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Lightnin' Hopkins & Roosevelt Sykes.
- Title
- Lightnin' Hopkins & Roosevelt Sykes.
- Publication
- [Place of publication not identified] : Yazoo Video, ℗1993.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- In the first part of this video, Lightnin' Hopkins, traditional Texas blues singer, talks of his career as a bluesman and creator of songs as well as being presented in both informal and concert performances. The second part presents an intimate portrait of Roosevelt Sykes, one of the outstanding blues pianists of this country.
- Series Statement
- Masters of the country blues
- Uniform Title
- Masters of the country blues.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographical films.
- Blues (Music)
- Documentary films.
- Note
- Originally released as two separate motion pictures.
- Credits (note)
- James L. Bauer, producer, Charles D. Peavy, director (2nd work).
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Contents
- Walking down 75 highway ; How long since you been home ; Short haired woman ; Mr. Charlie ; Mojo hand ; Slavery time / Lightnin' Hopkins -- Night time is the right time ; Forty four blues ; I ain't mad with you ; Blue moon ; I'm a nut ; My driving wheel ; Going down slow / Roosevelt Sykes.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-403
- ISBN
- 1566330459
- 9781566330459
- OCLC
- 32972298
- Title
- Lightnin' Hopkins & Roosevelt Sykes.
- Imprint
- [Place of publication not identified] : Yazoo Video, ℗1993.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Series
- Masters of the country bluesMasters of the country blues.
- Performer
- Lightnin' Hopkins, vocals (1st work) ; Roosevelt Sykes, pianist (2nd work) with various accompanying musicians.
- Credits
- James L. Bauer, producer, Charles D. Peavy, director (2nd work).
- System Details
- VHS.
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- Added Author
- Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982, performer.Sykes, Roosevelt, performer.Bauer, James L., film producer.Peavy, Charles D., film director.Yazoo Video.
- Publisher No.
- 513 Yazoo Video
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-403