title: American Music: Off the Record
text: # 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
  