Saturday 28 May 2011

Searching For Wrong Eyed Jesus Soundtrack

If you haven’t see the documentary film Searching For Wrong Eyed Jesus then I strongly recommend that you track it down. The title is taken from an album from alt.country songwriter Jim White. The film stars White as he takes a road trip through the American bible belt. Along the way there's churches, prison's, scrap yards, coal mines, one street towns, dive bars and some stunning musical performances. Like David Eugene Edwards in the woods playing Wayfaring Stranger on a banjo. Johnny Dowd playing on a rusty car and in a barber shop. The Handsome Family playing on the porch of a house built on a swamp, banjo player Lee Sexton with spittoon by feet doing a rendition of Rye Whisky and Jim White playing in a near empty Diner.
Then there’s an excellent version of a song called The Last Kind Words by the female blues singer Geeshie Wiley that David Johanson and Larry Saltzan bash out in a motel room. I never realised what a great voice Johanson has until I heard him in the film.
If you can't get hold of the film then try to get hold of the soundtrack.