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Title:

The Land where the blues began [videorecording] / a program by Alan Lomax, John M. Bishop, Worth W. Long ; North Carolina Public TV ; a production of the Mississippi Authority for Public Television.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Video,

Copyright Date:

c1990

Description:

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Blues (Music)--Mississippi.
Mississippi--Popular culture.
African Americans--Mississippi.

Other Authors:

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
Bishop, John Melville.
Long, Worth W.
North Carolina Public Television.
Mississippi Authority for Public Television.
PBS Video.
Association for Cultural Equity.

Other Titles:

American patchwork (Television program)

Notes:

Videocassette release of an episode from the television series, American Patchwork. "American Patchwork is a production of the Association for Cultural Equity." Date on container: c1991. "AMEP103."

Summary:

Alan Lomax explores the music and culture of the Mississippi Delta, considered to be the land where the blues began. Lonnie Pitchford, on the one-string electric guitar and singing legend Sam Chatmon are two featured performers.

ISBN:

9780793606030
0793606039

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)