- Title: V-1101
- Summary: MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES:
- Description:00:01:36 - PAN FROM HOUSE ON HILL PAST BUSHES TO BLACK MAN SITTING ON PORCH OF SHACK HOME 00:01:50 - BLUES MUSICIAN LOUIS DOTSON MAKING IMPROVISED INSTRUMENT USING BROOM, WIRE, ROCK & NAIL. 00:02:09 - HAMMERS WOOD WITH ROCK & ATTACHES GUITAR STRINGS. NAILS STRING ON OUTSIDE WALL OF PORCH MAKING GUITAR. PLAYS "TWO STEP PIECE" 00:03:19 - MONTAGE FARMS, PLANTATIONS, WORKERS DORMITORY HOUSES 00:03:37 - ZOOM IN ON FARM HOUSE 00:03:42 - MISSISSIPPI DELTA MUSICIAN LOVEY WILLIAMS PERFORMING "USED TO BE, AIN'T GONNA BE NO MORE". 00:04:06 - PAN HOME 00:04:45 - SMALL CHILD SLEEPING 00:04:54 - ROAD SIGN: 20 MPH, CURVED ROAD. "KKK" SPRAY-PAINTED ON SIGN 00:05:04 - PAN FIELDS FILLED WITH WORKERS HARVESTING. FARM HANDS MIGRANT WORKERS 00:05:22 - PAN WORKERS HOUSE IN FIELD IN RAIN 00:05:35 - "TALLY'S CORNER", MEN STANDING ON STREET CORNER 00:05:40 - DANCING IN NEIGHBORHOOD JUKE JOINT 00:05:47 - MUSICIANS MAKING MUSIC WITH MAKE-SHIFT INSTRUMENTS. KEEPING RHYTHM WITH BROOM HANDLE, TAPPING ON FLOOR, DRUMMING WITH METAL TONGS ON WOODEN BOX. JUG BAND PLAYING "LOOK OUT HERE BOY". SKIFFLE BAND WITH JAMES "SON" THOMAS & "LITTLE SON" JEFFERSON 00:06:55 - MONTAGE BLACK MEN DRINKING BEER, DANCING, ENJOYING MUSIC (SONG: "I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU KEEP IT TO YOURSELF") 00:07:13 - BLACK WOMEN DANCING. 00:07:25 - WOMEN WEARING CURLERS DANCES SLOWLY TO BLUES MUSIC 00:07:46 - COUPLES LETTING LOOSE, DANCING. 00:08:35 - BLACK CHILD DANCING ON WOODEN FLOOR 00:08:56 - WOMAN GIVES HERSELF TO THE MOMENT. ELATION ON HER FACE, FILLED WITH MUSIC AND JOY 00:09:30 - CRUDE DRAWING OF NAKED WOMAN ON WALL 00:09:35 - MUSICIANS JAMMING THE BLUES. (SLOW SONG: "WHAT IF YOU SAW ME WORRIED"). MAN WITH TWO CANS OF BEER 00:09:52 - TWO WOMEN DANCE TOGETHER. 00:10:09 - COUPLE DANCES SUGGESTIVELY GRINDING 00:10:41 - PEOPLE HANGING OUT, HAVING GOOD TIME LISTENING TO MUSIC 00:11:10 - HAND-WRITTEN MENU OF SOUTHERN SOUL FOOD: RIBS, PORK, CHICKEN NECK 00:11:15 - HARMONICA & GUITAR PLAYERS JAM WITH "TRAIN TIME" CU TAPPING FEET. CU FINGERS ON STRINGS. CU HARMONICA PLAYER 00:12:38 - MONTAGE JUKE JOINT: BLACK RESIDENTS AT REST RECREATION, ENJOYING TIME OFF 00:13:25 - POSTERS ON WALL OF LBJ, JFK. 00:13:31 - BARBERSHOP PRICE LIST: SHAVE & HAIRCUTS 00:13:38 - "BARBERSHOP BOOGIE". CU MUSICIAN MAKING MUSIC FROM BARBER SHOP INSTRUMENTS: SLAPPING RAZOR ON STRAP OF CHAIR. BEATING OUT RHYTHM. WADE WALTON 00:13:55 - CU BLACK MAN IN BARBER'S CHAIR GETTING HAIR CUT. BARBER SHAVING BACK OF HIS HEAD 00:14:12 - "PINE TOP" JOHNSON PLAYS PIANO AS MAUDIE SHIRLEY STANDS OVER HIM SINGING. INTERCUTS FAMILY MEMBERS IN HOUSE DANCING, ENJOYING MUSIC (SONG "PINE TOP BOOGIE WOOGIE"). 00:14:56 - KIDS DANCING IN BEDROOM 00:15:52 - BAND PLAYING BLUES IN JUKE JOINT. PEOPLE DANCING 00:16:43 - MAN WIPES SWEAT OFF SINGER'S BACK WITH HANDKERCHIEF. FANS HER WHILE SHE SINGS 00:17:08 - BLUES MUSICIANS PLAYING "BOTTLE UP AND GO" 00:17:16 - MAN GETTING SHOE SHINE WHILE MEN PLAY THE BLUES. FAN KEEPING THEM COOL 00:17:33 - CU FINGERS PICKING STRING ON IMPROVISED GUITAR 00:17:45 - GUITAR PLAYER IN BARBER SHOP TALKING ON PHONE WHILE PLAYING GUITAR. PHONE CRADLED UNDER HIS CHIN 00:17:57 - CU PIANO PLAYER. HAMMERS HITTING STRINGS 00:18:19 - YOUNG BOY ENTERTAINS, GREAT DANCING 00:18:40 - MAN PLAYING GUITAR IN BARBER SHOP 00:18:55 - MAN FANS FEMALE SINGER AS SHE PERFORMS IN JUKE JOINT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1968
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-1101