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RHYTHM & BAYOUS: A ROAD MAP TO LOUISIANA MUSIC
Robert Mugge's loving survey of the diverse musical styles and genres of the State of Louisiana.

To describe the recent films of the documentarian Robert Mugge as cultural reference books doesn't mean to imply that these explorations of the musical byways of Southern rural America are lacking in pungent musical sap. It's the careful balance between music and scholarship that lends Mr. Mugge's films a foundation of academic seriousness that flirts with dryness without becoming mired in trivia. Documents of a flourishing below-the-radar culture, often involving musicians who won't be around much longer, they are archival records as well as entertainments. For every obscure blues or folk musician shown performing in his films, there is usually an expert standing by to explain where this artist or group stands on the family tree of American vernacular music. Instead of concentrating on the trunk and larger branches, Mr. Mugge likes to examine the smaller branches and even the twigs.

Filmed in 3 parts:
Part 1: Another Country / Northern Louisiana
Part 2: Spirits of the Night / New Orleans & Baton Rouge
Part 3: Music in the Air / Southwestern Louisiana

Features Kermit Ruffins, Frankie Ford, Rosie Ledet, Dale Hawkins, Henry Gray, Henry Butler, Nathan Williams, Sister Pearlee Toliver, Warren Storm, Claude King, Hackberry Ramblers, La Famille Viator, Rod Bernard, Lil' Alfred, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Easter Rock Church, Ever Ready Gospel Singers, Po' Henry & Tookie, Rev. Gerald Lewis, Kenny Bill Stinson, Lil' Bryan, Dale & Grace
DVD
120 minutes
2000
USD 225.00
 
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