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Howard " Louie Bluie " Armstrong (March 4, 1909 – July 30, 2003) was an American string band and country blues musician, who played fiddle, mandolin, and guitar and sang. He was also a notable visual artist and raconteur.
Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years. Film Info. United States. English. Spine #532. Director-Approved Special Edition Features. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Terry Zwigoff.
The story of how they got to Telluride is an amazing one, and it explains the existence of "Louie Bluie," an equally amazing music documentary film that is opening today at the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport.
Oct 10, 1985 · Louie Bluie: Directed by Terry Zwigoff. With Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Yank Rachell, Ikey Robinson. About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
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Aug 9, 2010 · Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Bluie. By Michael Sragow. Essays —. Aug 9, 2010. S an Francisco filmmaker Terry Zwigoff’s first cinematic effort, the 1985 Louie Bluie, is a wry, ribald, and magical portrait of the country-blues string band player and irrepressible raconteur Howard Armstrong (a.k.a. Louie Bluie).
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Catalog. Louie Bluie. Howard Armstrong. Nonpareil string instrumentalist and singer Howard Armstrong performed under the name “Louie Bluie” as part of a 1930s African American string band. He left music to work in the factories during World War II and did not return to his musical roots as Louie Bluie until the 1970s.
Starring Howard Armstrong. CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
