VHS #329
American Roots Music 1-4 PBS, Down From The Mountain concert at the Ryman Auditorium with O Brother Where Art Thou musicians, Life and Times of Bill Monroe, Agnazar - A singer from Badakhshan, Coleman Barks & Paul Winter Consort - 3 Rumi poems (2002?) Geraldine R Dodge poetry festival, Ray Charles at the White House 2003 Correspondent's Dinner, 4/26/03.
***
American Roots Music 1-4 Produced by Ginger Brown/The Ginger Group Narrated by Kris Kristofferson (Ginger reads some credits, Buzzy Hum mixed it…)2001
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
Episode One: When First Unto This Country
Marty Stewart, Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Ricky Skaggs, Robert Mirabel, Gillian Welch, Bonnie Raitt, Rufus ThomasMy Blue Ridge Cabin Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
track gangTurkey in the Straw at a fiddler's convention Dinah - Louis Armstrong Mary, Don't You Weep - Georgia field hands Home on the Range - Jules Allen
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Mavis Staples
Rockin JerusalemSteal Away - the Princely Players,
Joshua Fit de Battle, spirituals
James D. Vaughn and the Beginnings of Southern Gospel, Ralph Stanley, Gordon Stoker, Doyle Lawson
Amazing Grace - a group of Shape Note singersWhere the Shades of Love Lie Deep -Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
The First Recording of Vaudeville Blues and Hillbilly Music Arlo Guthrie, Pete Daniel, Rufus, Paul Kingsbury, Merle Haggard
Lonesome Blues - Louis Armstrong
Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
Will the Circle Be Unbroken - the Carter Family
Old Joe Clark - Fiddlin John Carson, the start of country music records
Wildwood Flower - the Carter Family, Bristol sessions
Keep on the Sunnyside - the Whites, AP Carter collected songs and reworked them
Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
Never No Mo Blues - Doc Watson
In the Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers
Country and Delta Blues Bonnie, Keb, Robbie Robertson, Keith Richards
Henry - Keb' Mo'
Death Letter Blues - Son House
John the Revelator - Son House
Crossroad Blues - Robert JohnsonLove in Vain Blues - Keb' Mo'
Love in Vain Blues - Robert Johnson Boogie Woogie Dream - Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, 1930s
Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
The First Recording of Cajun and Tejano Music (brief mention only)
Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
The Influence of Radio and the Grand Ole Opry Ranger Doug (Riders In The Sky), Mike Seeger, Sam Phillips, Doc
Take Me Back to That Old Carolina Home - Uncle Dave Macon, old but regular
Fox Chase - DeFord Bailey
Great Speckled Bird - Roy Acuff
Hillbilly Fever - Roy Acuff
The Father of Gospel Music Thomas Dorsey,
It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom (Dorsey), after he lost money he turned to gospel
He's Blessing Me - The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses
If You See My Savior - Thomas A. Dorsey and Sallie Martin
Precious Lord - Thomas A. Dorsey
Precious Lord - The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses
Mike Seeger - The Cuckoo
***
Episode Two: This Land Was Made For You And Me
Opening Sequence:
Lord, Lord - Mamie Smith
Boogie Woogie Dream - Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons
Cowboys and Western Swing
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Douglas B. Green (Riders In The Sky)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - The Sons of the Pioneers
Pete Seeger talks about John LomaxLay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson Unknown title - Ken Maynard on fiddle
Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry
Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Gene Autry
A breakdown - Bob Wills Merle Haggard, Ray Benson and Willie Nelson talk about Bob Wills, Bob wanted to sing like Bessie Smith (Ray)
Sitting on Top of the World - Bob Wills (distorted)
Bonnie Raitt talks about the Lomax field recordings
Early Folk Revival:
Good Night Irene - Lead Belly Alan Lomax talks about LeadbellyPick a Bale of Cotton - Lead Belly
Gray Goose - Lead Belly
Leadbelly met Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie in NYThis Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie Arlo talks about his dad, voice of Woody talking about the dust bowl
Blowin' Down the Road - Woody Guthrie, pic of him singing in the subway, Marty Stuart talks about WoodyJohn Henry - Woody Guthrie with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGeeWoody joined the Almanac Singers, This Land is Your Land, songs could bring about social change, Studs Terkel
Bluegrass:
John Henry - Bill Monroe Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Bill talks about singing in church, learned music by ear
A Voice from on High - Bill Monroe Mike Seeger talks about Bill, James Monroe, Earl Scruggs
Sally Goodin' - Earl Scruggs
Doc Watson and Bela Fleck talk about Earl's banjo playing. Rabbit in a Log - Flatt and Scruggs
Salty Dog Blues - Flatt and Scruggs Monroe didn’t want Flatt and Scruggs to go on the Grand Ole Opry until Martha White Flour insisted
Earl's Breakdown - Earl Scruggs (at Newport)
Earl's Breakdown - Earl Scruggs and friends
Country, Honky Tonk:
Dark as a Dungeon - Merle Travis Paul KingsburyNine Pound Hammer - Merle Travis
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell
Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson talk about honky tonksI'm Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
Always Late With Your Kisses - Lefty Frizzell (distorted)
I Want to Be With You Always - Merle Haggard
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams
… Robbie Robertson talk about Hank
The Blues & Radio:
Your Funeral and My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson King Biscuit Time - couldn’t give away the flour...
