Four American Roots Music Films

Featuring Mike Seeger, Elizabeth Cotten, Alice Gerard, Tommy Jarrell, Roscoe Holcomb, Sonny Terry, Denis McGee, Wallace "Cheese" Read, Canray Fontenot, Leopold Francois, Robert Jardell, Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, Jody Stecher and more... Homemade American Music in visits with their friends and mentors, Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard trace the origins of rural American music from traditional folk cultures in the southern United States and then demonstrate how traditional music is learned, played, adapted and performed by younger musicians from urban backgrounds. In addition to Mike and Alice, musicians include Tommy Jarrell, Roscoe Holcomb, Lily May Ledford, Elizabeth Cotten, Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, Tracy Schwarz, Hank Bradley, Jody Stecher, Irene Herrmann, Stefan Senders, Will Spires, Eric Thompson and Susie Rothfield.(1980, 42 minutes) Sonny Terry, Shoutin' the Blues in a motel room in Oakland, California, blind blues harmonica great Sonny Terry tells a story about his start in show business and then plays an original solo in his own amazing style, created in over 50 years of playing.(1969, 6 minutes)