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Harmony Cats

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This is one of my all time top 10 movies. It's how a classical musician becomes unemployed and hires out to a country and western band whom he thinks is below his station. The lead singer quietly conforms him into a real live cowboy. When he finally gets rehired with the orchestra he is in a tux and as the camera scans down he is still wearing his cowboy boots. It really is a very good movie.

When Graham Brathwaite loses his job as a symphony musician, he finds himself on a touring gig with a country band. It's a real learning experience for Graham, playing small towns and community halls with a motley mix of musicians called "The Harmony Cats". Debbie, the group's singer and frank, the band's leader help Graham shed his narrow-minded views on life and become a person with some "soul". Harmony Cats is a tribute to all those bands who play the small town circus, looking for that one big break into the big time and a fleeting moment of Fame!
Featuring Hoyt Axton

Being a song writer myself I could identify with this movie,being in an active band for eight years, I when thru alot of the same things that this movie cast went thru.I guess you could say "I get it" It was not a first class made film but it was a real film.Maybe not the best acting but I would recommend it to people who like the music thing.I thought the music genra class battle was great.

I watched this movie because Hoyt Axton was in it, listed third in the beginning credits. He was on-screen for about 60 seconds and never performed, which was an unforgiveable lapse on the part of the movie makers - he was far superior to any of the performers in the film. As a movie, it lagged, contained shallow dialog, and had a weak and predictable plot. Some of the songs were good, but overall it was an extremely disappointing film.

Here's a rare big screen appearance by Jim Byrnes (Highlander, Wiseguy), & yep you even get some music. He has a substanial supporting role, so if you're a fan, the movie is worth seeing. There is very little else to recommend it. If you're short on money, look here at Amazon.com for his music rather than this tape (Burning, & That River.)