The dB's Documentaries

While hanging out in front of the stage at the dB's show at the Cat's Cradle earlier this year, I kept getting shoved around by this big guy with a video camera. And now I know why. According to the News & Observer, two separate filmmakers are working on documentaries of the classic local superstars:

Boyle isn't the only filmmaker working on a documentary of 1980s North Carolina music. There's also "The North Carolina Rock Project," which has been in the works since 2004. Mike Allen, managing creative director of RBW advertising in Raleigh, is heading up the project.

Allen and his crew have shot about 100 hours of interviews and performances by Don Dixon, the Connells, the Woods, Dexter Romweber, Dillon Fence, Spongetones and other acts. They also filmed the dB's show at Cat's Cradle earlier this month (as did Boyle).

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Yet another documentary film in the making involves the band the dB's, by filmmaker Jake Gorst -- who first hooked up with the dB's seven years ago, when he designed their Web site. A huge amount of photos and footage turned up through that project, so Gorst began working on a documentary.

The film is proceeding along with the reunited dB's long-in-the-works new album, the original lineup's first since 1982.

It's good to know that after all these years the dB's are still getting the respect they deserve. I can't wait to see the documentaries when they come out, especially the one about North Carolina rock in general. Sometimes I wish I was born in the 60s...

Even if you have not heard of them before, go see them if you get the chance. It's a show you won't forget.

The dB's - "World to Cry" (mp3)