The movie begins with scenes of the streets in a big, fast-paced city. These scenes were accompanied by jazz music. The music was smooth and set the tone for the kind of night life of a big city. The audience saw the streets of the city many times through Travis' eyes as he drove along in his taxi cab. Travis, at one point speaks of what he calls the scum of the streets. The audience views the very streets which Travis speaks of.

There are times when one gets the feeling that this movie is like a detective story. A few times Travis is shown writing down his  thoughts but at the same time the audience can hear what he's writing. At such times, the fact that everything is documented, makes it seem as though there is some sort of authority to the narration. The narrative therefore hints at the possibility of a kind of good against evil theme. This is what actually does happen at the end of the movie as Travis goes up against the pimps.

ASIN: B000297NMM

Pete Wernick has become famous for his banjo work with his band Hot Rize. He is a regular at bluegrass and folk festivals hosting banjo and bluegrass workshops. It is truly amazing to watch Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick conduct a lessons for thousands of people in the audience, each holding their instrument and learning.

This DVD is the first step in learning to play the banjo. Pete starts off teaching the learner two chords; G and D7. He then presents ten popular bluegrass songs that are based on these two chords. He teaches these songs and has the learner just strum the rhythm.

Next Pete adds one more chord; C chord. By adding the C chord to the already learned G and D7 chords, the player can then learn thousands of bluegrass songs. Pete introduces the learner to approximately twenty songs that are very easy to play.

Next Pete introduces the learners to rolling patterns. This starts with the popular alternating bajo roll, then to the forward and backwards roll. Pete has the learner go back in the DVD to where he taught the strumming of the chords and has the learner perform the roll patterns over the strumming rhythm. This is extremely beneficial. This is the start of bluegrass jamming.

Lastly Pete is assisted by two of his learners to accompany him in a three banjo jam. This shows the learner how to use the rolling patterns over strum patterns and how to quickly change from background to rolling, to lead.

Songs learned on this DVD include:

• Shady Grove
• Tom Dooley
• Rolling in my sweet baby's arms
• When the saints come marching in
• Long journey home

And many more….

This DVD contains a booklet to aid in the learning.

This is a great DVD for the learner wanting to start banjo playing. It is distributed by HOMESPUN which produces many instrument lessons. Homespun is focused on teaching bluegrass, blues, folk and acoustic lesson.