ABOUT THE FILM

On a highway not far from where you live, a solitary musician with a guitar and a box of CDs is driving to another gig. No tour bus, no band, no road manager, no crew: just a need to make music and a bag full of songs based on hard-lived experience.

Tonight, in a bar or a coffeehouse or a church basement or somebody's house, the troubadour will share those songs with a room full of people. He or she will crack some jokes, tell some stories about how those songs came about, and sell some CDs to the newly converted at the end of the night.

A round of goodbyes, a night in a spare bedroom or a cheap motel, and it's time for another drive to another town and another room full of people.

Troubadour Blues is the story of modern-day wandering minstrels who ply their trade outside the media spotlight and far from the glitzy world of pop stardom. They are contemporary equivalents of the medieval troubadours who brought the news from village to village, or the itinerant bluesmen and folksingers who hopped freight trains and hitched rides across Depression-era America.

The 95-minute film had its World Premiere on opening night of the Buffalo International Film Festival, Friday, October 14, with a personal appearance by Peter Case, a native of the Buffalo area. Other regional premieres were held in late October.

A series of screenings in New England is set for early January, including a show at the legendary Club Passim in Harvard Square. The film will also be shown Feb. 23 at the Folk Alliance International conference in Memphis and Feb. 25 at the Winter Roots and Blues Roundup in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Multiple screenings are planned March 9-19 during the South By Southwest film, music and interactive media conference in Austin, TX.

After that, I plan to take the film on the road in a series of regional mini-tours that will span the spring and summer. If you are interested in hosting a screening in your town, please get in touch. I hope to connect with some of the major folk festivals during the summer months. Have projector, will travel.

So, welcome to the world of Troubadour Blues. Visit our e-Store to buy your own DVD copy, and maybe a t-shirt to go with it. If you'd like to hold a screening in your community, or if you're a retailer interested in carrying the film, please use the Contact form to get in touch. Thanks for visiting!