Portion of title |
Early rural and popular American music, 1928-1935 |
Contents |
Waiting for a train ; Daddy and home ; Blue yodel : from The singing brakeman (Jimmie Rodgers) -- Foldin' bed (Whistler's Jug Band) -- Happy am I (Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux & congregation) -- Doggett's Gap (Bascom Lamar Lunceford Band) -- Home on the range (Jules Allen) -- Little old log cabin in the lane (Uncle John Scruggs) -- Tiger rag (Jack Johnson's Jazz Band) -- Waggoner (fiddler at square dance) -- Poor little Benny (Bela Lam & family) -- Goofus (Cumberland Ridge Runners) -- Tomorrow ; My Ohio home (Eddie Thomas, Carl Scott) -- Wake up Susan ; Liberty (Bob Wills' Texas Playboys) -- Mary don't you weep (Georgia field hands) -- Soldier's joy (Bun Wright's Fiddle Band) -- Cheer up (Ted Weems' Orchestra) -- Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboys : a short film of their vaudeville revue -- El fiel enamorado = The faithful lover (Estudiantina Invencibal) -- Miss McLeod's reel (unknown fiddle band) -- Ida (Duke Davis Banjo Band) -- Mighty lak' a rose ; Dream kisses (Lemire Twins) -- Turkey in the straw (musicians at a fiddler's convention) -- Sing you sinners (Frank Westphal's Orchestra). |
Abstract |
Depression-era musicians filmed by newsreel crews of that era and commercial shorts, including the only surviving film of Jimmie Rodgers. |
General note | Previously released on videocassette in 1992. |
Credits | Edited by Dana Heinz. |
Performer |
Various musicians. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Originally recorded 1928-1935. |
Technical details | DVD video; Dolby. |
UPC |
016351051295 |
Publisher number | 512 Yazoo |