Lost Rockers
Sound + Vision 2015
July 29 - August 7, 2015
The director of American Hardcore looks at talented eight singer-songwriters from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s who had high-profile producers (like John Lennon) or relationships with stars (like T. Rex), didn’t become famous, but still continue to make music today. Work-in-progress screening plus Q&A with director Paul Rachman, writer-producer Steven Blush, subjects Chris Robison, David Peel, Gass Wylde, and Jake Holmes.
There have been plenty of films and pensées about superstars whose grasp on fame slipped away (for whatever reason) as well as the hangers-on and groupies who loved them. But what about those barn burners who never quite made it? The director of American Hardcore delves into the lives of eight very different singer-songwriters from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s who had high-profile producers (like John Lennon) or relationships with stars (like T. Rex), didn’t become famous, but still continue to make music today. A fantastic mixtape with a lot of heart, Rachman’s film is a long overdue corrective for these significant talents.
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