- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- National Downhome Blues Festival, part 1
- Creator:
- Georgia Folklore Society
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Public Television
- Date of Original:
- 1985-05-22
- Subject:
- Taj Mahal (Musician)
Blues (Music)
Blues musicians
Women blues musicians
Guitar music (blues)
Duets
Nightclubs
Harmonica
Harmonica player
Songs
Singing
Tambourine
African American musicians
African American guitarists
African American women
Music--performance--Georgia--Atlanta
Ross, Dr. (Isaiah), 1925-1993
Sunnyland Slim, 1907-1995
Bryant, Precious
Macon, Albert, 1920-
Thomas, Robert, 1929-
Hemphill, Jessie Mae
Lockwood, Robert Jr., 1915-2006
Thomas, Son, 1926-1993
Townsend, Henry
Pryor, Snooky, 1921-2006
Kirkland, Eddie, 1923-2011
Pitchford, Lonnie
Terry, Sonny
Jackson, John, 1924-2002 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Louisiana, 31.00047, -92.0004
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036 - Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of National Downhome Blues Festival at the Moonsaddle Saloon in Atlanta, Georgia, part one of two. The performers are announced at the beginning of the video, and they include Dr. Ross, Sunnyland Slim, Jessy Mae Hemphill, John Seaferson and Phill Higgens, Robert Junior Lockwood, Albert Macon and Robert Thomas, Taj Mahal, Son Thomas, Henry Townsend, Homesick James and Snooky Pryor, Eddie Kirkland, Lonnie Pitchford, Precious Bryant, Booker T. Lowry, Thomas Burke, Sonny Terry, John Jackson. The musicians peform before a live audience. Between performances, a narrator speaks about the musicians, and the video includes an interview montage wherein the musicians explain what the blues means to them. The video is presented by the Georgia Folklore Society, produced by Georgia Public TV, and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulton County Arts Council.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2168
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2168
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 60 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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