Director Louis Crisitello has created this documentary all about Pensacola musician Phil Thomas Katt, whose show The Uncharted Zone has built and encouraged a scene all its own. I didn’t know anything about this music, these videos or the man himself, but this film was plenty of fun and made me want to know more.

Known as the “Dick Clark of the Gulf Coast music scene,” Katt believes that anyone can make good music. It’s great that even as the world becomes more commercialized and homogenized, there are people out there willing to put their time and energy into championing music that no one else would hear or see.

He’s still out there, still making The Uncharted Zone and the idea that music of all kinds is encouraged brings a smile to my face.

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