Heartworn Highways (Blu-ray)
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 Allan 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.
Audio commentary with producer Graham Leader and editor/AD Phillip Schopper
Booklet with essays by Graham Leader and Phillip Schopper
Bonus footage (52 minutes)
Trailers for Heartworn Highways and Heartworn Highways Revisited (2017)
- James Szalapski - Director
- Townes Van Zandt - Himself
- Guy Clark - Himself
- Steve Young - Himself
- David Allan Coe - Himself
- Steve Earle - Himself
- Rodney Crowell - Himself
- Larry Jon Wilson - Himself
- Charlie Daniels - Himself
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