The Devils Folk Singer

They used to say that blues was the devils music, it turned young men and women into demons. Contorting their bodies in ways you wouldn't usually see, dancing as if dancing to a flame lit by the devil himself. But in my mind music is a way to get out your anger in a non physical way. It releases your feelings all in one ball of speech. You can go down the wrong path or make a better path just the same. Its not music that chooses the path, its yourself. In this documentary The Folk Singer a young aspiring folk singer named Jon aka Possessed By Paul James was riddled by religion and possesed by anger and doubt. About to have a child he embarks on a journey through Louisiana and Texas. Playing small honkey tonks and bars he meets up with other musicians playing the music that they love. Throwing their heart into the crowd every night they drink with the best of them, shoot guns with the best of them, smoke with the best of them but more importantly play with the best of them. Its an uplifting documentary about a young man struggling through the hardships of life in the music industry. The ups and downs on the way and the characters they meet along the way. Folk, Blues and Country are prominent in this movie. Its Americana at its best.