Toot Blues

Toot Blues

2008
1h 14m
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"They told him the blues was dead, so Tim Duffy set out to record the music and ended up with the musicians themselves."

Overview

In the late 1980s, Tim Duffy, a penniless North Carolina musicology student, became deeply involved in Winston-Salem's drinkhouse music scene, an off-the-grid hotbed of gritty traditional blues. He began the foundation after observing and living with the deep poverty of the Southern blues artists he befriended and championed.The foundation now helps hundreds of older Southern musicians with everything from financial assistance to tour support. The film travels back to the early artists that were the inspiration for Music Maker, and forward to the current artists carrying on the Southern roots tradition. The film features performances, archival and contemporary, of Music Maker artists on tour and in the studio, as well as interviews with the artists and Duffy on the foundation, music and the blues.

Status: Released

Budget: $25

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Machipongo Films
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 15, 2008
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1342963

Cast

Timothy Duffy
Timothy Duffy

Himself

Adolphus Bell
Adolphus Bell

Himself

Denise Duffy
Denise Duffy

Herself

Essie Mae Brooks
Essie Mae Brooks

Herself

Willa Mae Buckner
Willa Mae Buckner

Herself

Key Crew

Chris Johnstone
Producer
Chris Johnstone
Director