Rhythm 'N' Bayous: A Road Map to Louisiana Music (NR)

synopsis

An overview of Louisiana's diverse musical traditions, which range from zydeco, funk, rockabilly and bluegrass to gospel and blues. A number of performances are seen as well as interviews with musicians and academics. Begun as an official of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bus tour through New Orleans and Southwestern Louisiana, this triptych ditches the tourists and takes a ride through Louisiana's musical backwater bayous. Regional experts guide this trip from historic concert halls to po' boy joints, blues dives, zydeco clubs, gospel churches and intimate family gatherings--capturing music in all four corners of the state, arguably the first time this has even been attempted, much less accomplished. Along the way, many of Louisiana's most distinctive musicians Frankie Ford, Henry Butler, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Kermit Rurffins, Dale Hawkins, the Hackberry Ramblers and Henry Gray and the Hurricanes, and many more are captured in their typically exotic surroundings.

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Documentary
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened February 16th, 2001

director

Robert Mugge

writer

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synopsis

An overview of Louisiana's diverse musical traditions, which range from zydeco, funk, rockabilly and bluegrass to gospel and blues. A number of performances are seen as well as interviews with musicians and academics. Begun as an official of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bus tour through New Orleans and Southwestern Louisiana, this triptych ditches the tourists and takes a ride through Louisiana's musical backwater bayous. Regional experts guide this trip from historic concert halls to po' boy joints, blues dives, zydeco clubs, gospel churches and intimate family gatherings--capturing music in all four corners of the state, arguably the first time this has even been attempted, much less accomplished. Along the way, many of Louisiana's most distinctive musicians Frankie Ford, Henry Butler, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Kermit Rurffins, Dale Hawkins, the Hackberry Ramblers and Henry Gray and the Hurricanes, and many more are captured in their typically exotic surroundings.

details

Documentary
2 hr. 0 min.
Opened February 16th, 2001

director

Robert Mugge

writer