SONGBIRDS

Margot Lester, ICG MAGAZINE

February 15, 2023

Amazon's new limited series, Daisy Jones & The Six, chronicles the ultra highs (and deep lows) of a fictional 1970's-era rock band.

ICG Magazine February/March 2023 Digital Edition

Sometimes a casual conversation sparks a slew of ideas so god you can't stop thinking about the possibilities. That's what happened when producer Mike Nelson made an offhand remark about an upcoming project to Checco Varese, ASC, while the pair was collaborating on Them [ICG Magazine May 2021]. "I kept thinking about how I would shoot it, just for fun," Varese remembers. While he was lensing Dopesick [ICG Magazine November 2021], Nelson asked for a formal pitch, and Varese got the gig.