Toot Blues (2008)

In the late 1980s Tim Duffy a penniless North Carolina musicology student became deeply involved in WinstonSalems drinkhouse music scene an offthegrid hotbed of gritty traditional blues He began the foundation after observing and living with the deep poverty of the Southern blues artists he befriended and championedThe foundation now helps hundreds of older Southern musicians with everything from financial assistance to tour support The film travels back to the early artists that were the inspiration for Music Maker and forward to the current artists carrying on the Southern roots tradition The film features performances archival and contemporary of Music Maker artists on tour and in the studio as well as interviews with the artists and Duffy on the foundation music and the blues