You See Me Laughin: Last of Hill Country Bluesmen (2002)
Dec 7, 2022 2:33:16 GMT
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 7, 2022 2:33:16 GMT
This movie link is so nice I'm posting it twice.
I originally popped it into the Jukebox thread but it might be of interest to music Doc lovers.
You See Me Laughin' is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the hill country bluesmen who've kept their music live on the back porches and in the tiny juke joints of the Mississippi backwoods.
Blending performance and recollections from some of the world's foremost blues performers, this documentary focuses on a rich American musical tradition. Among those profiled are R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford and other charismatic bluesmen, who explain the origins of their art and the struggles for black performers who came of age in the Jim Crow South. Several of movie's elderly subjects died around the time of its release, making their on-screen presence all the more poignant. (Rotten Tomatoes)
And from another helpful review here:
“You See Me Laughin’,” a documentary of the Mississippi Hill Country blues
Blues Roadhouse Blog (January 4, 2021) Jim White
It’s an excellent look at the music lives that these men lived, and how and why they made their music. There’s power and beauty in the music, but a poignant undercurrent throughout of struggles to survive, to live. And to create music.
bluesroadhouse.com/2021/01/04/you-see-me-laughin-a-documentary-of-the-mississippi-hill-country-blues/
The label has very kindly put the full documentary online for free.
You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2002)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiW3oPv1vZc
I originally popped it into the Jukebox thread but it might be of interest to music Doc lovers.
You See Me Laughin' is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the hill country bluesmen who've kept their music live on the back porches and in the tiny juke joints of the Mississippi backwoods.
Blending performance and recollections from some of the world's foremost blues performers, this documentary focuses on a rich American musical tradition. Among those profiled are R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford and other charismatic bluesmen, who explain the origins of their art and the struggles for black performers who came of age in the Jim Crow South. Several of movie's elderly subjects died around the time of its release, making their on-screen presence all the more poignant. (Rotten Tomatoes)
And from another helpful review here:
“You See Me Laughin’,” a documentary of the Mississippi Hill Country blues
Blues Roadhouse Blog (January 4, 2021) Jim White
It’s an excellent look at the music lives that these men lived, and how and why they made their music. There’s power and beauty in the music, but a poignant undercurrent throughout of struggles to survive, to live. And to create music.
bluesroadhouse.com/2021/01/04/you-see-me-laughin-a-documentary-of-the-mississippi-hill-country-blues/
The label has very kindly put the full documentary online for free.
You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2002)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiW3oPv1vZc
