As part of our 12th Annual Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards, the Lone Star Film Society will screen Fort Worthian Andrew Shapter’s Before the Music Dies, a 2006 documentary about the “homogenization of popular music” that includes commentary by Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Elvis Costello, and more heavy hitters. The film will screen on Wed., June 17, at Four Day Weekend Theater (312 Houston St.) in Sundance Square and will be accompanied by a performance by jazzbo Ephraim Owens, who is featured prominently in the film. He’ll be joined onstage two Fort Worth stars: Red Young, a Fort Worth Weekly Music Hall of Famer; and the 2007 and ’08 Music Awards winner for best jazz, drummer and bandleader Adonis Rose. The performance will follow the 7 p.m. screening. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 for Lone Star Film Society members, $25 for non-members. At the door, tickets will be $25 for members and $30 for non-members.
The screening is part of the Weekly’s annual Music Awards, a celebration of local talent that includes a popular vote for best artists in categories ranging from rock to jazz and all points in between and also includes a festival. The 2009 fest is on Sun., June 28, at six Sundance Square-area clubs: 8.0, Bent, Embargo, Flying Saucer, Paddy Reds, and the Scat. Thirty-six bands are slated to perform, including Telegraph Canyon (8.0), The Burning Hotels (8.0), Rivercrest Yacht Club (Bent), Josh Weathers + the True Endeavors (8.0), the cut*off (Scat), The Orbans (8.0), The February Chorus’ Brandin Lea (Bent), AwkQuarius (Bent), Dove Hunter (Embargo), Whiskey Folk Ramblers (Scat), and more.