Bye, Bye Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson
King Biscuit Time Theme - James Cotton (wanted to be just like Sonny Boy Williamson)
Take a Little Walk with Me - Robert Lockwood Jr. with James Cotton
BB King talked about listening to Sonny Boy Williamson during an hour off for lunch when he worked on a plantation Rufus talks about BB, BB talks about Memphis,Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
WDIA first black station in the nation, Sam Phillips, I'll Be Back Someday - Howlin' Wolf Sun Records/StudioI'll Never Let You Go Darlin’ - Elvis Presley
BB talks about ElvisThat's All Right Mama - Elvis Presley
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis PresleySam talks about Blue Moon and Bill Monroe
***
Episode Three: The Times They are A-Changin’
Opening Sequence:
Foldin’ Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs
Electric Chicago and Urban Blues:
Rollin' and Tumblin’ - Muddy Waters Keb Mo, Marshall Chess, Muddy Waters talk about Chicago
Rock Me - Muddy Waters BB, Bonnie Raitt, Marshall Chess, Rufus Thomas talk about Muddy
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters (with James Cotton)
Willie Dixon - unknown songBuddy Guy, Marshall, Hubert Sumlin talk about WillieShake for Me - Howlin' Wolf
Bonnie talks about Howlin’ Wolf - take me, take me, take meKeith Richards talks about MuddyI'm Ready - Muddy Waters
Three O' Clock Blues - B.B. King
Rufus, Koko Taylor, BB, Keb talk about BBHow Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
Cissy Houston, Keb, Flaco Jimenez, WIllie talk about BB
Gospel's Golden Years:
Do You Call that Religion? - a quartet of oyster shuckers
Blind Barnabus - the Golden Gate Quartet BB KIng and other talk about the GG QuartetWade in the Water - the Soul Stirrers
Down the Riverside - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Bonnie, others, mavis Staple talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia worked for Thomas Dorsey selling sheet music, Mitch Miller promoted herMove on Up a Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson
Come on Children Let's Sing - Mahalia Jackson
When the Saints Go Marching In - the Clara Ward Singers
CL Franklin, Sam CookeSit Down Servant - the Staple Singers
Robbie Robertson, Mavis, Marty Stuart talk about the Staple Singers
Folk and Blues Revival:
Good Night Irene - The Weavers
Pete talks about The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins, Decca Record Co totally dumbfounded over success of first recordHarold Leventhal, talk about Carnegie Hall concert and blacklisting, Peter YarrowSo Long, Been Good to Know Ya - The Weavers
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
Harry Smith's American Anthology of Folk MusicThe Soldier and the Lady - the New Lost City Ramblers
John Cohen, MikeSeeger, (Dave Van Ronk song), John Sebastian, Washington SquareIf I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter talk about PP&M, Albert Grossman, Bitter End, the rest is historyA Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
Dylan becomes Woody, John Cohen, John Sebastian, Pete Seeger on DylanThe Times They are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
Newport Folk Festival, Ralph Rinzler looked for talent for NewportCuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley
Doc Watson - son, I believe you’ll do (Ralph)Way Down Town - Doc Watson
Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Dick WatermanWe Shall Overcome - Odetta with The Freedom Singers
Blowin' In the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary
Juke - the Paul Butterfield Blues Band Dylan went electric at Newport with Butterfield Blues Band backing him, Pete retells story of wanting to change it
Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan
***
Episode Four: All My Children of the Sun
Opening Sequence:
The Times They are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
We Shall Overcome - Odetta and The Freedom Singers
Cajun & Zydeco:
Dans La Louisianne - Marc & Ann Savoy
Marc talks, Ralph Rinzler looked for music there, Port Arthur Blues - the Balfa Brothers
La Valse Criminelle - the Balfa Brothers, 1975Steve Riley, Savoy jam session, over 100 accordion builders in LA, Ann Savoy
Zydeco Two-Step - Clifton Chenier Marc talls of Clifton
Two-Step d’Amede - Marc Savoy
I'm a Hog for You Baby - Clifton Chenier at Jazz Fest
Ossun Two-Step - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys during Mardi GrasAnn Savoy
La Valse de Mardi Gras - the children of the Basile Mardi Gras trail ride
Tejano:
Rosalito - Valerio Longoria with Little Joe Hernandez and Mingo Saldivar
Flaco, bajo sexto, Valerio made the accordion sound Cajun-y (Saldivar)Las Nubes/ The Clouds - Little Joe y la Familia with Valerio Longoria and Mingo Saldivar
Ring of Fire - Mingo Saldivar!Sorry Boy - Flaco Jimenez, rock??
