Tom Rush - Boston Premiere Screening Event with Post Screening Q & A

Boston Premiere: “TOM RUSH: NO REGRETS”

Post Screening Q&A with Filmmakers and Tom Rush

Saturday, June 28th at 8pm

General Admission Tickets: $15 including post-screening Q&A segment with the film makers and Tom Rush.

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“TOM RUSH: NO REGRETS” features interviews with Tom
Rush, James Taylor, Elektra Records’ Jac Holzman, and DJ Dick Summer,
plus musical cameos by David Bromberg, Buskin & Batteau, Jonathan
Edwards, and Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

After winning Best NH Documentary at the New Hampshire Film Festival,
the 83-minute documentary about the influential folk legend, who also
helped propel Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne into the
spotlight, “TOM RUSH: NO REGRETS” will screen at the Regent Theatre, 7
Medford Street, Arlington, MA 02474 on June 28,  2014 beginning at 8:00
pm.

Folksinger, songwriter, and guitarist Tom Rush recalls his
illustrious and unconventional career in the new documentary, Tom Rush:
No Regrets. The film chronicles Rush’s life, mostly from his own
humorous, self-deprecating perspective. Tom Rush: No Regrets includes
exclusive footage of the folk icon retracing his developmental New
England footsteps, as well as recent concert appearances at Club Passim
(formerly Club 47) and a 50th anniversary celebratory concert at
Boston’s prestigious Symphony Hall in December 2012. The documentary is
also interspersed with archival footage, photographs, and clippings.

In the film, James Taylor reflects on Rush’s influence. “If it
weren’t for you, I would not be here,” the singer-songwriter shares. “I
definitely walked in the path you shine a light on, and I pattern myself
- in no small way - on you ... and you’re the greatest!”

“Tom Rush is one of the pioneers of acoustic music,” says Dom Flemons
of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. “As a songwriter, folk song stylist
and interpreter of original songs, Rush has been a vast influence on
many performers who have followed him.  When one looks at the songs he
has brought attention to in his career, it is no wonder that his name is
place among the greats!”

Tom Rush: No Regrets is more farming, Ivy League, and acoustic
guitars than sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. A master storyteller, Rush
recalls his life, beginning in New Hampshire: A childhood with blue
blood adoptive parents, along with the search for his biological ones,
through his time at Harvard University spent as a performer and disk
jockey, and his first album - a live recording from 1962 - sold out of
the trunk of a car.

Rush went on to record original compositions on his albums while also
championing unknown songwriters, like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and
Jackson Browne, whose material were all included on Rush’s 1968 concept
album for Elektra Records, “The Circle Game.” The album closes with
Rush’s most covered composition, “No Regrets.”

After a stint on the bigger Columbia label, Rush temporarily traded
in his guitar for a tractor, and took an unsuccessful stab at farming.
Before long, Rush was back in the music business, this time at a much
less hectic schedule. He also began developing a roster of young talent
for his booking agency, and continues to showcase newer artists, most
recently at his 50th anniversary concert at Symphony Hall last December.

Tom Rush: No Regrets continues the musician’s association with
filmmakers Todd Kwait and Rob Stegman, who produced and directed the
acclaimed documentary, For The Love Of The Music - The Club 47 Revival,
featuring folk legends Joan Baez, Taj Mahal, Judy Collins, Maria
Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Jackie Washington, Jim Rooney,
Peter Rowan, and narrator Peter Coyote, and previously unheard
performances by Bob Dylan. Kwait and Stegman also produced a DVD and CD
of Tom Rush Celebrates 50 Years of Music, now available on Appleseed
Recordings and at www.tomrush.com.  Other films by Mr. Kwait include
Chasin’ Gus’ Ghost with John Sebastian, and Vagabondo! Mr. Kwait’s
record company, Kingswood, features a new album from Club 47 star Jack
Landron, rising stars Alana Amram and the Rough Gems and Hayley Reardon,
and an acclaimed collection of Jug Band music, Jug Band Extravaganza.