The American Epic Sessions

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Director: Bernard MacMahon

Date of release: 16 Mar 2016

Description

Jack White and T Bone Burnett invite today’s greatest artists to test their skills against the long-lost machine that recorded their musical idols and forebears. The producers have, over a decade rebuilt, a 1920s recording system, timed by a weight-driven system of clockwork gears. Stripped of the comforts and security of modern technology, Nas, Elton John, Alabama Shakes, Steve Martin Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, are among the artists who have three minutes and one chance to get their music etched into a revolving wax disc, before the weight hits the floor. The results are career defining performances and the very definition of "Lighting In A Bottle".

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Runtime	120 minute
Language	English
Actors	Elton John Willie Nelson Jack White Steve Martin Nas Taj Mahal T Bone Burnett Merle Haggard Duke Erikson Rhiannon Giddens Beck Alabama Shakes The Avett Brothers Ana Gabriel Bernard MacMahon Allison McGourty Jerron Paxton