American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

Name: The Land Where the Blues Began
Released: 1990-07-20
Duration: 58 min

Season 1 • Episode 3: The Land Where the Blues Began • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 3: The Land Where the Blues Began

July 20, 1990 • 58 min

Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long explore the enduring African-American performance traditions of the Mississippi Delta. Featuring bluesmen R.L. Burnside and Jack Owens; tall-tale tellers, fife and drum bands, and diddley-bow players; and former prisoners, railroad workers, and roustabouts singing field hollers, work chants, and levee camp songs. (re-edited version of a 1979 film)

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