folk and blues posterous

A video biography of the legendary guitarist, detailing his remarkable career with images,
interview clips and music. Created by filmmakers Nick Lerman and Alex Wernquest, and
site manager of mikebloomfieldamericanmusic.com David Dann, this 10-part narrative
begins with Bloomfield as a young, up-and-coming guitarist recording for John Hammond Sr., playing with Bob Dylan and joining the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. It then follows Michael as he creates the Electric Flag and performs to standing ovations at Monterey, records "Super Session" with Al Kooper and then pursues a career playing music on his own terms. Included are excerpts from previously unheard Bloomfield recordings as well as rare and seldom-seen photos of the guitarist.

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This documentary film reviews the music and career one of Britain's
finest female vocalists and songwriters, Sandy Denny. She is revered
deeply amongst fans of folk music and the singer-songwriter genre,
but has never received universal acclaim for her tremendous talent.
This program attempts to redress this imbalance and reveal why
she remains such an inspiration to so many. The features include
obscure footage, rarely seen photographs and musical performances
reviewed and re-assessed by a team of esteemed experts including
John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks,
Gerry Conway, Nigel Williamson, Colin Irwin and Patrick Humphries.

Part 1 : Interviews with David Crosby, Graham Nash, David Geffen, Henry
Diltz, Van Dyke Parks, Pamela Des Barres, Judy Henske, Mike Davis, Billy
James and Waddy Wachtel with music by Crosby Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell,
The Byrds, Stephen Stills and Neil Young
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Part 2 :Interviews with Van Dyke Parks, Mike Davis, Henry Diltz, Billy James,
David Geffen, Lenny Waronker, Mark Volman (The Turtles), Carl Gottlieb,
Graham Nash, Joel Bernstein and Michael Walker, with music by Buffalo
Springfield, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills & Nash.
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Part 3: Interviews with David Crosby, David Geffen, Ron Stone, Jac Holzman,
Graham Nash, Henry Diltz, Judy Henske, Bernie Leadon, Joel Berstein, with
music by Crosby Stills & Nash, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.
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Part 4: Interviews with Joel Bernstein, Graham Nash, Ron Stone, Nils Lofgren,
Lenny Waronker,  Peter Asher and Stan Cornyn, with music by Joni Mitchell,
Neil Young, James Taylor, Carole King and Jackson Browne
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Part 5: Interviews with Jackson Browne, Billy James, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Asher,
J.D. Souther, Pamela Des Barres, Bernie Leadon, Linda Ronstadt, Chris Darrow,
Waddy Wachtel, David Geffen, with music by Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther,
Gram Parsons, Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles
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Part 6: Interviews with Henry Diltz, Bernie Leadon, Jac Holzman, David Crosby,
Mark Volman, Ned Doheny, J.D. Souther, Van Dyke Parks, David Geffin, Mike
Davis, Mac Holbert, Graham Nash and Pamela Des Barres with music by The
Eagles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young
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Part 7: Interviews with David Crosby, Mike Davis and David Geffin with music
by Jackson Browne, The Eagles and Neil Young
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Directed by Chris Wilson (2007)

The 1992 documentary film by Jan Leman featuring Billy Connolly,
Bert Jansch and Brownie McGhee with Albert Lee, Ralph McTell,
Davey Graham, Anne Briggs, Jacqui McShee, Martin Carthy, John
Renbourn, Wizz Jones, Al Stewart, Hamish Imlach, Archie Fisher,
Peter Kirtley and Duck Baker. [ref: http://www.visibility.net/acr2005/]

Armed with a collection of old Transatlantic albums, the Melody
Maker and a battered Dansette record player, Billy Connolly
charts the story of legendary guitarist Bert Jansch along with a
stellar cast of folk and blues musicians in the BAFTA nominated
music film 'Acoustic Routes'.

