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Blues masters history of the blues

Title: Blues masters [videorecording] : history of the blues / City Island Entertainment ; a Lanny Lee production.
Publication: Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Home Video, c1993.

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Request for On-site Use How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	vol. 2	Moving image	Use in library	VCASS 371 vol. 2	Off-site
Request for On-site Use How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	vol. 1	Moving image	Use in library	VCASS 371 vol. 1	Off-site

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Description

2 videocassettes (102 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music.

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Credits (note)

Producer, Lanny Lee ; director, L.L. Tarter ; writer/asst. director, Barbara L. Kaye ; editor, Laurence J. Rosen.

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Contents

Volume 1. Levee blues (Son House) -- Pick a bale o' cotton (Leadbelly) -- St. Louis blues (Bessie Smith) -- Lord, Lord, Lord [and] Harlem blues (Mamie Smith) -- Hey, lawdy mama (Roy Milton) -- Take me back, baby (Jimmy Rushing) -- Quicksand (Ethel Waters) -- Guitar shuffle (Big Bill Broonzy).
Volume 2. Four day creep (Ida Cox) -- Fine and mellow (Billie Holiday) -- Hound dog (Big Mama Thornton) -- Hoochie coochie man (Muddy Waters)-- Shake, rattle and roll (Big Joe Turner) -- Going to Chicago (Joe Williams) --I got my eyes on you (Buddy Guy) -- Ain't nobody's business (Jimmy Witherspoon)-- Darlin' you know I love you (B.B. King)

ISBN

OCLC

49191411

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library