Watch: First Trailer For Cameron Crowe’s New Showtime Series 'Roadies' With Luke Wilson, Carla Guigino & Imogen Poots
Having started out as a Rolling Stone and Cream journalist at the precious age of 15-years-old, and directing iconic music films like “Almost Famous,” it’s safe to say that filmmaker Cameron Crowe knows about a little bit about rock n’ roll. While Crowe took some lumps last year for his poorly-received rom-com “Aloha,” the director is bouncing back with his new Showtime series, “Roadies,” which centers on the behind-the-scenes worker bees who keep rock shows on time, on schedule, and operational.
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“It happened about eight years ago,” Crowe told EW of the show’s inception. “J.J. [Abrams, an exec producer alongside ‘My So-Called’ Life creator Winnie Holtzman and Crowe] and I both came up at the same time working with Jim Brooks, so we became friends. And then one time we just started pitching. He said, ‘I went to this show, and I looked up, and I saw this girl on a rigging tower, and I just wondered, ‘What is her world like?’...