Slow Magic #3

Are you going over to Steve's?? Welcome to Episode #3 of the short doc series about the album ‘Slow Magic, 1977-1978.’ These long lost recordings are a window into the secret musical life of the Dude aka Jeff Bridges.

In this episode, we meet Jeff’s long time friend Steve Baim, the ringleader of the Wednesday Night Jam, a weekly no-holds barred get together in Culver City, California, where Jeff, friends and strangers would fully stretch out, musically-speaking.

As Sam Sweet says in his liner notes:  

Attendees were invited to participate in spontaneous music making. Steve Baim’s rules were simple: no songs, no blues, no preparation.  Those who couldn’t sing were encouraged to sing.  Musicians who could play were encouraged to take up instruments they had never tried.  

This doc series is compliments of filmmakers Isaac Gale, Paul Lovelace, and Ben Wu (the team behind the acclaimed 2025 documentary, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted). Stay tuned for Episode #4 dropping soon...

The album 'Slow Magic, 1977-1978' is available on LP, CD & Digital