Partially, this is a biography of Mike Seeger and of Alice Gerrard. It also records how they balance home life with a working marriage. In addition to their family life, both are also professional musicians and folklorists.
The documentary follows their travels to learn directly from folk legends. In turn, they pass on the vernacular tradition by teaching workshops at festivals.
Mike has recorded the music of many folk legends and helped popularize the "folk revival". Alice was the publisher of the Old-Time Herald. Without their passion to preserve a tradition that could have died in arcanum, many urban kids wouldn't have discovered music that wasn't part of their own generation.
Mike and Alice constantly practiced their musicianship. They realize that their hard work's rewards are the informal group jams, where the craft is.passed onto the next generation of young fogies. This is the folk process.
The documentary follows their travels to learn directly from folk legends. In turn, they pass on the vernacular tradition by teaching workshops at festivals.
Mike has recorded the music of many folk legends and helped popularize the "folk revival". Alice was the publisher of the Old-Time Herald. Without their passion to preserve a tradition that could have died in arcanum, many urban kids wouldn't have discovered music that wasn't part of their own generation.
Mike and Alice constantly practiced their musicianship. They realize that their hard work's rewards are the informal group jams, where the craft is.passed onto the next generation of young fogies. This is the folk process.
