The Only Band in Town

Kyrié traveled to very Upstate New York to co-produce this documentary with Rod Blackhurst. She went first with only the DP to cover a bluegrass festival the band was participating in and then again with the Director to film the interviews and remaining b-roll.

The Only Band In Town is a straightforward portrait of four casual bluegrass musicians in rural upstate New York. North Creek, NY has a population of 1,837 and only one band, the Don’t Quit Your Day Job Band, whose members include an old hippie, Melody, who moved to NYC during the Vietnam War with nothing but a bag of records and a guitar on her back, a small town old timer, Buckshot, who has spent his entire life in the same tiny community, Larry, a family man who seems to have forgotten about his family, and Stephanie, who is the band leader and transgendered father of three girls.

WINNER BEST SCORE | 2010 Melbourne Independent Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010 Woods Hole Film Festival (woodsholefilmfestival.org/​2010/​)
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (almovingimage.org/​sidewalk-fest.html)
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010 Melbourne Independent Film Festival

director ROD BLACKHURST
director of photography GARETH PAUL COX
edited by ROD BLACKHURST & DAVID EBELTOFT
produced by ROD BLACKHURST & KYRIE COX
original music by JEREMY MCCOY, NATHAN STENGREVICS & LOWELL STRINGER

http://www.theonlybandintown.com

http://www.rodblackhurst.com

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