Always Been a Rambler celebrates the New Lost City Ramblers, one of the first urban groups to revive early recorded string band music from the 1920’s south. The film traces the origins of old-time music as the musicians tell their story of the group forming and developing over the years. It presents many of the group’s musical influences, as well as several of the younger generations of musicians influenced by the ‘Ramblers,’ including the Stairwell Sisters, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Uncle Wiggly, among many others. This wonderful film features more than 50 old-time tunes played by old-time musicians. (58 minutes).

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Waiting for a Train
Directed by Oscar Bucher (Q&A with filmmaker after screening.)
Waiting for a Train is the remarkable true story of a native Japanese and now San Francisco resident, Toshio Hirano, whose life is transformed by the music of country musician Jimmie Rodgers. Follow Hirano from Tokyo to Texas to San Francisco as he chases a passionate dream for over 40 years (20 minutes).