Robert Mugge's spirited portrait of Muncie, Indiana doctor and musician John Peterson and his influential music club.

Robert Mugge's feature-length music documentary, GIVING UP THE GHOSTS: Closing Time at Doc's Music Hall, explores the twin careers of respected physician and musician Dr. John Peterson and the music and arts venue he owned and helped operate in downtown Muncie, Indiana from 1992 to 2012. The film centers around a final music hall concert by Doc and his house band performing Doc's original songs along with covers of assorted jazz (Shadowfax), rock (The Doors, The Animals), soul (The Temptations, The Isley Brothers), and pop (Paul Simon, Lionel Richie, Judy Garland) favorites. In interviews, Doc and others discuss his early success in the music business, his later innovative merging of traditional and alternative medicines, and his purchase and restoration of a downtown Muncie building both to provide an outlet for the work of young artists and musicians and to help invigorate Muncie's abandoned downtown. The film also includes discussion of the ghosts many claim to have seen and heard in the building over the years (presumed to be deceased actors who performed in the city's multiple theaters during earlier decades) and a ceremony intended to 'free' them, now that the venue was shutting down.

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Cast & Crew

•       Dr. John Peterson
•       Vicki Peterson
•       Paul Troxell
•       Mike Martin
•       Phil Dunn
•       Doug Hunt
•       Kyle Ivy

Director: ROBERT MUGGE

Producer: Robert Mugge

Producer: Diana Zelman

Producers: Robert Mugge

Producers: Diana Zelman

Track Listing

• Dr. John Peterson Band - Tribute to Monk
• Dr. John Peterson Band - Whatever Will Be, Will Be
• Dr. John Peterson Band - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Dr. John Peterson Band - Another Country
• Dr. John Peterson Band - Light My Fire
• Dr. John Peterson Band - Still Talking About The Doors
• Dr. John Peterson Band - In A Special Way (My Baby's Eyes)
• Dr. John Peterson Band - My Girl
• Dr. John Peterson Band - It's Your Thing
• Dr. John Peterson Band - All Night Long
• Dr. John Peterson Band - You Can Call Me Al
• Dr. John Peterson Band - We've Gotta Get Out of This Place
• Dr. John Peterson Band - The Roof Is On Fire
• Dr. John Peterson Band w/Mike Martin - What A Wonderful World

Additional Details

Label: Mug-Shot Productions

Genre: Documentary

Language: English

Run Time: 80 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/13/15

UPC: 760137738398