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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:29:59 EST
From: Gatorha~ol.com
Subject: american roots music

don't know if anyone had a chance to see the first part of this four part
series on pbs. as the title suggests, the series examines the music that
has
come to define america...blues, country, jazz, gospel (white and black), and
folk...where they came from, how they evolved and intersected, and what it
means now.
harmonica highlights of last week's included deford bailey and jimmy riddle
with roy acuff (that clip looked like an early video, with riddle mugging
for
the camera). there were also profiles of jimmie rodgers, the carter family,
classic female blues, and thomas dorsey.
this week's harmonica highlight will most likely be rice miller (aka sonny
boy ll), with what looks like some cool footage, plus robert lockwood
talking
about broadcasting with him from helena. the show will also look at cowboy
songs, bob wills and western swing, leadbelly, woody guthrie, and some cat
named elvis.
this doesn't look as in depth as ken burns jazz series, as this is only four
hours, and is looking at a much broader range of music, but still a good
look
at what went on in american music for a hundred years. i understand that
the
dvd/cd box set has even more performance footage.

stevenj...the gator-man