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The Blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

Title
  1. The Blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins [motion picture] / directed by Les Blank.
Published by
  1. [El Cerrito, CA] : Flower Films, 1969.

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Additional authors
  1. Blank, Les.
  2. Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.
  3. Flower Films (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 film reel (30 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
Summary
  1. Focuses on blues singer Lightnin' Hopkins, who reveals the inspiration for his blues. Captures, through Hopkins' words and songs, the Black culture of Texas, which reaches back to poverty, hard times, and a deep love of the land.
Subject
  1. African American musicians > Texas > Biography
  2. African American singers > Texas > Biography
  3. Music
  4. Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982
  5. Documentary films
  6. African Americans > Texas
  7. Blues (Music) > Texas
Genre/Form
  1. Music.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-249
Credits (note)
  1. Advisors, John A. Lomax, Jr., Larry Skoog.
Performer (note)
  1. "...with Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, Ruth "Blues" Ames and the people of Texas 1967 and Porter Houston's Bar-B-Q"
Title
  1. The Blues accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins [motion picture] / directed by Les Blank.
Imprint
  1. [El Cerrito, CA] : Flower Films, 1969.
Performer
  1. "...with Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, Ruth "Blues" Ames and the people of Texas 1967 and Porter Houston's Bar-B-Q"
Credits
  1. Advisors, John A. Lomax, Jr., Larry Skoog.
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Added author
  1. Blank, Les. Director
  2. Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.
  3. Flower Films (Firm)
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-249 Service copy
  2. Sc Visual MPB-194 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-249
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