Part 1

In the first part Billy Connolly talks about the influence of
Bert Jansch's debut album, Bert shows him how to play
'Strolling Down The Highway' and talks about first seeing Hamish
Imlach, Archie Fisher and Anne Briggs at The Howff Folk Club
in Edinburgh. Anne Briggs sings 'Go Your Way' and 'Blackwater
Side' and Hamish Imlach & Archie Fisher sing 'Solid Gone'
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Part 2

The second part features Davey Graham and London's Troubadour
Club, (where Bob Dylan was paid "30 bob" for a gig back in the
early sixties). Davey plays 'Sita Ram' and '40 Ton Parachute', Bert
plays and talks about his song 'Needle of Death' and Wizz Jones
play's 'First Girl I Loved' (written by Robin Williamson of The
Incredible String Band)
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Part 3

Part 3 includes Wizz Jones playing his song 'Happiness Is Free',
Bert rehearsing with John Renbourn and playing 'First Light', plus
an interview with Ralph McTell.
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Part 4

Part 4 includes Bert playing 'High Emotion', Duck Baker playing
Thelonius Monk's 'Round Midnight', and Bert, Wizz Jones and
Al Stewart going in search of their old sixties haunts like The
Black Horse (where Bert took Dylan when he first came over),
Les Cousins and Bunjies in London's Soho.
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Part 5

In Part 5 Bert and Al Stewart play Jackson C Frank's 'Blues Run
The Game' and talk about his classic Paul Simon produced album,
Martin Carthy talks about Paul Simon stealing and copyrighting
his arrangement for 'Scarborough Fair' and his friendship with
Bob Dylan when he first came over to London in the early sixties.
Bert plays 'Let Me Sing' with guitarist Peter Kirtley and talks about
the formation of 'Pentangle' with John Renbourn, Danny Thompson,
Terry Cox and singer Jacqui McShee.
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Part 6

In Part 6 Bert plays 'Chasing Love' with Pentangle singer Jacqui
McShee, travels across the pond to visit John Chelew at McCabe's
Guitar Shop in Los Angeles, plays 'If I Were A Carpenter' and
'Heartbreak Hotel' with English guitarist Albert Lee, and visits
the home of one of his main influences, Brownie McGhee.
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Part 7

In Part 7 Bert jams with Brownie McGhee on 'Walk On' and
Brownie talks about his partnership with harmonica player
Sonny Terry.
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Part 8

In the final part Bert and Brownie McGhee play 'Parcel Post
Blues' and Bert talks about the solitary life of a musician
and plays Alex Campbell's 'Life On The Road' and jams with
Billy Connelly on 'Country Blues'.
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Folk America

A three-part documentary series on American folk music, tracing its history from the recording boom of the 1920s to the folk revival of the 1960s.

Part 1 : Birth Of A Nation

The opening part looks at how, in the 1920s, record companies scoured the American south for talent to sell. This was a golden age of American music, as the likes of the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Poole, Dock Boggs and Mississippi John Hurt burst onto record, eager to have a share in the new industry and the money it made, only to lapse into obscurity when the depression hit at the start of the 30s. Contributors include Judy Collins, Steve Earle, Tom Paxton and Pete Seeger, surviving relations of 1920s greats such as Mississippi John Hurt, the Carter Family and Uncle Dave Macon, plus three actual survivors of the era - guitarist Slim Bryant, banjoist Wade Mainer and Delta bluesman 'Honeyboy' Edwards.

Folk America - Part 2 : This Land Is Your Land

Part two - In the depression of the 1930s, John Lomax found convicted murderer Leadbelly in a southern jail. Leadbelly's music was never quite as pure and untouched by pop as Lomax believed, but it set a new agenda for folk music, redefining it as the voice of protest, the voice of the outsider and the oppressed. Dustbowl drifter Woody Guthrie fitted the mould perfectly and the two of them teamed up with Lomax's son Alan, Pete Seeger and Josh White - a group of friends who believed 'they could make a better world if they all got together and just sang about it'. Their songs and their radical politics took them to high places of influence, but brought about their downfall in the blacklisting 1950s. Contributors include Pete Seeger, Rambling Jack Elliot, Anna Lomax, Tom Paxton, Roger McGuinn, Woody Guthrie's sister and daughter and Josh White's son.

Folk America - Part 3 : Blowin' In The Wind

Part three - In the 1960s a new generation, spearheaded by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, took folk to the top of the charts and made it the voice of youthful protest. Whilst the northern folk revivalists helped bring civil rights to the south, the Newport Folk Festival brought the old music of the south to the college kids in the north. However, when Dylan turned up at Newport in 1965 with an electric guitar things would never be the same again. With Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Robbie Robertson, Stephen Stills, Country Joe McDonald, Roger McGuinn, Odetta and Tom Paxton.