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1979 58 min. Color
A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and 1940's, sometimes in the company of black folklorists like John W. Work, III, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to such greats as Leadbelly, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters and many others, all of whom made their debut recordings with him. In the late 1970's, Lomax returned with filmmaker John Bishop and black folklorist Worth Long and made the film "The Land Where the Blues Began." Shot on video tape, the film is narrated by Lomax and includes remarkable performances and stories by J.T. Tucker, William S. Hart, Bill Gordon, and many others. Alan Lomax's book by the same title won the 1993 National Book Critics Award for nonfiction.
Land Where The Blues Began (The)
John M. Bishop1979 58 min. Color
A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and 1940's, sometimes in the company of black folklorists like John W. Work, III, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to such greats as Leadbelly, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters and many others, all of whom made their debut recordings with him. In the late 1970's, Lomax returned with filmmaker John Bishop and black folklorist Worth Long and made the film "The Land Where the Blues Began." Shot on video tape, the film is narrated by Lomax and includes remarkable performances and stories by J.T. Tucker, William S. Hart, Bill Gordon, and many others. Alan Lomax's book by the same title won the 1993 National Book Critics Award for nonfiction.
