American Music: Off the Record (2008)

American Music: Off the Record is a 2008 American documentary that features theorists Noam Chomsky and Douglas Rushkoff in an interrogation of the American music industry.
The film covers a great deal of ground from the authenticity of live music to the circumvention of the corporate machine by indie distribution, to the demise of the privately owned music store.

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Cast:

• Bernard Allison
• Paul Barrere
• Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
• The Belairs
• Roomful of Blues
• Nace Brothers
• The Cates Brothers
• Savoy Brown
• Jackson Browne
• Buckethead
• Chubby Carrier
• Carlene Carter
• Noam Chomsky
• David Allan Coe
• Danny Cox
• Rodney Crowell
• Iris DeMent
• Rick Derringer
• Chris Duarte
• The Elders
• Little Feat
• Canned Heat
• Frank Hicks
• Chris Hillman
• It's a Beautiful Day
• Wanda Jackson
• John Jorgenson
• Eric Lindell
• David Lindley
• Country Joe McDonald
• James McMurtry
• Benjamin Meade
• Roger Miller
• Lee Oskar
• Lee Roy Parnell
• Les Paul
• Herb Pederson
• Ray Price
• The Rainmakers
• Lee Ranaldo
• Kasey Rausch
• Rev. Billy C. Wertz
• Robert Reynolds
• Bottle Rockets
• Jah Roots
• Douglas Rushkoff
• Billy Joe Shaver
• Kim Simmonds
• Watermelon Slim
• Richard Thompson
• Paul Thor
• Bob Walkenhorst
• War
• Lizzie West
• Edgar Winter
• Johnny Winter
• Carolyn Wonderland
• Sonic Youth