Before the Music Dies (2006)

Director:

Andrew Shapter

Writers:

Joel Rasmussen (writer)
Andrew Shapter (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

With outstanding performances and revealing interviews Before the Music Dies takes a critical look at...

Cast

Doyle Bramhall II	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erykah Badu	...	Herself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself
Elvis Costello	...	Himself
Taylor Hannah	...	Herself
Josh Jackson	...	Himself
Branford Marsalis	...	Himself
Dave Matthews	...	Himself
Billy Preston	...	Himself
Nick Purdy	...	Himself
Bonnie Raitt	...	Herself
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson	...	Himself

Also Known As:

B4md (Australia)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Nice Documentary

Before the Music Dies (2006)

*** (out of 4)

Pretty good documentary that takes a look at the music business and tells why rock, bluegrass and other smaller genres are getting hard to find. The film naturally blames MTV and the likes for reasons why Spears and her type sell twenty-million records. There are some pretty harsh yet funny comments from the cast, which includes Eric Clapton, Erykah Badu, Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews and Bonnie Raitt. Various topics from downloading songs to live shows are discussed and while the documentary doesn't say anything we don't already know it does manage to be entertaining from start to finish.