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This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. Focusing on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World shows how these pioneering Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives.
The idea for RUMBLE came about when guitarist Stevie Salas, an Apache Indian and one of the film's Executive Producers, realized that no one outside of the music business knew about the profound contribution of these Native musicians. Renewed attention to this missing chapter in the history of American music led to the publishing of Brian Wright-McLeod’s The Encyclopedia of Native Music, an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and eventually this documentary.
Original Release
07/26/2017
US Release
07/26/2017
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| George Clinton | Self - Musician & Producer |
| Robbie Robertson | Self - Musician / Mohawk / Self |
| Gary Giddins | Self - Critic & Biographer |
| Martin Scorsese | Self / Self - Film Director |
| Steven Van Zandt | Self - Musician & Radio Host |
| Joy Harjo | Self - Poet & Musician / Muskogee-Creek |
| Stevie Salas | Self - Guitarist / Apache |
| David Fricke | Self - Rolling Stone Magazine |
| Wayne Kramer | Self / Self - Guitarist - MC5 |
| Taylor Hawkins | Self - Drummer - Foo Fighters |
Directors
Alfonso Maiorana, Catherine Bainbridge
Writers
Alfonso Maiorana, Catherine Bainbridge
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| George Clinton | Self - Musician & Producer |
| Robbie Robertson | Self - Musician / Mohawk / Self |
| Gary Giddins | Self - Critic & Biographer |
| Martin Scorsese | Self / Self - Film Director |
| Steven Van Zandt | Self - Musician & Radio Host |
| Joy Harjo | Self - Poet & Musician / Muskogee-Creek |
| Stevie Salas | Self - Guitarist / Apache |
| David Fricke | Self - Rolling Stone Magazine |
| Wayne Kramer | Self / Self - Guitarist - MC5 |
| Taylor Hawkins | Self - Drummer - Foo Fighters |
| Beth Wray Webb | Self - Daughter of Link Wray |
| Sherry Wray | Self - Niece of Link Wray |
| Ron Welburn | Self - Jazz Historian / Gingaskin Cherokee / Assateague |
| Billy Hancock | Self - Rockabilly Musician |
| Taj Mahal | Self / Self - Musician |
| Slash | Self - Guitarist / Guns N' Roses |
| Iggy Pop | Self / Self - Musician |
| Antonino D'Ambrosio | Self - Author & Filmmaker |
| Greg Laxton | Self - Roots Music Historian |
| Marky Ramone | Self - Drummer / The Ramones |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Stevie Salas | Executive Producer |
| Catherine Bainbridge | Executive Producer |
| Christina Fon | Executive Producer |
| Ray Halbritter | Executive Producer |
| Diana Holtzberg | Executive Producer |
| Tim Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Linda Ludwick | Executive Producer |
| Jan Rofekamp | Executive Producer |
| Ernest Webb | Executive Producer |
| Catherine Bainbridge | Producer |
| Jake Kent | Producer |
| Claire Mackinnon | Producer |
| Lisa M. Roth | Producer |
| Oliver Schwehm | Producer |
Editors
