressMoonshine dealer
Véronique Stock dealer
Myriam Bergeron - Dixie Actress- the Duke’s cousin
Joanie Bilodeau - Marguerite Duke
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Deschamps
(Uncle
(Mike
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(Drednek)
- Ford
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Night)
T-MZ)
(Angello)
- (RIF) Moonshine
Duke
Actress
More people have expressed their desire to join the group. I invite you to check Michel Savoy’s work on Youtube at lesmoonshineriders.com.
Savoy has always done impressive work since he was a teenager and it just got better.
Note:
By the way the Mark Shelton show left the Stanstead Legion with a nice profit of $9,344. It was a great success. Another Brad Crawford and friends tour de force.
This coming Saturday Brent Sheldon will play a benefit dance at the Stanstead Legion for Rosie, who has been having severe heart issues. Please continue to be generous.