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(2003 'Plain Jane Prod.')(77:15/16) Beeindruckender Film über das Fat Possum Label, seine Geschichte und seine Musiker. Selten zuvor hatten wir die Möglichkeit, durch das 'Schlüsselloch' zu gucken, ein Blick, der den meisten Weißen verwehrt bleiben wird. Es gibt seltene Aufnahmen aus Kimbroughs Juke Joint, viele interessante Interviews und stimmungsvolle Bilder. Beeindruckend, erschreckend und befremdlich zugleich / Impressive movie documentation on the Fat Possum record label, its founders, its history and the musicians. Rarely before we had such an insight look at the blues in Mississippi. You'll get to see rare footage from Kimbrough's juke joint, a lot of interesting intreviews, live music and footage. Pictures from a different world. Artists include JUNIOR KIMBROUGH, CEDELL DAVIS, T-MODEL FORD, R.L. BURNSIDE, JOHNNY FARMER, ASIE PAYTON, etc. (Farbe/color, Regional code: 0, Stereo).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Very enjoyable dvd.
This look at the great bluesmen from Holly Springs should make the rest of the music business feel a bit embarrassed. This is music without the influence of money, music without the business whether by choice or not, either way, it is something to see. I don't think that the modern generation has ever seen that, music seems to be more about fame and fortune these days. These guys are the roots. The footage of Asie Payton is inspiring and R.L Burnside and Kimbrough play like forces of nature. This is so earthy that it is both ugly and almost the stuff of legend at the same time. I hope these men and their fables are never forgotten.
This look at the great bluesmen from Holly Springs should make the rest of the music business feel a bit embarrassed. This is music without the influence of money, music without the business whether by choice or not, either way, it is something to see. I don't think that the modern generation has ever seen that, music seems to be more about fame and fortune these days. These guys are the roots. The footage of Asie Payton is inspiring and R.L Burnside and Kimbrough play like forces of nature. This is so earthy that it is both ugly and almost the stuff of legend at the same time. I hope these men and their fables are never forgotten.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This DVD is fab. If you like the blues then this is for you. Great interviews with R L Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. Excellent live footage. Can't wait to get the soundtrack album.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Last of a dying breed
7 Aug 2005
Format:DVD
This is the real deal...back-porch players in their own delta environment who don't give a tinker's damn about anything but playing their music, drinkin', and enjoying what's left of thier time on earth. Their sensibility is miles away from the music business as we know it, and thank God for it because most people are completely oblivious to southern blues musician mindset and would probably never have a chance to "get it" otherwise because most of these players are truly a dying breed.
This film captures the heart and spirit of real African-American bluesmen who are still poor after being semi-famous for years...and they really couldn't care less. R. L. Burnside in particular has been releasing albums and playing around for years, been reviewed and celebrated in all the best rock and indie-alternative press, and still lives like any poor, black rural working man. These guys don't care about fancy boutique amps and expensive "guitar show" instruments. They make all the sound they need from a typical hodge-podge of beat up pawn shop instruments, playing in some cases with simple buttern knives when their hands no longer work.
If you understand the connection that the ancient African music traditions have to roots American music, look no further than this movie as an example of how it was preserved and passed on in the new world to this present day. This film may be one of the last testaments to a culture that will surely disappear soon in this 21st century.
This film captures the heart and spirit of real African-American bluesmen who are still poor after being semi-famous for years...and they really couldn't care less. R. L. Burnside in particular has been releasing albums and playing around for years, been reviewed and celebrated in all the best rock and indie-alternative press, and still lives like any poor, black rural working man. These guys don't care about fancy boutique amps and expensive "guitar show" instruments. They make all the sound they need from a typical hodge-podge of beat up pawn shop instruments, playing in some cases with simple buttern knives when their hands no longer work.
If you understand the connection that the ancient African music traditions have to roots American music, look no further than this movie as an example of how it was preserved and passed on in the new world to this present day. This film may be one of the last testaments to a culture that will surely disappear soon in this 21st century.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Another "Must Have" DVD
30 Mar 2008
Format:DVD
If any music DVD is a prime example of the old adage "when you find a good chord, stick to it" this one is it. It is a fascinating look at the lives of some great rural blues musicians and a lesson that blues music does not need to be complex to be powerful. These guys play the simplest of riffs yet still make the hairs on your neck stand on end. Great stuff and a lesson to all the Eric Clapton wanabees.
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
the real deal
10 May 2005
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if you enjoy music, you will enjoy this dvd. this is the real deal. these guys dont care about careers, success etc. this is pure art, pure emotion. if you watch this (and it resonates, i.e. you "get it") most other music will become irrelavant.
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