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Blues masters : the essential history of the blues / a Lanny Lee production ; City Island Entertainment.

Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 1061
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
House, Son.
Leadbelly, 1885-1949.
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
Smith, Mamie.
Milton, Roy.
Rushing, Jimmy.
Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.
Cox, Ida, 1889-1967.
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
Thornton, Big Mama.
Muddy Waters, 1915-1983.
Turner, Joe, 1911-1985.
Williams, Joe, 1918-1999.
Guy, Buddy.
Witherspoon, Jimmy.
King, B. B.
City Island Entertainment (Firm)
Rhino Home Video (Firm)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Blues (Music).
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Blues musicians.
Musicians, Blacks.
African Americans--Music.
African Americans.
African American musicians.
Genre:
Performances.
Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Music.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Essential history of the blues
Place of Publication:
Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Home Video, [2002]
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music.
Contents:
Levee blues (Son House)
Pick a bale o' cotton (Leadbelly)
St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith)
Lord, Lord, Lord [and] Harlem blues (Mamie Smith)
Hey, lawdy mama (Roy Milton)
Take me back, baby (Jimmy Rushing)
Quicksand (Ethel Waters)
Guitar shuffle (Big Bill Broonzy)
Four day creep (Ida Cox)
Fine and mellow (Billie Holiday)
Hound dog (Big Mama Thornton)
Hoochie coochie man (Muddy Waters)
Shake, rattle and roll (Big Joe Turner)
Going to Chicago (Joe Williams)
I got my eyes on you (Buddy Guy)
Ain't nobody's business (Jimmy Witherspoon)
Darlin' you know I love you (B.B. King).
Participant:
Narrator, Chuck Niles.
Credits:
Director, L.L. Tarter ; writer/assistant director, Barbara L. Kaye ; editor, Laurence J. Rosen.
Notes:
Title from disc surface.
Not rated.
Previously published on two videocassettes in 1993.
ISBN:
1566058414
9781566058414
OCLC:
49920493
Publisher Number:
R2 976075 Rhino Home Video

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