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THE ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION presents The New lo ity Ramblers IN ~~@~ A film by Yasha Aginsky AF DVD 204 -·······-DVD THE ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION presents Always Been a Rambler Celebrating 50 years of the New Lost City Ramblers: John Cohen, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz & Tom Paley a film by Yasha Aginsky "One of the things that the New lost City Ramblers did was uncover great old songs that you could only find in those days in piles of 78s in somebody's barn. They breathed new life into those songs, and their records stand the test of time, just like the originals." -Bob Dylan ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER traces the journey archival footage, photos, and music, including of the New Lost Ciry Ramblers, stars of the 1960's folk musical performances and interviews by by the revival who pioneered the concept of urban musicians New Lost Ciry Ramblers, Clarence Ashley, the working side by side with authentic traditional Balfa Brothers & Nathan Abshire, Maybelle & Sara musicians. They influenced generations of musicians, Carter, Elizabeth Cotten, Foghorn Duo, Rayna from folk-rock elder statesmen Bob Dylan and Jerry Gellert, David Grisman, Roscoe Holcomb, Pete Garcia to the contemporary African American string Seeger, Ricky Skaggs, the Strange Creek Singers, band the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Doc Watson, and many other contemporary and A treasure trove of recently filmed and rare historical masters of old time music. BONUS FOOTAGE: 24 minutes (8 more songs) of a rarely seen 1969 color film of the NLCR, plus never before seen 1959 footage of NLCR with Tom Paley (2 more songs) Directed, edited and written by Yasha Aginsky Copyright@ 2009 by the Arhoolie Foundation Narrated by David Holt 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530 Produced by Chris Strachwitz, Suzy Thompson and www.arhooliefoundation.org Tom Diamant www.alwaysbeenarambler.org Cover photo: Robert Frank DVD NTSC, All Regions, Color and B&W Length: 58 minutes plus bonus: 30 minutes DVD Audio: Stereo 111111111111111111111111111111 Format: Widescreen 16:9 -···AFV····--204 0 96297 02049 4 .

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