American Music: Off the Record is a 2008 American documentary film 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.
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
External links Corticrawl Films
Filmguru on the movie