American Music: Off the Record
# 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
