Heartworn Highways
Captures the nascent stages of a poetic country music played by Texas outsiders.
Heartworn Highways
In the mid-‘70s, filmmaker James Szalapski documented the then-nascent country music movement that would become known as “outlaw country.” Inspired, in part, by newly-long-haired Willie Nelson’s embrace of hippie attitudes and audiences, a younger generation of artists including Townes Van Zandt, David Alan Coe, Steve Earle and Guy Clark popularized and developed the outlaw sound. It borrowed from rock, folk and bluegrass, with an edge that was missing from mainstream Nashville country. This newly-restored documentary includes rarely-captured performances of the aforementioned musicians as they perfected this then-new style and helped change the course of country music history.
Genre
Documentary
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Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
James Szalapski
FEATURED REVIEW
Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
Shot in 1975 but not released until 1981, this documentary by James Szalapski captures the nascent stages of a poetic country music played by Texas outsiders like Guy Clark, Steve Young, Townes Van Zandt, and a young Steve Earle. Szalapski was privy to some highly intimate performances—a stunning ...
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Laemmle Virtual Cinema 2.05.21 - 2.25.21
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