snowman
456 posts
May 22, 2019
10:55 AM
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After seeing “Satan and Adam”
At HCH 2019
First; I bought on Amazon, I can wait a month whatever
Playing with someone for years can be Tough, Your playing and movie show how, having yr heart in it -will keep u playing together. To make people “ forget their problems” for awhile and listen to music is a great gift. The scale at which u do that, is inconsequential –Big concert, bar, on the street.
Its all a gift—To yr slf—yr band mates—the people listening
–To do this on the streets in Harlem for ‘EVERYONE’—[poor people, mid people, occasional wealthy—junkies-anyone welcome] as the [ excuse my explanation] token white kid playing “ blues” with mr Satan- Good for everyones soul
What a difference for people listening in Harlem;
First time they walk away they might think
“ that white kid can play”
Same people, Second Time walkin away thinkin
“ Those guys were on fire today”
U have inadvertently helped people put aside Religion, ethnicity, social class, on n on------—money albeit important, is a side note compared to, helping yrslf and others “ENJOY THIS MOMENT“ even for just a short rest bit.
Thanks for showing it at HCH 2019
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nacoran
10121 posts
May 22, 2019
11:35 AM
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I couldn't find it on Amazon. Gave up too easy. I went back and found it now. (I don't like iTunes... every time it's been on my computer it has messed things up with bloat.)
Can't tell if it's available digitally there... I'd have to get a DVD player to watch it on DVD, but I've been thinking about picking up a external reader for my computer anyway.
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isaacullah
3283 posts
May 23, 2019
6:55 AM
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FYI the film makers have made it available to rent digitally here: https://gumroad.com/l/satanandadam
This is the link they sent to their indiegogo backers who all got a free rental. It worked fine for me and I'm using a non standard browser on Linux.
As a side note, I thought it was a really powerful film. I've read all of Adam's books, and this film adds a new perspective to the stories told in them. And the cinematography is fantastic.
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groyster1
3368 posts
May 23, 2019
7:10 AM
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saw it @HCH 2019...….this film would inspire everybody that saw it...….somebody that was down but rose above it......everybody loves that
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WoozleEffect
52 posts
May 26, 2019
6:35 PM
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Still waiting for it to come out on Google Play Movies. I may cave in and get it on Amazon. I really want to see it! I absolutely loved Mister Satan's Apprentice (especially the Audio Book!) and really want to see this film!
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groyster1
3371 posts
May 27, 2019
4:00 AM
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Im getting my DVD from amazon tomorrow
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Sundancer
288 posts
Jun 01, 2019
12:34 PM
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Evidently the film is now on Netflix
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Sundancer
289 posts
Jun 01, 2019
3:52 PM
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Damn, that was a great movie!!!!!
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groyster1
3384 posts
Jun 01, 2019
4:39 PM
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@sundance…….it certainly was!!!!!!!!!!!
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snowman
462 posts
Jun 02, 2019
7:02 AM
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think they r getting caught up----I ordered from amazon---it said wait 2 months--- but I just received it---
Way back when ---some harp guys, played on the street for tips--- even b4 amplification--Playin for tips is part of blues history---this movie helps preserve that memory.
It also shows that the saying " oh that will never work" should be taken with a grain of salt.
Parents say this a lot. I hope anyone who says that saying,follows it with "but you'll never know unless u try" ----- "Better to try n fail, than to never have tried at all" My favorite ,
an Irish saying " fortune favors the brave"
ok my point is--- get the dvd its inspirational
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sonvolt13
174 posts
Jun 02, 2019
10:58 AM
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It is on Netflix and I enjoyed it quite a bit. A meditation on race, culture, music, and mortality in America.
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Honkin On Bobo
1511 posts
Jun 03, 2019
12:47 PM
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Just watched it on Netflix. Excellent on a number of levels. Highly recommend.
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WoozleEffect
53 posts
Jun 05, 2019
10:58 AM
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I just watched the film it on Netflix while on the road here in Edmonton, AB. I remember tearing up the second time I read Mr. Satan's Apprentice, and something just "got me" that I somehow hadn't read the time before. This movie wrenched at a bunch of the same places.
The blues teaches us lessons, through our mentors, and our tragedies, and our anagnorisis, and the pathos we feel for those with whom we watch and grow. Adam does a fantastic job of bringing us through an arc, so we can learn right along with him and the characters on which he sheds light.
The book was like Kerouac or maybe a Burroughs-esq mash-up or re-mix. This movie is something else: I can't quite put my finger on what it is yet. I feel it, though. I'll have to watch it again and see where it takes me.
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Russell, MB, Canada
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StalwartJohnson
50 posts
Jun 05, 2019
5:18 PM
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Watched it last night! Really good. Check it out!
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SuperBee
6002 posts
Jun 06, 2019
1:35 AM
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I’ve only just caught on; it’s also available on Netflix Australia which is a nice surprise.
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SuperBee
6003 posts
Jun 06, 2019
3:03 AM
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Beautiful.
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Johnny Charles
95 posts
Jun 06, 2019
8:23 AM
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Watched it last night. Loved it.
