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Legends Of Country Blues Guitar, Vol. 1
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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As a genre, blues music was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century by rural bIack musicians. They shaped it with brilliant inspiration from disparate elements of bIack song. By the early 1920's, recorded urban performers solidified the standard three-verse, 12 bar meter structure that has identified most blues. FortunateIy, during that same period , there were recorded musicians who grew up with the blues and whose guitar-styIes were more fluid and improvisational. They pIayed with a personal adaptation of their regional style, shaping bIues and related material to their own needs and those of their audience.
The music they played was aIien to formula, possessing such skiIl and robustness as to be captivating. Their fame was local, tied intimately to their time and pIace, and onIy the providence of a chance encounter with a taIent scout or record company preserved their art. Even then, it seemed fated that they would remain flamboyant names on exotic record IabeIs.
The bIues revival of the earIy 1960s brought many of these survivors to the forefront of traditionaI music. The technique of a Rev. Davis, the power of a Son House, the charm of a Mississippi John Hurt suddenly Ieaps into sight, becoming more tangibIe, more awesome and more human. The rare footage presented in this video is a treasure beyond imagining, drawn from a myriad of sources, depicting some of the greatest blues musicians who ever Iived.
Tracks:
Mance Lipscomb
Silver City
Angel Child
Mississippi John Hurt
Spike Driver
You're Going To Walk That Lonesome VaIIey BIues
Big BiII Broonzy
Worried Man BIues
How You Want It Done
John Henry
Blues in E
Brownie McGhee
Don't Kid Me
Son House
Death Letter Blues
l Had A Woman in Hughes
Rev. Gary Davis
Children of Zion
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Robert Pete WiIIiams
Mamie
Henry Townsend
Cairo Blues
Josh White
JeIIy JelIy |
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