The American Epic Sessions

The American Epic Sessions

120 mins | March 16, 2016

Jack White and T Bone Burnett invite today’s greatest artists to test their skills against the long-lost machine that recorded their musical idols and forebears. The producers have, over a decade rebuilt, a 1920s recording system, timed by a weight-driven system of clockwork gears. Stripped of the comforts and security of modern technology, Nas, Elton John, Alabama Shakes, Steve Martin Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, are among the artists who have three minutes and one chance to get their music etched into a revolving wax disc, before the weight hits the floor. The results are career defining performances and the very definition of "Lighting In A Bottle".

The American Epic Sessions

120 mins | March 16, 2016

The American Epic Sessions
Jack White and T Bone Burnett invite today’s greatest artists to test their skills against the long-lost machine that recorded their musical idols and forebears. The producers have, over a decade rebuilt, a 1920s recording system, timed by a weight-driven system of clockwork gears. Stripped of the comforts and security of modern technology, Nas, Elton John, Alabama Shakes, Steve Martin Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, are among the artists who have three minutes and one chance to get their music etched into a revolving wax disc, before the weight hits the floor. The results are career defining performances and the very definition of "Lighting In A Bottle".
Producers
Original title The American Epic Sessions
Directors Bernard MacMahon
Writers

Cast

Jack White

as Himself

T Bone Burnett

as Himself

Willie Nelson

as Himself

Merle Haggard

as Himself

Nas

as Himself

Elton John

as Himself

Alabama Shakes

as Themselves

Beck

as Himself

Duke Erikson

as Himself

Ana Gabriel

as Herself

Rhiannon Giddens

as Herself

Bernard MacMahon

as Himself

Taj Mahal

as Himself

Allison McGourty

as Herself

Jerron Paxton

as Himself

Steve Martin

as Himself