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Just around the bend : survival and revival in southern banjo sounds : Mike Seeger's last documentary.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009, film producer.
Aginsky, Yasha, 1944- film director, film producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work.
Baugus, Riley, performer.
Fain, Brien, 1971-2018, performer.
Grim, Debbie, 1971- performer.
Steffey, Tina, 1980- performer.
Todd, Marsha Bowman, 1982- performer.
Adams, Jerry (Banjoist), performer.
Gott, Peter, 1937- performer.
George, Franklin, performer.
Reed, David (Guitarist), performer.
Ayers, Joe, performer.
Giddens, Rhiannon, 1977- performer.
Robinson, Justin, 1982- performer.
Fore, Trish Kilby, performer.
Gibson, George R., 1938- performer.
Haywood, John, 1977- performer.
Kinman, Matt, 1971- performer.
Hicks, Clifton, 1985- performer.
Ratliff, Brett, performer.
Wells, Jesse, 1978- performer.
Helton, Jackie, 1943- performer.
Montgomery, Robert, 1983- performer.
Troy, Leroy, 1966- performer.
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Old-time music.
Banjo music--Southern States.
Banjo music.
Southern States.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Filmed performances.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Songs.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (1 hr., 50 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (digital : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in)
4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Mike Seeger's last documentary
Survival and revival in southern banjo sounds : Mike Seeger's last documentary
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2019]
System Details:
DVD: NTSC; all regions, 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
audio disc 1.4 m/s
digital
optical
stereo
audio disc CD audio
videodisc DVD video
audio disc audio file
videodisc video file
Summary:
Mike Seeger, along with his wife Alexia Smith and filmmaker Yasha Aginsky, trekked through the Appalachian Mountains in 2009 to produce this extraordinary glimpse of the vigor and diversity of the region's old-time banjo artistry. When Seeger passed away later that same year, the project took on the added importance of paying tribute to this renowned musician, folklorist, and documentarian of the people. The project captures many banjo lineages, styles, and techniques: performed by 19 virtuosic banjo players in a package of two CDs compiled by Bob Carlin and a DVD by Aginsky.
Mike Seeger, along with his wife Alexia Smith and filmmaker Yasha Aginsky, trekked through the Appalachian Mountains in 2009 to produce this extraordinary glimpse of the vigor and diversity of the region's old-time banjo artistry. When Seeger passed away later that same year, the project took on the added importance of paying tribute to this renowned musician, folklorist, and documentarian of the people. Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds captures many banjo lineages, styles, and techniques--performed by 19 virtuosic banjo players--in a package of two CDs compiled by Bob Carlin and a DVD by Aginsky. 110 minutes of music in 2 CDs; 80-page book with extensive notes, 110 minute DVD.
Contents:
disc 1. Sally Ann ; Pretty Polly (Riley Baugus)
Darlin' Nellie Gray ; Long lonesome road (Brien Fain)
Nancy Blevins ; Billy Wilson (Debbie Grim Yates)
Cumberland gap (Tina Steffey)
Hop light ladies ; Sandy River bells ; Richmond ; Soldier's joy (Marsha Bowman Todd)
Sandy River ; Country blues (Jerry Adams)
Rabbit song ; Whistle blow (versions 1 & 2) ; Cumberland gap (versions 1 & 2) ; Liza Jane (Peter Gott)
Sugar hill ; Liza Jane (Frank George)
Preacher and the bear (David Reed)
Old Jawbone ; Jesus gonna make up my dyin' bed (Joe Ayers)
Georgia Buck ; Cripple Creek (Rhiannon Giddens).
disc 2. Wild Bill Jones ; Story of Morgan's march ; Morgan's march ; Big Stone gap (George Gibson)
John Henry (John Haywood)
Cold icy mountain ; The cuckoo ; Morphine (Matt Kinman)
German war (Clifton Hicks)
Lost hornpipe ; Fair and tender ladies (Brett Ratliff)
Whitesburg ; Going across the sea (Jesse Wells)
Going across the sea ; Old rattler (Robert Montgomery)
Bully of the town ; Cotton-eyed Joe (Leroy Troy)
DVD. Just around the bend : survival and revival in southern banjo sounds / by Mike Seeger.
Participant:
Various performers.
Credits:
Film directed, filmed and edited by Yasha Aginsky ; produced by Yasha Aginsky & Mike Seeger.
Notes:
Title from disc label.
Booklet with track listing, essays, map, portraits, glossary, and track notes (76 pages) laid in container.
OCLC:
1112673285
Publisher Number:
093074020722
402072 Smithsonian Folkways
SFW CD 40207 Smithsonian Folkways

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