Colin Cody, a senior at the University of Mississippi and a student in the American Lit survey that I'm teaching, asked if he could tag along and do a story on the professor/musician. He came to a lecture on campus and then tagged along as the Blues Doctors drove 10 miles south of town to a gig at Taylor Grocery, a catfish place. He stayed for the entire gig, captured a lot of footage, and assembled the piece in three days.
I've spoken to many journalists, print and film, over the years, but this may be the only piece that actually puts both sides of my professional life into the same frame--and in three minutes. I thought I ought to share it here. It's a quick hit; it doesn't actually have the soundtrack of me lecturing or playing the gig, but I think he's done a great job of knitting it all together.
I did discover that listening to your rendition of "Crossroads" drives me nuts! Not that it isn't a terrific version, to be sure. In fact I dig it so much that I downloaded the ringtone you offered a while back. I love it! Best and most unique ringtone eva. The problem is that as I listened to the whole song I kept reaching for my phone every time you played the head. It was an involuntary response; I couldn't help myself no matter how I tried. I don't know what to call this phenomenon but I found it very disquieting. I will say that it is definitely unfortunate that using your "Crossroads" head as a ringtone made it difficult for me to listen to the whole song. I'm not changing that ringtone, though. as I said it is majorly cool. :)
Most excellent! The student has a future in film. ---------- Ricky B http://www.bushdogblues.blogspot.com RIVER BOTTOM BLUES--crime novel for blues fans available at Amazon/B&N, iTunes, iBook THE DEVIL'S BLUES--ditto HOWLING MOUNTAIN BLUES--Ditto too, now available
Nicely done. I just went thru a very short period between telling someone that his story and music needs to be documented, getting his OK to do so, and then crashing with the reality of actually making the documentary. Colin has a knack for it.
@Harmlessonica: If you've never been in the deep south, you wouldn't believe how Kudzu has taken over. One person described it as "The vegetable form of cancer." When I was in Georgia, I couldn't believe how it covered the guard rails, billboards, anything that got in its path. I guess it isn't any different where Adam is in Mississippi.
That was very nice. Quite interesting to me as I had no idea you were a professor. Fellow did a nice job, kind of like putting pieces of a puzzle together without getting it all mixed up.
