American Music: Off the Record

American Music: Off the Record
Directed by	Benjamin Meade
Produced by	Frank Hicks Benjamin Meade Dianna Meade Bill Pryor
Written by	Benjamin Meade
Starring	Noam Chomsky Douglas Rushkoff
Music by	Emily Kurn
Cinematography	J. Michael Adams David Matheny Benjamin Meade Bill Pryor Cody Wasson
Edited by	Benjamin Meade
Distributed by	Corticrawl Productions
Release dates	January 10, 2008
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

American Music: Off the Record is a 2008 American documentary that features theorists Noam Chomsky and Douglas Rushkoff in an interrogation of the American music industry. The film covers a great deal of ground from the authenticity of live music to the circumvention of the corporate machine by indie distribution, to the demise of the privately owned music store.^[1]

Cast

Bernard Allison Paul Barrere Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash The Belairs Bottle Rockets Savoy Brown Jackson Browne Buckethead Canned Heat Carlene Carter The Cates Brothers Noam Chomsky Chubby Carrier David Allan Coe Commander Cody Danny Cox Rodney Crowell Iris DeMent Rick Derringer Chris Duarte The Elders Chris Hillman Frank Hicks It's a Beautiful Day Wanda Jackson Jah Roots John Jorgenson Eric Lindell David Lindley Little Feat

Country Joe McDonald James McMurtry Benjamin Meade Roger Miller Nace Brothers Lee Oskar Lee Roy Parnell Les Paul Herb Pederson Ray Price The Rainmakers Lee Ranaldo Kasey Rausch Robert Reynolds Roomful of Blues Douglas Rushkoff Billy Joe Shaver Kim Simmonds Sonic Youth Richard Thompson Paul Thor Bob Walkenhorst War Watermelon Slim Rev. Billy C. Wertz Lizzie West Edgar Winter Johnny Winter Carolyn Wonderland

References

1. http://www.corticrawl.com/films/american_music.html

External links

• Corticrawl Films
• American Music: Off the Record at the Internet Movie Database
• Filmguru on the movie