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kham
165 posts
Jun 07, 2019
7:06 AM
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Also Watched last night. Congratulations Adam! Amazing story. You have led quite the life. Thanks for all your lessons and music. Truly inspirational.
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scojo
640 posts
Jun 07, 2019
1:40 PM
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Looking to watch this tonight... excited!!!
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kudzurunner
6569 posts
Jun 07, 2019
3:02 PM
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Thanks, everybody. I can take no credit (or blame) for the way in which the story is told, only for living the life that it documents.
One small but important point of fact: although the film makes it sound, in the opening few minutes, as though one day I lost the girlfriend and the next day I'm wandering through Harlem looking to heal my wounded heart, the truth is that two-and-a-half years separated those two things. That was a period of time in which I paid a lot of dues. Nat Riddles taught me how to play harp. I took three trips to Europe, the first and third of which ended up being about busking. I spent nine months busking the streets of New York. I visited Harlem's jazz clubs maybe eight times, jamming and learning from master musicians.
By the time I finally made my Harlem street debut with Mr. Satan in October 1986, I was no newbie--although I still had a great deal of learning to do. But I had a workable sound, thanks in part to Nat and in part to all the guitarists I'd worked with. I'd played and sung solo more than once on the streets of Paris and Avignon, and learned how to work crowds.
I'm just saying. I don't mind that the documentary makes it all sound mystical and magical, but really it was about a long journey and a lot of hard work.
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blingty
115 posts
Jun 08, 2019
10:29 AM
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Adam, was just thinking the exact same thing after the movie; it would have been highly unlikely to have arrived fully formed like that without a lot of experience and chops/shedding - thanks for clarifying.
Really enjoying this movie in Ireland, both the girlfriend and I - it's a great story and of course, digging the music too. I knew some of the U2 Rattle and Hum connection.
Well done!
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groyster1
3388 posts
Jun 09, 2019
7:24 AM
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this is a film that could be enjoyed by nearly everybody..….everybody loves a comeback person
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bigd
665 posts
Jun 11, 2019
9:43 AM
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Wow! I hadn't anticipated the quality of the production when I pressed play on Netflix. Adam's reverence and integrity were heartening.. And that funky swamp trumpet! Deep respect.
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dougharps
1959 posts
Jun 12, 2019
7:26 PM
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Just watched it... it was really good. I enjoyed it a lot.
I had already read "Mr. Satan's Apprentice", which gave a lot of detail about the same events (plus more of Adam Gussow's life) from the POV of Adam Gussow. It was a good read, a narrative that reminded me in some ways of my first reading Kerouac's "On the Road". Consciousness spilled upon a page... (after LOTS of work!)
Film is a different medium, and "Satan and Adam" conveyed many of the same events presented in the book, but in a different way. The film shows events from a third person point of view, though inclusive of Adam Gussow's narrative and including Sterling Magee speaking on camera. Others in the story offer narrative perspective as well. A few expert commentators describe the context of the times.
The inclusion of live blues performances captured in the moment and the inclusion of others' perspectives broadened the telling of the story beyond that of the book. The editing and production was good.
I may have benefited from having attended two HCH events and from reading the book prior to viewing the documentary, but the film stands on its own. I may watch it again sometime, after I have absorbed what I can of this viewing.
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Rubes
1036 posts
Jul 06, 2019
5:27 AM
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Yep thanx Adam awesome film...both you guys are legends!!!
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Grey Owl
987 posts
Jul 06, 2019
9:58 AM
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Just caught this on Netflix. Thoroughly enjoyable!
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mr_so&so
1083 posts
Jul 09, 2019
8:56 AM
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Hi Guys, Stepping out of the shadows to chime in... I finally saw the film yesterday on Netflix. I helped support it and still wear the T shirt proudly. The film did not disappoint. It's a true-blues story. I learned more about Sterling's life and struggles than I had known. It's a very tastefully done and heart felt homage to S&A and their collective response to the times and their circumstances... and persisting and living and succeeding. I only wish there had been a little more of the great music, that I refer to as the "wall of blues" sound, to anchor the story.
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kudzurunner
6572 posts
Jul 09, 2019
1:39 PM
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Mr so&so, I agree with you. I wish there had been, for example, one extended clip of a festival performance, or a club performance, so you could really get a sense of how it felt to be US.
The thing to remember is that when Sterling and I were playing with each other, we were one unit, inside our own heads and inside the music, responding on a moment-by-moment basis to the sounds we were creating. It's like being part of a dance team or a skating duo. It's about trust, reflexes, creativity, surprise, and knowing how to go with the flow. And then it's about the long drive the next day and crowing about how well it went the night before.
The film, not surprisingly, frames the story as a union-of-opposites, but because film is a visual medium and because race is on everybody's mind, that "opposites" angle tends to take over. Actually playing with each other, however, never felt like that--not past the first couple of months. It was about making the best music we could; about exploring what we had; and about rocking whatever crowd we had in front of us.
So it was the purest sort of teamwork. That story is harder to tell.
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