LEGENDS OF COUNTRY BLUES GUITAR, 3. DVD

LEGENDS OF COUNTRY BLUES GUITAR, 3. DVD

Much of the extremely rare performance footage presented in this video has never before been publicly seen and documents the diversity of a music which was a personal as a fingerprint yet as universal as the blues itself. John Jackson, Pink Anderson, Rev. Gary Davis and the charismatic Josh White manifest different aspects of the rich Piedmont ragtime/blues tradition. In Memphis, echoes of the Mississippi Delta could be heard in the music of Furry Lewis, while the delightfully eccentric Jesse Fuller and the introspective Robert Pete Williams embody country blues which defies regional identity. A 20-page comprehensive booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs, and details on the tunes performed on this DVD can be downloaded

Song Title: Composer/Source:
Ain't Nobody Home But Me, Pink Anderson
Black Mary, Ethel and George McCoy
Crow Jane, Pink Anderson
Dear Old Mother of Mine, Robert Pete Williams
Furry's Blues, Furry Lewis
John Henry, Furry Lewis
Judge Boushe Blues, Furry Lewis
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Josh White
Number 12 Train, Josh White
Oh Glory How Happy I Am, Rev. Gary Davis
Rag in C, John Jackson
Running Wild, Jesse Fuller
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Furry Lewis
She Knows How to Stretch It, Pink Anderson
That Will Never Happen No More, John Jackson
The Woman I Had She Left Me, Jesse Fuller
You Don't Know What the Lord Told Me, Pink Anderson
You Know Baby What I Want, Josh White

Much of the extremely rare performance footage presented in this video has never before been publicly seen and documents the diversity of a music which was a personal as a fingerprint yet as universal as the blues itself. John Jackson, Pink Anderson, Rev. Gary Davis and the charismatic Josh White manifest different aspects of the rich Piedmont ragtime/blues tradition. In Memphis, echoes of the Mississippi Delta could be heard in the music of Furry Lewis, while the delightfully eccentric Jesse Fuller and the introspective Robert Pete Williams embody country blues which defies regional identity. A 20-page comprehensive booklet featuring biographical material, rare photographs. running time: 58 minutes.