Africa-Press – Eswatini. A documentary of Dusty and Stones to be premiered in New York has been sold out in less than 24 hours.
Gazi ‘Dusty’ Simelane and Linda ‘Stones’ Msibi, known locally as the duo that sings country music, have produced a film to be showcased to the world.
Stones said the documentary would be shown in New York on November 17. He stated that they would leave on November 13, and will be back on the 20th.
He said the idea of producing the documentary begun in 2017 when their music attracted the international community. He said it was an American film producer who came up with the idea of documenting their story.
“He wanted to tell the story of how we started off in the industry and further capture our dreams. Coincidentally in the same year we were nominated for a Texas Sounds Award that we won. So it was then that Jesse Rudoy, the United States (US) film producer began documenting our story and journey,” narrated Stones.
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He stated that they started shooting visuals in Nashville, where they recorded three songs with the best of Nashville’s musicians, sound engineers and music producers. The team includes music producer Robert Ellis Orrall, Sound Engineer Jamie Tate, Steve Bryant, Jimmy Nichols, Dan Dugmore, Pat McGrath, Jimmy Mattingly and Troy Lancaster.
“The songs are ‘The River,’ a song about our grandparents love story written by Dusty, ‘This Time’ written by Stones and ‘The Common Guy’ also by Stones. The first two will be released after the documentary. They are really good songs that our fans will indulge in,” he said.
According to Stones, after the three songs, they recorded ‘Mbali Lenhle’ in Eswatini featuring Jimmy Mattingly from Nashville in the visuals. He mentioned that the documentary was shot in the country, covering their lives at home in Moihoek and their grandparents who have since passed on.
“It went on to cover our bands performances around the country before we left for Texas. It covered our lives outside music, our workplaces and all. Furthermore, it covers the trip to the US in Nashville, where we recorded songs and Texas for the Texas Sounds Award show,” he added.
Stones stated that the 90-minute documentary features a lot of people from their family, fans, country music association members, elders of the association, musicians, Texas crew, sound engineers and producers in Nashville.
“It also features our amazing band, which at some point included Steel a guitar player from South Africa Sez Adamson and South African, fiddle player Sioban Lloyd-Jones from performances at the Bush Fire Festival,” he said.
When quizzed on the best scenes to lookout for, stones said that would be the recording sessions in Nashville which he said are key for music artists, sound engineers and music produces, their humble beginning and how they got where they are.
Stones said the documentary is sentimental as their grandparents, especially their grandmother, have always wanted them to share their musical journey to the world.
“They got that chance with the documentary. That is so special to us since our families have been amazingly supportive including our uncle,” said Stones.
On behalf of Dusty and himself, Stones thanked all media houses, Dylan Fitzgerald from Ireland who popularised their music in the international community, their management, family, fans, Swazi Rally and amazing biking fans, the Eswatini Country Music Association, Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture, House on Fire and many more.
“Our story features all these people and more, whether or not they featured in the film. In our hearts they do and always will,” he said.
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