| | |  | BLUES MUSIC | Home » » You See Me Laughin' | | | | | | | Description: | | You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, MS based label- Fat Possum Records- that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews, live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare, black and white footage of RL Burnside from 1974, disturbingly funny stories about touring told first hand by Iggy Pop and John Spencer Blues Explosion as well as an interesting encounter with Junior Kimbrough described by Bono from U2 and much more. This is not for the faint of heart. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, T-Model Ford, Asie Payton | | Director:
| Mandy Stein | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Fat Possum Records | | Run Time:
| 77 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 29, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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36 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Last of a dying breedAug 07, 2005
By David B. Dennard
"dragonst"
This is the real deal...back-porch players in their own delta environment who don't give a tinker's damn about anything but playing their music, drinkin', and enjoying what's left of thier time on earth. Their sensibility is miles away from the music business as we know it, and thank God for it because most people are completely oblivious to southern blues musician mindset and would probably never have a chance to "get it" otherwise because most of these players are truly a dying breed.
This film captures the heart and spirit of real African-American bluesmen who are still poor after being semi-famous for years...and they really couldn't care less. R. L. Burnside in particular has been releasing albums and playing around for years, been reviewed and celebrated in all the best rock and indie-alternative press, and still lives like any poor, black rural working man. These guys don't care about fancy boutique amps and expensive "guitar show" instruments. They make all the sound they need from a typical hodge-podge of beat up pawn shop instruments, playing in some cases with simple buttern knives when their hands no longer work.
If you understand the connection that the ancient African music traditions have to roots American music, look no further than this movie as an example of how it was preserved and passed on in the new world to this present day. This film may be one of the last testaments to a culture that will surely disappear soon in this 21st century.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Another "Must Have" DVDMar 30, 2008
By Cliff
If any music DVD is a prime example of the old adage "when you find a good chord, stick to it" this one is it. It is a fascinating look at the lives of some great rural blues musicians and a lesson that blues music does not need to be complex to be powerful. These guys play the simplest of riffs yet still make the hairs on your neck stand on end. Great stuff and a lesson to all the Eric Clapton wanabees.
20 of 25 found the following review helpful:
the real dealMay 10, 2005
By Thomas W. Yates
if you enjoy music, you will enjoy this dvd. this is the real deal. these guys dont care about careers, success etc. this is pure art, pure emotion. if you watch this (and it resonates, i.e. you "get it") most other music will become irrelavant.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not the Pinks, but the Good Ole Country BluesOct 27, 2009
By Kunlin
"Reiki-do"
You see me laughin' is an extraordinary documentary film that takes you into the backwoods where the Black blues players reside. You see them amongst their surroundings, their kinfolk, the room where they play, the porch where they hangout and get their inspiration. Unless you've been there into the backwoods, you wouldn't have guessed that within this sparse surrounding, the world exists in simplicity and purity which allows the blues musician to find his stories. Of course, everyone has the blues, but this style is the rural adaptation, not the citified urban blues that we're used to hearing. And when you hear the blues being talked about from the musician's own mouth, there is a greater impact, than simply reading text in a book. I liked this video and would recommend it to all of you who are curious about how the country blues got started, who played it, and how important these musicians were to the development of blues as it reached the big cities ... Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, etc.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Rough, Raw and AwesomeAug 02, 2011
By gwalz
"You See Me Laughin" is flat out awesome and documents the bluesmen as real people-deeply flawed and yet able to create transcendent music out of their lives of privation, criminality, abuse and desperation-everything the blues should be! The footage of Cedell Davis alone is worth the price.
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