Daisy Jones & The Six Trivia | 50 facts about the miniseries

«Daisy Jones & The Six» is an American musical drama miniseries that is based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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1. Daisy Jones & The Six is an American musical drama streaming television miniseries.
2. It was developed by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.
3. It was based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
4. It is set in the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1970s.
5. The series charts the rise and fall of the fictional titular rock band through a documentary style series of interviews with the members and footage of concerts and recording sessions, complete with vocals by series leads Riley Keough (as Daisy) and Sam Claflin (as Billy, founder of The Six).
6. Daisy Jones & The Six premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023.
7. It contains ten episodes, released in weekly batches of two or three episodes.
8. The series began filming in late September 2021 and wrapped in early May 2022 in New Orleans.
9. The series was announced on July 25, 2019.
10. The series is written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, who serve as executive producers alongside Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. Taylor Jenkins Reid also produces the series.
11. Actor Sam Claflin initially overstated his musical experience. After an embarrassing audition using Elton John, Claflin was still in the running due to his acting talent and used the pandemic lock down to work with vocal coaches and guitar teachers over Zoom. The change in his musical range from early audition to filming was described as “dramatic.”
12. Before filming began, the cast played a mini concert in character as their fictional band to an unsuspecting crowd to get into character and experience the real-time feedback.
13. The book the series is based on was inspired by the author watching the Fleetwood Mac concert The Dance. The 1997 concert was the first for the band after Lindsey Buckingham, the lead male vocalist/guitarist and ex-boyfriend of lead singer Stevie Nicks, left the band in 1987. The concert was full of tension and looks between Nicks and Buckingham (Nicks later admitted through her songs the two had romantically reconnected during this time), building to an intense rendition of the song Silver Springs, with Nicks and Buckingham staring each other down and singing directly and emotionally to each other. The author of Daisy Jones was struck by this relationship, and what had kept a fire burning between them for forty years at the time, and was inspired to write the characters of Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne. Daisy and Billy’s wardrobe in the series is even inspired by Nicks and Buckingham’s clothing.
14. The actors learned how to play their instruments to perform live. Lead Riley Keough had to take vocal training to be able to “belt” the songs.
15. Daisy’s patterned guitar strap in episode two is a replica of her actress Riley Keough’s grandfather Elvis Presley’s in his 1968 concert special.
16. Riley Keough auditioned for the role of Daisy Jones by singing a Fleetwood Mac song. Daisy is actually based on Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks.
17. Daisy Jones and the Six has become the first fictional band to top the iTunes charts with the release of their album ‘Aurora’. The album went straight to #1 upon release.
18. Riley Keough said her mother, the late Lisa Marie Presley, inspired her performance of Daisy Jones.
19. Inspired by the real life tumultuous journey of legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac, specifically members Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham.
20. The actors filmed at and recorded the songs for the series at Sound City, which is where Fleetwood Mac made their first album with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
21. Episode titles are all classic rock songs
22. The principal characters of The Six band and Daisy Jones required 1,500 wardrobe changes in the first half of production.
23. While the book’s story is told as a transcript of a VH1 Behind the Music-styled oral history, the series is done documentary style.
24. The wardrobe for girl next door Camila was inspired by Ali MacGraw in the film Love Story, which was bohemian. When she becomes a rock star wife, her wardrobe morphs into Bianca Jagger with more glam.
25. It was Sebastian Chacon’s idea to change drummer Warren’s last name from Rhodes to Rojas. He did not want it erased that he was a Latino member of an all white rock band in the 1970s, which had never occurred in the time period.
26. Sam Claflin worked with a movement coach to capture the physicality and commanding stage presence of Lindsey Buckingham and fellow legendary frontman/guitarist Bruce Springsteen.
27. The wardrobe for keyboardist Karen Sirko was inspired by musicians Christine Mcvie, Suzi Quatro and Chrissie Hynde. Like Mcvie, Karen’s looks are more put together and tailored than the Stevie Nicks-inspired Daisy.
28. Riley Keough plays the protagonist Daisy Jones, a singer and rock star wannabe. It just so happens that Riley Keough is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, known as the king of rock and roll.
29. For the “Aurora” album photoshoot Daisy (Riley Keough) wears a billowing white dress that resembles a dress Stevie Nicks wore, which was custom made for the show.
30. The seedy bar Filthy McNasty’s is actually iconic Los Angeles nightclub the Viper Room.
31. Director Nzingha Stewart has confirmed there is a two-hour cut of the finale.
32. Sebastian Chacon, who plays drummer Warren, uses timbale sticks, which are used by salsa musicians, instead of traditional drumsticks as a signal of his Latino heritage.
33. The wardrobe for teenage Daisy was inspired by 70s singer Linda Ronstadt, who usually wore things like short shorts, halter tops and cowboy boots on stage.
34. Riley Keough took inspiration for her look as Daisy Jones from fan art of the book.
35. Wardrobe head Denise Wingate formerly toured with 80s rock band The Bangles and was quick to provide information to the cast of what the vibe was like during that era.
36. Sam Claflin (Billy) was the last actor cast.
37. Sam Claflin was gifted Billy’s guitar at the end of shooting the series.
38. For authenticity, Sam Claflin was given moonshine to quell his nerves before performing live.
39. Nabiyah Be (Simone) wrote a three-page paper about being a black woman in the music industry and sent it to executive producer Will Graham. A writers’ meeting was called including Be and some of the things she wrote about did go into Simone’s story.
40. Kim Gordon of the rock band Sonic Youth come into the writers’ room once a week as a consultant to share what it was like to be a musician and perform onstage.
41. Karen Sirko is a British vocalist and keyboardist like her real life inspiration, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine Mcvie.
42. The costume designer took inspiration from Elvis Presley with Daisy considering that Riley Keough who plays her is in real life Elvis granddaughter.
43. This isn’t the first time Sam Claflin and Suki Waterhouse have worked together. They both starred in Love, Rosie (2014).
44. Production was delayed for eighteen months due to the covid pandemic.
45. The final concert and live shows in the last three episodes were shot back-to-back over two weeks of night shoots.
46. The trivia items below may give away important plot points.
47. Riley Keough’s real-life husband Ben Smith-Petersen makes a humorous cameo in the second episode as a one-night stand who Daisy is uninterested in. Riley told late night host Seth Meyers that it was more awkward feigning sex with her husband than if it’d been with another actor.
48. Billy’s unpredictable, intoxicated on stage flirting with Daisy during the final show in episode ten was improvised by Sam Claflin. Riley Keough- who had knowledge of stage blocking for a musician through her mother and friends- showed Claflin how she would need to stand and perform with a microphone and Claflin improvised his movements off that information. Claflin didn’t tell Keough what he would do- which included wrapping his arms around her, pressing against her, changing which shoulder he appeared over, trying to kiss her and pressing his face against hers- so Keough’s reactions were genuine.
49. Billy’s pleading to Daisy after she overdoses in episode eight was completely improvised by Sam Claflin.
50. In Episode 5 They play “In My Room” by The Beach Boys, written by Brian Wilson. Later the talk about the Barry Manilow song “I Write The Songs” which was written by Bruce Johnston (who replaced Brian Wilson on tour with the Beach Boys) about Brian Wilson.