Curious if anyone has seen the stage show or digitally recorded movie version of the show Applachia Tour: Bluegrass NASCAR Moonshine produced by Joe Mattioli III?
I had not heard of it but have seen a few items online. If I can believe the producer's hype, the show gives a lot of credit to Raymond Parks for NASCAR's success.
Here is a news item and a couple of reference items:
Appalachia Tour Bluegrass Moonshine NASCAR
Digitally captured in New York City, the stage-show, Appalachia Tour: Bluegrass Moonshine NASCAR tells the story of the Appalachia mountain folks, their migration from the north, their moonshine history, and how renegade whiskey-runners formed NASCAR. Early founders such as Raymond Parks, Red Vogt, and many moonshine runners, like Junior Johnson, and track owners involved with the moonshine business drive this incredible true story.
Joseph Mattioli III, one of the shows producers and son of Pocono Raceway founders Drs. Joe and Rose, "The idea for the stage-show began with bluegrass concerts held at Pocono Raceway during the August, 2009, NASCAR Sprint Cup race weekend. Fans loved the music, and the idea for a stage performance took root", adding, "the story is a true American tale, how inspired groups with arguably diverse motivations combined to build southern stock-car racing."
The show portrays William Getty France, Big-Bill, as he was, a man driven to build the sport, and is based on true events. The production makes obvious that France seemed to be the right guy, at the right time, and explores Frances true claim to fame, his ability to organize a rough-crowd of bootleggers through whatever tactics necessary. Deception and ruthlessness were the norm, not the exception. The story begins with the Appalachia folks to NASCARs official forming in 1947.
Yardarm Productions, the films producer, seeks to advance its theatre-film arts initiative by exposing people of all ages to the beauty and power of theater and music, but particularly younger fans, those that typically would not be exposed to the experience of live theater. Alan Walker, an Executive Producer said, "The production is a tribute to those that built the sport, past and present, and to reach a broader audience the performance is now available online."
Cowboy poet Baxter Black is the storyteller, and multiple International Bluegrass Music Association Award nominee Sierra Hull is the music director. The film was recently screened to great reviews; awesome, spectacular, funny, interesting were but a few adjectives used to describe the film, say the producers. Trailer and Reviews available at appalachiatour.com
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
