New Lost City Ramblers - Always Been a Rambler (2009)

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Filmmaker Yasha Aginsky explores the musical history and continuing legacy of the New Lost City Ramblers, a 1950s string band that revived Depression-era music and helped jumpstart the folk scene of the pre-Beatles era. ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER revisits the band's heyday and assesses their influence… More Filmmaker Yasha Aginsky explores the musical history and continuing legacy of the New Lost City Ramblers, a 1950s string band that revived Depression-era music and helped jumpstart the folk scene of the pre-Beatles era. ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER revisits the band's heyday and assesses their influence through archival photos, rare performance footage, and interviews with contemporaries and devotees. Among the roots-music luminaries making their appearances are Clarence Ashley, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Elizabeth Cotton, Pete Seeger, and Ricky Skaggs.