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SXSW: Magnolia Buys Music Documentary ‘Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Magnolia Pictures has bought North American rights to 'Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted,' a documentary about a cult musician that premiered at SXSW.
The film follows Swamp Dogg and his “bachelor pad of aging musicians”, a group that includes the disarming Guitar Shorty and the quirky Moogstar, as they navigate the music industry, transform their home into an artistic playground and invite fellow musicians like Jenny Lewis and John Prine and superfans Mike Judge, Johnny Knoxville and Tom Kenny to play in their unique musical sandbox. In conjunction with Magnolia’s theatrical release, Pioneer Works Press will publish Swamp Dogg’s cookbook, “If You Can Kill It, I Can Cook It,” on May 20.It’s described as a “biographical artifact and a journey into the mind of a chef,” one that teaches you how to make “Baked Beans Bo Diddley”, “James Brown in Flight Chicken” and “Willie Nelson Potatoes Platter”. Swamp Dogg also has a new album, “Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St.,” that was praised by NPR as “one of the best country albums of the year.” It features bluegrass staple musicians Noam Pikelny, Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas, Chris Scruggs, Billy Contreras, and Kenny Vaughan, with special guests Margo Price, Vernon Reid, Jenny Lewis, Justin Vernon, and The Cactus Blossoms.
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