Native American Pow Wow and Crossover:
Traditional Powwow Drumming - Renzel Last Horse and his group
Robert Mirabal, Floyd Red Crow WestermanTraditional Powwow Drumming - Nellie Two Bulls and Lakota children
Robbie Robertson, native americans used to follow the buffalo, now they follow the pow wowWounded Knee - Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Enchantment Song - R. Carlos Nakai
Jesus Loves Me - Everette Red Bear and Sandor Iron Rope of the Native American Church, peyote
The Dance - Robert Mirabal, native american rock operaSmithsonian Folk Life Festival
Century Wrap Up:
Stomping Grounds - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, one of the first integrated bands on the circuit
Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins with the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, hit on underground rock station in SF, then NY...
Stomp Remix - Kirk Franklin
Hoochie Coochie Man - Billy Branch with Pinetop Perkins, John Primer and Willie Big Eye Smith
Mannish Boy - Billy Branch with school kids
Rock of Ages - Gillian Welch, repackaged… alt/no depression, Steve Earle
Train on the Island - the Old Crow Medicine Show
Little Maggie - Ralph Stanley
Get Up John - Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Worried Man Blues - Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, James Cotton and Marc and Ann Savoy, Stewart Duncan on fiddle
***
O Brother and Beyond - Down From The Mountain Musicbenefit concert, CMT1/2 hr, s, 2001missed beginning
Coen Brothers, T-Bone Burnett, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski, I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow, Fairfield Four, music recorded before the movie then they performed for playback, "Down From The Mountain" concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 24, 2000 filmed by DA Pennebaker, Fairfield Four - Lazurus (https://youtu.be/sxSRkYaGgDc) this clip, The Cox Family, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss (https://youtu.be/tCQiCCnn9IQ), The Whites, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Chris Thomas King, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - My Dear Someone (https://youtu.be/lswjecWmJkM), Ralph Stanley.
***
Life and Times of Bill Monroe 1 hr, cmt, smissed beginning1996
Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Sonny Osborne, birth, Charles Wolfe, Arnold Shultz, Uncle Pen, moved north, worked at Sinclair, Monroe Brothers, fighters, The Bluegrass Boys, John Hartford, Muleskinner Blues, Chubby Wise, Flatt and Scruggs, baseball, tent shows, when band members left he wouldn’t talk to them for years, Del McCoury, took a long time to accept other bluegrass groups, Ralph Rinzler, doesn’t talk much.
***
Agnazar - A singer from BadakhshanPersian music 1/2 hr, 2002sibilant narration
lyrics by Rumi, wedding, funeral songs, dancing, top themes - girls, girls and girls,
***
Bill Moyer’s - NowColeman Barks & Paul Winter Consort 3 Rumi poems (Geraldine R Dodge poetry festival 9/22/02?, Sun am session I just missed?)(https://youtu.be/a-AX6_YrsWM) this clip!2003
Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field...Who makes these changes? ...Today, like every other day, we woke up empty and frightened. ...
***
Ray Charles at the White House 2003 Correspondent's Dinner w/ President Bush, 4/26/03, C-Spanpt 1 of 2, (see #311 for pt 2)See the whole thing here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?176331-3/2003-white-house-correspondents-dinner-entertainmentsmall band of 4crowd looks bored, Bush too
Georgia On My Mind.Stranger In My Own Home TownYour Cheating HeartRain Teardrops From My EyesJust For A Thrill (tape runs out)
0 notes