Mississippi Delta Blues Collection (Preview) – MPB Classics

mpb classics is proud to present the delta blues collection featuring four programs about the music that changed the world forever from 1979 the land where the blues began an hour-long documentary about the delta blues and the landscape that shaped it the audience becomes a fly on the wall at the picnics railroad lines churches and front porches that changed music and art in general forever mississippians call this instrument the diddly bow and they make it by nailing a broom wire on the side of the house and wrap it around canelo's hand tight when you tune it it pulls it down like so i don't know if you can hear it too plain but this is actually tuning it [Music] those actually the songs i would play when i was a kid [Music] from 1971 folk roots delta blues mississippi blues man's son thomas from leland performs painting a musical picture of the roots that run deep in mississippi culture [Music] [Applause] [Music] when i'm hungry [Music] from 1983 big joe one more time under the sweltering summer heat legendary blues man big joe williams plays his nine-string guitar the way no one else ever [Music] every time could see sunny boys [Music] oh [Music] and from 1983 sam chapman sitting on top of the world blues man sam chapman performs at his home in greenville mississippi and in washington d.c in this half hour retrospective of his work i wake up and all it falls trying to find my little all in but all she's gone and i ain't worried i'm sitting on top you need to come running holding up your hands i can get me a woman where you can online but now she's gone and i ain't worried i'm setting on top all these great shows are available for free at video.mpvonline.org for a limited time we hope you enjoy you

Channel: Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Views: 762

Rating: 5 out of 5

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Id: PasoDS2lC7A

Length: 5min 10sec (310 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 05 2021