1 Season
5 Episode
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America - Season 1 Episode 3
Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long explore the enduring African-American performance traditions of the Mississippi Delta. Featuring bluesmen R.L. Burnside and Jack Owens; tall-tale tellers, fife and drum bands, and diddley-bow players; and former prisoners, railroad workers, and roustabouts singing field hollers, work chants, and levee camp songs. (re-edited version of a 1979 film)
- Year: 1990
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: southern usa, blues music, music
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- Cast: Alan Lomax