Journey of the guitar king The story of Lam Morrison, a Thai rock star from the 60s, comes to the big screen
A small documentary film opens in limited cinemas this week. Revisiting a chapter in the Thai music history that many people may have forgotten, The Guitar King tells the story of Lam Morrison, a Thai rock musician and the country's first guitar star in the late 1960s. A long-haired man in his 70s now, Lam honed his guitar skills playing in GI camps in Udon Thani during the Vietnam War, before playing at bars in Bangkok and even toured Germany and Norway.
is directed by Passakorn Pramunwong, and traces Lam's European journey in the 70s. We talk to Passakorn about the project and his inspiration.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/film/791433/journey-of-the-guitar-king.
