Every time I update these figures, my hair stands up! (OK, it almost always stands up, there’s a lot of gel involved.)
- 74 Shoots
- 66 Locations / 11 States
- 3 Drone pilots
- 85 Interviewees
- 98 Hours of Footage
- 5,000+ Scanned Photos & Documents
- Dozens of Digitized Home Videos
- 10+ Restored Films & TV Programs
- 5 Restored Albums
- 8,000+ Miles Driven
- 18 Airline Flights
- 3 Bouts of COVID
- 1 Black Mold Poisoning Incident
- 2 Threats of Arrest!
None of this would have been possible without all your help – THANK YOU – To-date, this project has been entirely crowdfunded and self-funded. Over 40% of the budget has been raised!
I continue to apply for grants and look for other funding opportunities, but what keeps this going, slowly but surely, has been the generous support of fans of the Organ Grinder and pizza & pipe organ restaurants.
If you haven’t already, please consider contributing or purchasing merch. Although the film is more than 95% shot, and editing has commenced, there are still a few more places to go to wrap things up, and there’s a mountain of licensing, legal, and post-production costs ahead. Not quite as glamorous as traveling the country and gathering amazing stories, but absolutely necessary to get this project over the finish line!
If you would like to help the project move forward, please visit the crowdfunding shop:
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