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Post by Dessery on Dec 5, 2014 11:43:36 GMT
Hi All
I have been thoroughly enjoying the recent North Mississippi Blues thread and particularly enjoyed the Robert Palmer documentary that Michael Posted. Thanks to the wonders of Youtube, over the past few years I have seen a few great and complete documentaries pop over on these forums and I thought it would be good to have one thread where we could keep them all.
Just to get us started I thought I would re-post the Robert Palmer documentary originally posted by Michael:
I would love to see any others people can add!!
All the best David
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Post by zak71 on Dec 5, 2014 15:36:09 GMT
A short Fred McDowell film:
This is one of my favorites, a film about Howard Armstrong by Terry Zwigoff (with a guest appearance by Yank Rachell):
North Carolina blues documentary:
Virginia blues featuring John Jackson with a guest appearance by John Dee Holeman:
Not strictly blues (unless your definition of "blues" includes hillbilly songster/bluesmen like Charlie Poole) but this is a great film which starts with pre-blues minstrel music, and has a segment on Gus Cannon:
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Post by pascal on Dec 5, 2014 22:50:53 GMT
Wonderful: Was Howard Armstrong master of Crumb?
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Post by zak71 on Dec 5, 2014 23:21:19 GMT
More like "a source of inspiration" to Crumb, I think, both as a musician and an illustrator. I must have watched "Louie Bluie" fifty times.
That film played a big part in me starting up on the mandolin.
Going to play "State Street Rag" in honor of Howard at my gig tonight. I actually learned it by watching Howard play it in the film!
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Post by Michael Messer on Dec 6, 2014 9:44:24 GMT
Some good stuff appearing here!
Pascal, Howard Armstrong influenced a lot of people, especially as a mandolin player. As an example, Steve James, who you were talking about recently, based his mandolin style on Howard's playing.
Zak, you have posted some of my favourite documentaries, which I am sure have all been posted on here before. It is a good idea to have a Blues Documentaries thread.
It's great to see so many friends on the Virginia Blues House Party film; John Jackson, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, John Dee Holeman and a few other faces that I know I have met, but can't put names to.
Shine On Michael
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Post by wolvoboy on Dec 6, 2014 11:47:09 GMT
a documentary Kenny Lee Burgess made a couple of years ago(Busking the Blues)
wolvoboy
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Post by Michael Messer on Dec 6, 2014 11:59:59 GMT
....here's a few
Shine On Michael
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Post by wolvoboy on Dec 6, 2014 12:03:53 GMT
{Ghost Blues}The story of Rory Gallagher
wolvoboy
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Post by zak71 on Dec 6, 2014 19:35:50 GMT
That "Chicago Blues" documentary is great, but the two excruciatingly short clips of JB Hutto are worth the price of admission.
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Post by Dessery on Jan 16, 2015 16:32:13 GMT
Well it has taken me ages but I have finally managed to watch all of these, thank you everyone who posted. I especially enjoyed the Howard Armstrong and Sister Rosetta Tharpe ones!!
Thanks David
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Post by Dessery on Jan 22, 2015 13:02:45 GMT
The first in Martin Scorsese's documentary series about the blues - Feels like going home:
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Post by Dessery on May 12, 2016 10:30:10 GMT
Just came across another interesting documentary about piedmont blues: Enjoy All the best David
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Post by Malc on May 13, 2016 11:26:31 GMT
Ive just found this one. I expect many have seen this but it's new to me.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 14:41:04 GMT
There was an absolute gem from 1970 called 'The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins' but doesn't seem to be on YT anymore.
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Post by blueshome on May 13, 2016 16:22:35 GMT
Best place to get these films and much more is to apply to join the Real Blues Forum and then ask to join RBF Flicks. However, you won't find Eric, Stevie, Joe B and their disciples there.
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