Legends of country blues guitar.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Inc
Other Authors: Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976
Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966
Townsend, Henry
House, Son
Davis, Gary, 1896-1972
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958
Williams, Robert Pete, 1914-1980
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
White, Josh
Chatmon, Sam
Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982
Stackhouse, Houston, 1910-1980
Leadbelly, 1885-1949
Lewis, Furry, 1893-1981
Jackson, John, 1924-2002
McCoy, Ethel
McCoy, George, -1988
Anderson, Pink, 1900-1974
Fuller, Jesse
Jeremy, John
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Cambridge, MA : Vestapol Productions ; Distributed by Rounder Records, 2001.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Blues (Music)
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Guitar music (Blues)
Blues musicians.
African American musicians.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Disc 1. Silver City (Mance Lipscomb)
  • Spike driver (Mississippi John Hurt)
  • Cairo blues (Henry Townsend)
  • Death letter blues (Son House)
  • Children of Zion (Reverend Gary Davis)
  • Worried man blues ; Hey, hey ; How you want it done ; John Henry ; Blues in E (Big Bill Broonzy)
  • Mamie (Robert Pete Williams)
  • Don't kid me (Brownie McGhee)
  • Jelly jelly (Josh White)
  • I had a woman in Hughes (Son House)
  • Angel child (Mance Lipscomb)
  • You're going to walk that Lonesome Valley blues (Mississippi John Hurt)
  • Death don't have no mercy (Rev. Gary Davis)
  • Bonus : John Jeremy's film, Blues like showers of rain.
  • Disc 2 : Aberdeen Mississippi blues ; Poor boy (Bukka White)
  • Big road blues ; That's all right ; Sam's rag (Sam Chatmon)
  • Sloppy drunk blues ; Highway 49 ; Providence help the poor people (Big Joe Williams)
  • Cool drink of water (Houston Stackhouse)
  • Yonder comes the blues / Son House
  • Buck dance ; Hard walking blues ; Make believe stunt ; Keep your lamp trimmed and burning / Rev. Gary Davis
  • Goodnight Irene, take 1 ; The grey goose ; Pick a bale of cotton ; Take this hammer ; Goodnight Irene, take 2 (Lead Belly).
  • Disc 3 : Judge Boushe Blues (Furry Lewis)
  • That will never happen no more (John Jackson)
  • You know baby what I want ; Number 12 train (Josh White)
  • Dear old mother of mine / Robert Pete Williams
  • Black Mary / Ethel and George McCoy
  • She knows how to stretch it ; Ain't nobody home but me / Pink Anderson
  • Furry's blues (Furry Lewis)
  • Oh glory how happy I am / Rev. Gary Davis
  • Running wild (Jesse Fuller)
  • Rag in C (John Jackson)
  • See that my grave is kept clean ; John Henry (Furry Lewis)
  • Crow Jane ; You don't know what the Lord told me (Pink Anderson)
  • The woman I had she left me (Jesse Fuller)
  • Nobody knows you when you're down and out (Josh White).