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Additional authors

1. Cokeliss, Harley
2. ERIT Film Production.
3. Rhapsody Films.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Traces the evolution of blues music from its origins in the rural south to the contemporary electric sound shaped in the ghettos of Chicago. Shows examples of the harsh experiences of Blacks in America and the liberation performances of such people as Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Floyd Jones, J.B. Hutto, Dick Gregory, and many others.

Subject

1. Blues (Music) > Illinois > Chicago > History and criticism
2. Blues (Music) > Illinois > Chicago
3. African American musicians

Contents

1. Hobo blues -- Hoochie coochie man -- Nineteen years old -- Stockyard blues -- First time I met the blues -- My little girl.

Call number

1. *LVH 607 (F)

Note

1. Originally produced in 1970.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Harley Corkliss ; editor, David Naden ; cinematographer, Tak Fujimoto, Terry Bedford ; sound recordist, Mike Bethke ; an ERIT Film Production.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. Chicago blues / directed by Harley Cokliss.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, ©1986.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videocassette

Performer

1. Johnnie Lewis, Muddy Waters, Floyd Jones, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, J.B. Hutto [and others].

Credits

1. Producer, Harley Corkliss ; editor, David Naden ; cinematographer, Tak Fujimoto, Terry Bedford ; sound recordist, Mike Bethke ; an ERIT Film Production.

System details

1. VHS.

Added author

1. Cokeliss, Harley, film director.
2. ERIT Film Production.
3. Rhapsody Films.

LCCN

1. 80706892

Publisher no.

1. 9012 Rhapsody Films

Research call number

1. *LVH 607 (F) [videorecording] Program notes on file.