‘Hill Country Troubadour’ Archives
UA Documentary to Screen in Rome
"Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour," a documentary from the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio, will be shown in Rome, Italy as a part of the 7th annual Mojo Station Blues Festival. The three day festival features performances by blues musicians and films on blues related subjects. The Mojo Station radio program was created by Gianluca Diana and Pietropaolo Moroncelli in 2002 to celebrate and promote blues music in Italy. The program led to the creation of the Mojo Station Blues Society, a non profit organization, which established the Mojo Station Blues [...]
UA Documentaries to Screen in Paris
Two documentaries produced by the University of Alabama will be screened in Paris, France during October, 2011. The documentaries, originally made for broadcast in Alabama, have both had an impact well beyond the boundaries of the state. "Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour" will screen as a part of the Raw Sounds Movie Club on October 17th at Le Fanfaron (6 rue de la Main d'Or). The film, which won the Best Alabama Film Award at the 2007 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, tells the story of a Memphis, Tennessee musician who was performing frequently in Alabama during the time it [...]
"Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour" to Screen June 4th at Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival
"Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour,” the award-winning documentary by Center for Public Television & Radio producer/director Max Shores, will be shown at the 7th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival in Huntsville, Alabama at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th. Shores will be in attendance and will answer questions after the screening. Presentation of this University of Alabama documentary is just a part of the two-day festival which will begin on Friday, June 3rd at 6:00 p.m. with a free performance by cigar box guitar musicians, Hymn for Her. Following the documentary screening [...]
2011 Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza Date Set
The 7th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza (now renamed "The Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Festival") will take place on Friday, June 3rd and Saturday, June 4th, 2011 in Huntsville, Alabama. This is the event at which most of my documentary, "Songs Inside The Box" was shot several years ago. The event attracts cigar box guitar enthusiasts from across the eastern U. S. and is a fun outing for anyone interested in these unique instruments. Times and performers have not been announced at this writing. Screenings of two of my documentaries, "Songs Inside The Box" and "Richard Johnston: [...]