Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. James, Skip, 1902-1969.
2. House, Son.
3. White, Bukka.
4. Young, Lonnie.
5. Bois-sec.
6. Fontenot, Canray.
7. Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
8. Vestapol Productions.
9. Newport Folk Festival.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in. +

Summary

1. Delta blues/Cajun two-step is the second volume of footage shot by Alan Lomax at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. It features blues performances by Bukka White, Son House and Skip James; Creole performances by accordionist Alphonse "Bois-sec" Ardoin and fiddler Canray Fontenot; and African elements portrayed by Ed & Lonnie Young of the Mississippi highlands with their Fife & Drum Band.

Alternative title

1. Music from Mississippi & Louisiana, Newport Folk Festival 1966.
2. Newport Folk Festival 1966.

Subject

1. Popular music > Louisiana
2. Blues (Music)
3. Folk music > United States
4. Cajun music
5. African Americans > Music
6. Documentary films
7. Popular music > Mississippi
8. African American musicians

Genre/Form

1. Documentary films.
2. Blues (Music)

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-381

Note

1. Title from container.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. Delta blues, Cajun two-step : music from Mississippi & Louisiana, Newport Folk Festival 1966.

Imprint

1. [S.l.] : Vestapol ; Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Rounder Records, c1997.

Performer

1. Featuring Skip James, Son House, Bukka White, Ed & Lonnie Young, Alphonse Ardoin, Canray Fontenot.

System details

1. VHS.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. James, Skip, 1902-1969.
2. House, Son.
3. White, Bukka.
4. Young, Lonnie.
5. Bois-sec.
6. Fontenot, Canray.
7. Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
8. Vestapol Productions.
9. Newport Folk Festival.

Publisher no.

1. 13050 Vestapol

ISBN

1. 1884691633

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-381