Rent Legends of Country Blues Guitar: Vol.1 (1994)
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1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
As a genre, blues music was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century by rural black musicians. They shaped it with brilliant inspiration from disparate elements of black song. By the early 1920's, recorded urban performers solidified the standard three-verse, 12 bar meter structure that has identified most blues. Fortunately, during that same period, there were recorded musicians who grew up with the blues and whose guitar-styles were more fluid and improvisational. They played with a personal adaptation of their regional style, shaping blues and related material to their own needs and those of their audience. The music they played was alien to formula, possessing such skill and robustness as to be captivating. Their fame was local, tied intimately to their time and place, and only the providence of a chance encounter with a talent scout or record company preserved their art. Even then, it seemed fated that they would remain flamboyant names on exotic record labels. The blues revival of the early 1960's brought many of these survivors to the forefront of traditional music. The technique of a Rev. Davis, the power of a Son House, the charm of a Mississippi John Hurt suddenly leaps into sight, becoming more tangible, more awesome and more human. The rare footage presented in this video is a treasure beyond imagining, drawn from a myriad of sources, depicting some of the greatest blues musicians who ever lived.
Tracklisting:
Mance Lipscomb
1. Silver City
Mississippi John Hurt
2. Spike Driver
Henry Townsend
3. Cairo Blues
Son House
4. Death Letter Blues
Reverend Gary Davis
5. Children of Zion
Big Bill Broonzy
6. Worried Man Blues
7. Hey, Hey
8. How You Want it Done
9. John Henry
10. Blues in E
Robert Pete Williams
11. Mamie
Brownie McGhee
12. Don't Kid Me
Josh White
13. Jelly Jelly
Son House
14. I Had a Woman in Hughes
Mance Lipscomb
15. Angel Child
Mississippi John Hurt
16. You're Going to Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues
Rev. Gary Davis
17. Death Don't Have No Mercy
Bonus:
John Jeremy's Film
18. Blues Like Showers of Rain- Actors:
- Big Bill Broonzy, Gary Davis, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Mance Lipscomb, Brownie McGhee, Henry Townsend, Josh White, Robert Pete Williams, Donovan Leitch Jr., Shawn Phillips, Pete Seeger, Sonny Terry
- Directors:
- John Jeremy
- Producers:
- John Jeremy
- Studio:
- Vestapol
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
