Documentary ·Music · United States of America · 1985 · 1h 0m

Louie Bluie

Director

Terry Zwigoff

Cast

Howard Armstrong as Himself Ted Bogan as Himself Jay Lynch as Himself Yank Rachell as Himself Ikey Robinson as Himself

Crew

Victoria Lewis — Editor Terry Zwigoff — Producer Frank Simeone — Producer

Tagline

Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest

Synopsis

Crumb director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years.

Key Collaborators

Terry Zwigoff Director Victoria Lewis Editor Terry Zwigoff Producer Frank Simeone Producer

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