1 Season
5 Episode
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America - Season 1 Episode 3 The Land Where the Blues Began
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)
- Year : 1990
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : PBS
- Keyword : southern usa, blues music, music
- Director :
- Cast : Alan Lomax
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