Sandy Bull: No Deposit, No Return Blues

Boston Premier Screening! Live set by Glenn Jones.

Tuesday, November 24 at 8pm

End of an Empire Presents:

Sandy Bull: No Deposit, No Return Blues
by KC Bull (director in attendance)

Plus: Glenn Jones (solo acoustic set)

Spectacle
17 Edinboro Street #3
Chinatown, Boston
$5-$10 requested donation

http://spectacle.nu/

“On recess from her job as a primary school teacher in Oakland, California, KC Bull has recently been touring with her illuminating documentary No Deposit, No Return Blues, a sensitively assembled homage to her father, the pioneering psychedelic folk musician, Sandy Bull. Active from 1950 until his death in 2001, Bull’s legendary performances, blending elements of American folk with jazz, classical, Indian and Arabic-influenced modes, and later rock n’ roll, made him a cult hero to a generation of musicians and artists, many of who, including the likes of “clown activist” Wavy Gravy and Nubian musician Hamza El Din, are seen here paying their respects.

Bull’s eclectic borrowings transcended conventional ideas of what an instrument could, or indeed should, sound like – no one had ever thought of playing a scenic cantata on a five string banjo (Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”) before, much less a bossa nova on an electric oud (Luis Bonfa’s “Manha De Carnaval”). And while the film depicts his early career, zooming around with Hunter S. Thompson, as maybe a little regretful (despite a clutch of classic albums released on Vanguard, including Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo and Inventions), it’s also clear that Bull’s peripheral position offered him space to gestate and experiment.” – Dazed & Confused Magazine

Links:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=55836839
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bull
http://www.myspace.com/404819447
http://digital.othermusic.com/wp/index.php?tag=k.c.-bull