This documentary is a portrait of the artists who have found shelter with the acclaimed Fat Possum label. Old bluesmen like T. Model Ford, Cedell Davis and RL Burnside were taken from oblivion by the label and found a new audience, especially white fans of alternative garage rock. Jon Spencer, leader of the cult band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, is a great admirer of these men and he worked closely
… with them. Part of the appeal of these 'last bluesmen' lies in their primitive personality and crude lifestyle. For the umpteenth time RL Burnside is eagerly gleaned about the murder he once committed, a crime that RL and his interviewers laugh about. T Model Ford also appears to have a murder on his conscience. It's all grist to the mill of the violence-obsessed American consumer and, one must cynically say, perfect advertisement for Fat Possum's records. The DVD is saved by the fine music that thumps and thunders like an old steam locomotive. (MS)more
