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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.
Louie Bluie is a film about the life and music of Howard Armstrong, a black string band leader who played the fiddle and sang with his friends Ted Bogan and Martin, Bogan and the Armstrongs. The film follows his sessions at the Earl of Old Town, his childhood in Tennessee, his journals and his humor, and his relationship with his partner Ted Bogan.
A film about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, who was a member of the last known black string band in America. The film is a tribute by director Terry Zwigoff, who captures his infectious music and comedy with a humane and affectionate style.
Oct 10, 1985 · A film by Terry Zwigoff about Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, a country-blues singer and artist who played with the last known black string band in America. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards and more on IMDb.
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Aug 9, 2010 · A wry, ribald, and magical portrait of the country-blues string band player and raconteur Howard Armstrong, also known as Louie Bluie. The film captures his life, music, and art in all its bawdy glory and aesthetic power, celebrating a remarkable, life-enhancing force. Learn how Zwigoff found and interviewed his subject, who died in 2003, and traced some of his tangled roots in Tennessee and Chicago.
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.
Rent Louie Bluie on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. This documentary focuses on William Howard Taft Armstrong, (better known as Louie Bluie), a Tennessee blues musician and folk...
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