Give my poor heart ease: Mississippi Delta bluesmen

Duration: 20

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Center for Southern Folklore

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Personal accounts of the blues experience include recollections and performances by B. B. King, inmates at Parchman Prison, musicians in a Leland juke joint, a barber from Clarksdale and a salesman in a Beale Street clothing store. All describe the musical vision that developed the Delta blues tradition.

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