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Louie Bluie

About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.

Director

Terry Zwigoff

Year

Genre

documentary, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Superior

Awards

2 nominations

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Howard Armstrong

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I met this young lady in 1932 - Louie Bluie

I met this young lady in 1932

Women fell for the dude head over heels - Louie Bluie

Women fell for the dude head over heels

He was so greedy after women - Louie Bluie

He was so greedy after women

I been exposed to music all my life - Louie Bluie

I been exposed to music all my life

And you know during that time there was a whole lot of black fiddlers - Louie Bluie

And you know during that time there was a whole lot of black...

Well the first string bands that I uh came in contact with - Louie Bluie

Well the first string bands that I uh came in contact with

And my brother Roland played a homemade bass my dad made out of a goods box - Louie Bluie

And my brother Roland played a homemade bass my dad made out...

We couldn't play the blues you know for the white people - Louie Bluie

We couldn't play the blues you know for the white...

But the sad part you see my poor ol' mother was sittin' back there - Louie Bluie

But the sad part you see my poor ol' mother was...

The woodpecker flew to the schoolhouse yard - Louie Bluie

The woodpecker flew to the schoolhouse yard

Cried screamed like a wildcat - Louie Bluie

Cried screamed like a wildcat

There were different ethnic groups here in this part of Tennessee where I was - Louie Bluie

There were different ethnic groups here in this part of...

Didn't matter what the instrumentation was - Louie Bluie

Didn't matter what the instrumentation was

I'd hate to wake up anywhere and see that - Louie Bluie

I'd hate to wake up anywhere and see that

Preacher's a regular legalized pimp - Louie Bluie

Preacher's a regular legalized pimp

A lot of people didn't care too much aboutJesus 'cause he was too humble and meek - Louie Bluie

A lot of people didn't care too much aboutJesus...

You see a lot of people think that pornography - Louie Bluie

You see a lot of people think that pornography

Well anyway that's what we call steatopygic - Louie Bluie

Well anyway that's what we call steatopygic

Now there's the man Death He's the biggest pimp of all That's Death - Louie Bluie

Now there's the man Death He's the biggest pimp of...

This man This man here - Louie Bluie

This man This man here

I'm not ashamed to tell anybody my age - Louie Bluie

I'm not ashamed to tell anybody my age

I'm doing with my life every morning that I get up - Louie Bluie

I'm doing with my life every morning that I get up

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About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.

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Director: Terry Zwigoff

Writer: N/A

Production: Superior

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 1985

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Oct 1985

Awards: 2 nominations

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