Chase the devil [videorecording] : religious music of the Appalachian Mountains / a Harcourt Films production for Channel Four ; produced and directed by Jeremy Marre.
Play program -- Holiness church service -- Last of the ballad singers -- Roan Mountain Hilltoppers -- Banjo picker Virgil Anderson -- Roy Gunter's divine radio antenna -- Nashville -- Herb and Mary's Christian diner -- Drinking poison, handling snakes -- Protest singer Hazel Dickens -- Rock and roll church.
Summary:
Religious music in the Southern Appalachians covers a wide panorama. At one extreme is the idea that any music is the "devil's work;" at the other is hard driving, rhythmic music. Focuses on the Holiness church experience, depicting the exhuberant preaching and singing.
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