Documentary

TOOT BLUES

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

20081h 14m

Directed by Chris Johnstone

Spoiler-Free

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.

Cast

Timothy Duffy

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Adolphus Bell

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Denise Duffy

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Essie Mae Brooks

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Willa Mae Buckner

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