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The search for Robert Johnson : the real story of the greatest folk blues guitar player that ever lived

Title
The search for Robert Johnson : the real story of the greatest folk blues guitar player that ever lived / produced and directed by Chris Hunt.
Publication
  • West Long Branch, New Jersey : Kultur, [2013?]
  • Copyright Place : Distributed by Digital Classics
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Clapton, Eric
  • Richards, Keith, 1943-
  • Hammond, John, 1942-
  • Hunt, Chris
  • Kultur International Films, production company. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
  • Digital Classics (Firm), film distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
Description
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
For decades little was known about Robert Johnson. Legend was rife with supernatural accounts of his life, his pact with the devil, and conflicting versions of his death. The Search For Robert Johnson traces the path of this most legendary of Bluesmen, a figure whose blues influenced the development of popular music in the US and UK, but whose life story was shrouded in mystery. Narrator John Hammond steers through the travelogue as he re-enacts the work of the original researchers.
Subject
  • Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938
  • Blues musicians > Mississippi > Biography
  • Blues (Music) > History and criticism
Genre/Form
  • Biographical television programs.
  • Nonfiction television programs.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Documentary films.
Note
  • Title from container.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Performer (note)
  • Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, John Hammond.
Audience (note)
  • Rating: Not rated.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; Full screen (4:3) presentation; Region 0, NTSC.
ISBN
  • 9780769750538
  • 0769750532
LCCN
032031489394
OCLC
  • ocn859809801
  • 859809801
  • SCSB-9461504
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries