| "The
Music Never Stopped." is feature length documentary film
comprised of interviews with and performances by some of today's
hottest Jam Bands that are ruling the music festival scene around
the United States.
The "Topic"
of this documentary is the American Nomadic subculture which is
made possible by constant touring and performing by musicians
who have more than enough music to give. During the 70s, 80s and
90s, American Nomadic culture thrived around the only band that
knew how to keep it going and keep it fresh every night; The Grateful
Dead.
After Jerry
Garcia passed, the nomadic subculture dispersed briefly and then
reformed around other bands who had obviously been influenced
by the Grateful Dead musically and/or philosophically, such as
Phish, Widespread Panic, and of course, the various interations
and personal projects embarked upon by the surviving members of
the band.
This documentary
will feature interviews with as many of the aforementioned bands
as will grant interviews and also the newly emerging "California
Jam Bands" who are breaking into the East Coast this year
via a flourish of weekend long music festivals. These are musicians
who have either knowingly or unkowingly capitalized on the fact
that an entire subculture of America needed somewhere else to
go and someone new to love.
"The
Music Never Stopped" will also feature interviews with people
who are on tour with the Dead and at various music festivals throughout
the summer of 2003 to tell the story of how to live on the road.
What we will see is that our country is not actually free... we
are constantly marshalled from one place to another if we are
not kept in our homes. **
"The
Music Never Stopped" will spotlight bands who have stepped
in as social, political or spiritual guides with their music and
their position to serve the betterment of our planet.
The goal
of this film is to let the viewing audience know that it is okay
to move on and smile and dance, even after the tragic events of
the past few years. It is also a goal to pay tribute to the founding
members of Nomadic America, the surviving members of the Grateful
Dead.
** Swedish National Law allows every person the right to spend
as much as 24 hours on any public OR private land. It is considered
good manners and a common courtesy to knock on someone's door
and introduce yourself to someone if you intend to sleep on their
front lawn that night. By law, they are required to allow you
to stay. By nature, they are happy to share their piece of the
world with you for a day. (longer if you buy them beer!)
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