The Verdigris In Search of Will Rogers (2015)

A songwriter from Oklahoma Beau Jennings spent the last few years writing songs about his boyhood hero and Oklahomas favorite son Will Rogers the legendary CherokeeIndian cowboy vaudeville performer newspaper columnist and movie star As songs accumulated Beau realized the need to further explore the source of his inspiration and a plan was hatched to travel the US retracing Will Rogers footsteps performing songs about Will at locations where significant events in his life took place Beau decided that the performances should be filmed for the creation of a featurelength documentary film and accompanying album with the working title The Verdigris a reference to the river that runs through Wills hometown of Oologah OK and through Beaus hometown of Inola OK