Throw down your Crazy Heart... 11/05/2010
If you haven't seen this movie, I recommend seeing it. If for nothing else, the soundtrack is excellent, and Jeff Bridges yet again plays a complex, moving, and often hilarious character - Bad Blake is in a similar vein to Jeff Lebowski, although much darker. This guy is a broke-down boozeman of sorts and he always seems to gamble away his opportunities on liquor, but he eventually finds redemption in ghostwriting good ol' country songs. Although that may sound like a tired story line, I assure you that it's not - at least not in this movie. This movie shows how hard and often humiliating it can be to play music for a living, and shows the sad realities of touring life (if you can call Bad Blake a "touring musician") wearing a fella down. Although, Bad Blake's alcoholism probably did most of the wearing down... Ryan Bingham, in the video below, is playing the most impressive track on the soundtrack, The Weary Kind. Also of note: that's a Gibson J45 - and it's one hell of an axe. |

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