American Music: Off the Record

American Music: Off the Record is a 2008 American documentary film that features theorists Noam Chomsky and Douglas Rushkoff in an interrogation of the American music industry. The film covers a great deal of ground from the authenticity of live music to the circumvention of the corporate machine by indie distribution, to the demise of the privately owned music store.

Cast

 * Bernard Allison
 * Paul Barrere
 * Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
 * The Belairs
 * Bottle Rockets
 * Savoy Brown
 * Jackson Browne
 * Buckethead
 * Canned Heat
 * Carlene Carter
 * The Cates Brothers
 * Noam Chomsky
 * Chubby Carrier
 * David Allan Coe
 * Commander Cody
 * Danny Cox
 * Rodney Crowell
 * Iris DeMent
 * Rick Derringer
 * Chris Duarte
 * The Elders
 * Chris Hillman
 * Frank Hicks
 * It's a Beautiful Day
 * Wanda Jackson
 * Jah Roots
 * John Jorgenson
 * Eric Lindell
 * David Lindley
 * Little Feat
 * Country Joe McDonald
 * James McMurtry
 * Benjamin Meade
 * Roger Miller
 * Nace Brothers
 * Lee Oskar
 * Lee Roy Parnell
 * Les Paul
 * Herb Pederson
 * Ray Price
 * The Rainmakers
 * Lee Ranaldo
 * Kasey Rausch
 * Robert Reynolds
 * Roomful of Blues
 * Douglas Rushkoff
 * Billy Joe Shaver
 * Kim Simmonds
 * Sonic Youth
 * Richard Thompson
 * Paul Thor
 * Bob Walkenhorst
 * War
 * Watermelon Slim
 * Rev. Billy C. Wertz
 * Lizzie West
 * Edgar Winter
 * Johnny Winter
 * Carolyn Wonderland