The Land Where the Blues Began
Show: American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America --> Season: 1 - Miniseries
AirDate: 7/20/1990
Runtime: 58
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Overview: 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)