50 Watt Fuse
88 minutes, 2006
Fri. Oct 6, 8:00PM, Rafael
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Wed. Oct 11, 9:15PM, Throckmorton
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Also see:
GE Smith and Friends Music Event
To most, G.E. Smith is the magnetic, blond-pony-tailed guitarist who once fronted Saturday Night Live's house band and jammed with some of the biggest names in the business. What is less well-known is that Smith is one of the most prolific, respected guitarists and musicologists working today. 50 Watt Fuse begins at Fender headquarters with the production of a G.E. Smith–model Fender Telecaster guitar. Smith describes how such a guitar has taken him around the world to create music with his greatest influences. With thoughtful interviews and classic performances from Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Hall & Oates, Rosanne Cash and others, this is the curriculum vitae of an immense musical talent and quintessential sideman. — S. Uyehara
Discussion and mini-set by G.E. Smith and Simon Kirke follows the October 6 screening. G.E. Smith & Friends perform a live concert at 142 Throckmorton Theatre on October 7. Click here for more details.
Director: Taylor Barton
Producer: Taylor Barton, Peter Murphy Crowley
Screenwriter: Taylor Barton
Cinematographer: Peter Murphy Crowley
Editor: Nick Martin
Print Source: 50 Watt
90 Grove Lane
Novato, CA, 94947
Tel: 415.786.5361
415.246.4192
PRECEDED BY:
Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business
Director: William Farley
US 2006 28 MINS Struggling with his own eccentricities, an artist tries to access a larger audience without compromising his spontaneity or the integrity of his humor.
Sponsor:
KQED
