The Wild West Bank Sound

Minneapolis’ West Bank neighborhood was once an epicenter of the music world. From the early 1960s, this perennial immigrant landing strip proved an irresistible draw for artists from far and wide, an ever-evolving cauldron of creativity and cultures. This film is a funky flashback, bursting at the seams with musical memories, all visualized with rare and rich archival photography, footage, and artistic ephemera. From household names to forgotten favorites, The Wild West Bank Sound comes alive in this multi-sensory trip through time.

Samira Ali

(Self - Public historian)

John Beach

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Eddie Berger

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Maury Bernstein

(Self - Musician/Self - historian (archive footage))

Sean Blackburn

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Bob Bovee

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Page Burkum

(Self - The Cactus Blossoms)

David Daniels

(Self - Poet)

Joe Demko

(Self - Willie & The Bees Musician)

Bob Douglas

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Mary Du Shane

(Self - Musician)

Bob Dylan

(Self - Musician/Self - songwriter (archive footage))

Scott Fultz

(Self - Shangoya musician)

Jeff Garetz

(Self - Musician)

Tony Glover

(Self - Musician (archive footage) (as Tony Little Sun Glover))

Cornbread Harris

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Ann Charlotte Harvey

(Self - Musician)

Rena Haus

(Self - Musician)

Bill Hinkley

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Dakota Dave Hull

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Maurice Jacox

(Self - Willie & The Bees Musician)

José James

(Self - Willie & The Bees Musician)

Craig Johnson

(Self - Run Westy Run musician (archive footage) (as Run Westy Run))

Prudence Johnson

(Self - Rio Nido Musician (archive footage))

Garrison Keillor

(Self - Performer (archive footage))

John Koerner

(Self - Musician (archive footage) (as Spider John Koerner))

Leo Kottke

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Judy Larson

(Self - Musician)

Gary Lewis

(Self - Run Westy Run musician (archive footage) (as Run Westy Run))

Thomas Lieberman

(Self - Rio Nido musician (as Tom Lieberman))

Lazy Bill Lucas

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Mary Lundberg

(Self - Coffeehouse Extempore former manager)

Eve MacLeish

(Self - former staff at New Riverside Cafe/Self - Photographer)

Molly Maher

(Self - Musician)

Wain McFarlane

(Self - Shangoya Bass (archive footage))

Jessie Merrian

(Self - Cedar Riverside Time Machine creator)

John Munson

(Self - Trip Shakespeare/Semisonic Musician)

Dan Murphy

(Self - Soul Asylum musician)

Willie Murphy

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Peter Ostroushko

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Warren Park

(Self - West Bank School of Music founder)

Charlie Parr

(Self - Musician)

Charlie Parr

(Self - Shangoya musician)

Marc S. Perlman

(Self - Run Westy Run musician (archive footage) (as Run Westy Run))

Lance Pollonais

(Self - Shangoya musician)

Bonnie Raitt

(Self - Musician)

Bruce Rubenstein

(Self - Filmmaker)

Scott Snyder

(Self - Willie & The Bees musician)

Tim Sparks

(Self - Rio Nido Musician (archive footage))

Butch Thompson

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Jack Torrey

(Self - The Cactus Blossoms Musician)

Mark Trehus

(Self - Treehouse Records founder)

Linda Williams

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Robin Williams

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Dan Wilson

(Self - Musician (archive footage))