Legendary Country Blues Guitarists-featuring Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Rev. Gary Davis, Sam Chatmon, Big Bill Broonzy, Will Shade, Ralph Willis, Willie Trice, Blind Connie Williams and Henry Johnson

Description

This DVD collection presents some of the rarest footage of legendary Country Blues artists that we have been fortunate to find. The footage varies from hi-quality film to analog videos taped over 40 years ago. But above all, the music and performances are powerful and evocative. The sounds of Skip James, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Son House, Will Shade, Rev. Gary Davis and others on this 115 minute collection will give you shivers up your spine and get your feet tapping. This is the Country Blues of a time long past. Titles include: Kansas City Blues, Trouble In Mind, Back water Blues, Son House talks about the Blues, So Hard To Love Someone, Aberdeen Blues, Cherry Ball Blues, Sick and Bad Blues, Tombstone Blues, Brownsville Blues, Blind Gary Davis - A Documentary by Harold Becker, Take My Hand, Precious Lord, I'm Going Too, Dream I Had On My Mind, I've Been Living With The Blues, Midnight Special, Sales Tax Blues, Outside Friend, Fishing Blues (Evil Jackson), Glad When You're Dead, I Want to Do Something for You, Alabama Jubilee, Blood Red River, Be Your Dog, Run Here Gal, Poor Boy Long Ways From Home, Good Time Boogie, Sweet Sugar Mama, Stand and Welcome Jesus, When The Saints Go Marching In, I Wish I Had My Whole Heart In My Hand. Running time 115 minutes DVD is region 0 playable worldwide About the Director One simply cannot talk about people of importance to this genre without tipping the hat to the most masterful musician, teacher, musicologist, producer, folklorist and preservationist of the traditional blues. By now, Stefan Grossman is a venerated, iconoclastic and respected acoustic blues figure of mega- proportions. He came out of the vibrant Greenwich Village, New York, 1960s scene around Washington Square, where so many American folk and blues musicians launched their careers. His friend and occasional collaborator, Steve Katz, formerly of the Even Dozen Jug Band, the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears, once half-jokingly told this writer: "There we were, all these New York Jews playing the black blues." Indeed, the blues had a strong influence on young New Yorkers during the folk revival. These musicians, Stefan Grossman, Happy & Artie Traum, Danny Kalb, and many others, in turn had a powerful influence on the acceptance of the blues by the American baby boomer generation at large; and, they significantly helped to launch the folk, roots & blues revival, thereby reinvigorating the careers of many original blues musicians whose careers had waned. Many people know Stefan Grossman as the paramount teacher and entrepreneur in what has become the world's largest "blues school", Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. He is one of the most skilled guitarists in the genre, having been a student of Rev. Gary Davis in New York City. He also picked up lessons directly from Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and others.

Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.331

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.09 x 6.3 x 0.2 inches; 5.47 ounces

Item model number ‏ : ‎ VEST13129

Director ‏ : ‎ Various

Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC

Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 55 minutes

Release date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2014

Actors ‏ : ‎ Various Artists

Studio ‏ : ‎ Rounder / Umgd