Product Details

• Actors: R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, T-Model Ford, Asie Payton
• Directors: Mandy Stein
• Producers: Matthew Johnson, Mandy Stein, Hunter Gray, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Paul S. Mezey
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Fat Possum [Old]
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007R8FOE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,178 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, MS based label- Fat Possum Records- that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews, live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare, black and white footage of RL Burnside from 1974, disturbingly funny stories about touring told first hand by Iggy Pop and John Spencer Blues Explosion as well as an interesting encounter with Junior Kimbrough described by Bono from U2 and much more. This is not for the faint of heart.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Last of a dying breed, August 7, 2005

By	David B. Dennard "dragonst" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the real deal...back-porch players in their own delta environment who don't give a tinker's damn about anything but playing their music, drinkin', and enjoying what's left of thier time on earth. Their sensibility is miles away from the music business as we know it, and thank God for it because most people are completely oblivious to southern blues musician mindset and would probably never have a chance to "get it" otherwise because most of these players are truly a dying breed.

This film captures the heart and spirit of real African-American bluesmen who are still poor after being semi-famous for years...and they really couldn't care less. R. L. Burnside in particular has been releasing albums and playing around for years, been reviewed and celebrated in all the best rock and indie-alternative press, and still lives like any poor, black rural working man. These guys don't care about fancy boutique amps and expensive "guitar show" instruments. They make all the sound they need from a typical hodge-podge of beat up pawn shop instruments, playing in some cases with simple buttern knives when their hands no longer work.

If you understand the connection that the ancient African music traditions have to roots American music, look no further than this movie as an example of how it was preserved and passed on in the new world to this present day. This film may be one of the last testaments to a culture that will surely disappear soon in this 21st century.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the real deal, May 10, 2005

By	Thomas W. Yates - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

if you enjoy music, you will enjoy this dvd. this is the real deal. these guys dont care about careers, success etc. this is pure art, pure emotion. if you watch this (and it resonates, i.e. you "get it") most other music will become irrelavant.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another "Must Have" DVD, March 30, 2008

By	C. Knight (Greece) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If any music DVD is a prime example of the old adage "when you find a good chord, stick to it" this one is it. It is a fascinating look at the lives of some great rural blues musicians and a lesson that blues music does not need to be complex to be powerful. These guys play the simplest of riffs yet still make the hairs on your neck stand on end. Great stuff and a lesson to all the Eric Clapton wanabees.