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Blues masters : the essential history of the blues

Title
Blues masters : the essential history of the blues / a Lanny Lee production ; City Island Entertainment.
Publication
Los Angeles, CA : Rhino Home Video, [2002]

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Additional Authors
  • House, Son.
  • Leadbelly, 1885-1949.
  • Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
  • Smith, Mamie.
  • Milton, Roy.
  • Rushing, Jimmy.
  • Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
  • Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.
  • Cox, Ida, 1889-1967.
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
  • Thornton, Big Mama.
  • Muddy Waters, 1915-1983.
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985.
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999.
  • Guy, Buddy.
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy.
  • King, B. B.
  • City Island Entertainment (Firm)
  • Rhino Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color and black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music.
Alternative Title
Essential history of the blues
Subjects
Note
  • Title from disc surface.
  • Not rated.
  • Previously published on two videocassettes in 1993.
Credits (note)
  • Director, L.L. Tarter ; writer/assistant director, Barbara L. Kaye ; editor, Laurence J. Rosen.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
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) -- 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
1566058414
OCLC
  • ocm49920493
  • SCSB-9437811
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries