Curtis Fowlkes

Evocation de Kansas City, ville de tous les dangers, dans les années trente à travers les aventures d'une jeune télégraphiste qui kidnappe la femme d'un homme politique influent afin d'obtenir la libération de l'homme qu'elle aime, petit malfrat tombé dans les griffes des gangsters.

Recorded in winter of 2002 by 1k Studios when idiosyncratic guitarist Charlie Hunter was still working with his Quintet. Its semi-animated graphics format conveys more than a little of the whimsy and infectious spirit in the eight-string guitarist's music, even as the bios of the individual band members and production credits thoroughly cover the academic side of this project. The segment featuring Charlie solo is a great opportunity to see how he plays his custom-designed guitar. You have to marvel at what a self-deprecating musician this Bay-area native is, but never more so than on "Recess," where he refuses to show off or flaunt his technique in any way.