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PIONEER TROUBADOURS
see our new channel at
openfilm.com/channels/Pioneer-Troubadours
Beyond "Reality" TV...a non scripted reality documentary series on the road
Willie
Nelson said once..."I went home to my
bus."
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on the road again
home sweet bus
road warriors
highway hobos
hitting the road
knights of the road
Semi Trailer Trucks
tour buses
rock n' roll buses
roadies
backstage
groupies
load in and load out
airports
truck stops |

Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard,
& Buck Owens
pic by Benford E.
Standley
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Since Medieval times
Troubadours have been
traveling from town to town,
totin' a guitar,
or some other musical instrument...singing
their songs of poetry and love, heartbreak and
about the roads that they travel.
From Minstrel Shows and Medicine Shows
to the Rag
Operas, theaters, roadhouse and honkytonks...

VISIT OUR CHANNEL
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WE MISS YOU NORM

Norm
Stephens |

Sonny Curtis from Buddy Holly's Crickets Painting Linda Anderson
Ramblin' Jack Elliott friend of Woody
Guthrie & inspired Dylan
Buck Page
founding member of the Riders of the Purple Sage
Norm Stephens played with Lefty Frizzell and
Merle Haggar
Art work by Linda Standley-Anderson |
WE MISS YOU BUCK
Buck
Page |

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Buck,
Marty Stuart
and
Norm
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Willie and Kris were very excited to talk with Ramblin' Jack...
most of the talk was about our Troubadour show
and Willie
and
Kris both gave us a quick interview
which will be in the DVD. |

Diamond
Dave Somerville |


The Pioneer Troubadours Series Begins...
DALLAS, TEXAS -- A
very special Guitar Pull took place during Eric Clapton's
Crossroads Guitar
Festival.
On the second day of the
three-day
event“
Ramblin'
Jack Elliott,
Sonny Curtis,
Norm Stephens
and Buck Page, all of whom have been part of America's
music
tradition for some six
decades, performed a historic
guitar pull, and were the talk of the
festival. That was the
beginning...
now let's ride.
The first two series features...
Les Paul,
Merle Haggard,
Kris Kristofferson,
Marty Stuart,
Dave Somerville,
Willie Nelson,
Buck Owens,
Ramblin'
Jack Elliott,
Sonny
Curtis,
Buck
Page
Norm
Stephens,
Louie Ortega and many of the "road warriors" that cut the
music trails that led to
today in music... See the road from
a
Merle Haggard
& Bob Dylan tour,
with trucks, the tour busses, backstage and stories from
the roadies...music
history, and more,
as our Pioneer Troubadours go
"on the road again."
The Pioneer Troubadours Series is as "reality" as it gets...beyond
the stage to
the backstage...we'll take you on the bus, on the road, to the sound check,
load in and load outs...truck stops, and hotels,
where we talk to the stars,
band members, roadies, promoters and friends of the Troubadours.
Each month we'll take the audience "on the road again" with a
different star,
from now to past decades...the story line is about
the road and music history.
We'll ask them about who they were
influenced by, their favorite road stories,
and show the reality
of being a Troubadour touring the highways of America...
Jump on board our beyond "reality tv"...
non
scripted reality multi-platform
documentary series
on and about the road that the Troubadours
travel...
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We invite you to
visit these sites
to see more info
and film footage





Les Paul,
a great legend that
I called friend, had many hours
of talks on the phone, and I was
filming two projects with him
and
working on things with Les
and
Merle Haggard

HOLLYWOOD
COUNTY LINE

Jimmie Rodgers
Father of Country
Music

KICKIN' UP DUST
TROUBADOUR MUSEUM

Stay tuned to see more on
Jackson Browne as a Pioneer


PASO DIGITAL
FILM
FESTIVAL

Gary Busey, Maggie Warwick
and Pioneer Troubadour
Sonny
Curtis
backstage at the
Film Festival...

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and film footage



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