Members of a bluegrass band were on stage with the cast, making the integration of the many songs into the storyline that much more seamless. On stage, it is set in a small town called Paradise, meant to be in eastern Kentucky, though that is never stated, with the townspeople trying to figure out how they might save their community and bring some life back into Paradise. It’s a musical comedy with some elements of the cornball humor from the old Hee-Haw show. Wagner is the music guy, and Sage and Robertson are former writers for National Lampoon. The film project grew out of a stage play by the same name, written by Cliff Wagner, Tom Sage, and Bill Robertson. It contains 19 new songs, almost all performed in a bluegrass style, with the band intimately integrated into the cast of performers.
Now we have learned about a newly-completed bluegrass musical that is slated for release in 2023 called Paradise, A Town of Sinners and Saints.
Western Europe saw a similar bump when the Belgian film Broken Circle Breakdown was released in 2014. Likewise with television programs like The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Petticoat Junction in the ’60s.
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From Foggy Mountain Breakdown in the Bonnie and Clyde movie in 1967, through Duelin’ Banjos in Deliverance in 1972, up to Man of Constant Sorrow in the O Brother, Where Art Thou film, both bluegrass performers and fans have see the profile of the music rise in popular appreciation. Bluegrass lovers have known for years just how powerful film and television can be in getting the music in front of millions of people.
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