Headwaters. Morgan Sexton : Bull Creek banjo player / director, editor, sound, Anne Lewis Johnson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lewis, Anne, 1948- director, editor of moving image work.

Sexton, Morgan, 1911- speaker, performer.

Appalshop, Inc., publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexton, Morgan, 1911-.

Sexton, Morgan.

Banjoists--Kentucky--Biography.

Banjoists.

Folk musicians--Kentucky--Biography.

Folk musicians.

Folk music--Appalachian Region, Southern.

Folk music.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 minutes)

Other Title:

Morgan Sexton : banjo player from Bull Creek

Place of Publication:

Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1991.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Eastern Kentucky's Morgan Sexton cut his first banjo out of the bottom of a lard bucket, and some 70 years later won the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Award for his "amazingly pure and unaffected singing and playing style." In this program, the 80-year old Sexton shares his life and music, recounts how a series of family tragedies forced him to go to work while still a boy, and tells of his days gathering crops, logging timber, cutting railroad ties, and working in the coal mines. Morgan and his nephew Lee Sexton talk about learning music from their elders and each other, and the old days when, after a hard day's work, they would "rollup the rug" to play music and dance with the neighbors. Intercut with these stories are Morgan's renditions of his favorite songs, including "Little Birdie," "Wagner's Lad," "Bonnie Blue Eyes," "London City Where I Did Dwell," and "Beautiful Doll."

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).

OCLC:

1544907554