When Heartworn Highways finally received a theatrical release in 1981, it was already wrapped in an underground mythos. James Szalapski’s musical documentary, recorded in the brief span at the end of ...

"The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country." Gather 'round and revisit this classic country music documentary film Heartworn Highways. Rarely screened, the beloved ...

From producer Graham Leader (Sins of a Father), comes a documentary that seeks to explore the “Outlaw Country” movement that was first seen on screens of Heartworn Highways in 1976. With shooting ...

In May 1981, filmmaker James Szalapski finally released his documentary Heartworn Highways. The film was made in 1975 and early 1976, but Szalapski didn’t give it a formal release until six years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 40-years-later sequel of sorts, “Heartworn Highways Revisited” pays homage to a 1976 feature by the late James Szalapski that ...

Terms such as “outlaw country” or “Americana” had not been coined when filmmaker Jim Szalapski filmed country music artists for a documentary in 1975. Capturing the careers in infancy of what would ...

“I’d rather be sunburnt on my vacation than vaccinated on my weekend,” aging guitarist Glenn Stagner sings in "Heartworn Highways,” director Jim Szalapski’s 1976 film capturing the early outlaw ...

In May 1981, as Heartworn Highways, it was shown over a week at a Greenwich Village cinema. Critic Pauline Kael devoted three pages of The New Yorker to it. From this point, the reputation of the film ...

Manchester, Tenn.-- Americana artists aren't the big draw for most Bonnaroo fans, but the genre does have its admirers at the festival, as proven by the mid-morning crowd Saturday for a screening of ...

A new generation provides the alternative to Nashville's mainstream. By THR Staff Heartworn Highways Still - H 2015 But as with the first film, the point is not a comprehensive picture of a musical ...