The Country Blues on Film: House, James, Hopkins

The delta voices caught on 8mm and 16mm — Son House's comeback, Skip James at Newport '64, Les Blank's Lightnin', and the 1970s films that proved the country blues was alive.

Playlist by @birth_of_the_blues

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Preachin The Blues (a.k.a Son House on film) Full documentary — SkyHatchersBluesHistory
2. Preachin' the Blues aka Son House On Film, 1977 (part 1 of 2) — The Blues
3. Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival | Full Documentary — Fat Possum Records
4. Son House, Buddy Guy, Camera Three — Kurt Hriczucsah
5. The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1967) — Fliefer
6. Lightnin' Hopkins plays the Blues — spacelordMF420
7. John Hammond is Gettin The Blues. (Delta/country blues Short Film) — Gettin' The Blues Official
8. Tony T.S. McPhee (The Groundhogs) is Gettin The Blues. (Country / Delta blues Short Film) — Gettin' The Blues Official
9. Rediscoveries 2: Son House and Skip James — MSBluesTrail
10. Trumpet: Sonny Boy Williamson and Elmore James — MSBluesTrail
11. John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis - Masters of the Blues — RochestersEarl
12. Skip James at Newport '64 - Devil Got My Woman (4:52) — Stefan Wirz