David Bromberg Parses Britney, Parker, $200,000 Fiddle

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A new documentary on David Bromberg opens with the musician shown as an animated line drawing being told to move along by a policeman. Then he morphs into the flesh-and-blood fellow walking in Wilmington, Delaware.

Bromberg, 66, a gifted guitarist with a roots-music archive at his fingertips, has undergone several transformations since his youth in Tarrytown, New York.