so far the towns i've identified that he mentions are: water valley, aquilla, holly springs, chulahoma, looxahoma, tillatoba, senatobia, (???), como and (???).
They sell a video at the site - but it's only 10 minutes, no longer than this clip! Hope the rest of the footage isn't lost. This is incredibly rare and vital footage of one of the giants of North Mississippi Hill Country Blues/Fife and Drum. Documentation on this, perhaps the oldest form of African music in North America is incredibly scarce. Deddicated fans of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian music will really appreciate the instrumentation: just African-derived drums with woodwinds.
african style
drumming
youtube.com/watch?v=Q43EEaxXYsA
playing the flute
youtube.com/watch?v=bPHNeLrtSSY
sad to see that african heritage in north america will be lost in a couple of years
mdinka 1 year ago
Othar Turner poured me a shot of Jim Beam from his bottle once. He was up dancing at 2am at Wild Bill's in Memphis. he was 94 years old at the time.
bootlegpreacher 2 years ago
so far the towns i've identified that he mentions are: water valley, aquilla, holly springs, chulahoma, looxahoma, tillatoba, senatobia, (???), como and (???).
crowamonghens 2 years ago
Loved it, enjoyed the educational comment. Thank you!
betsarama 2 years ago
Very interesting footage. Thank you folkstreamer and thank you flaco!
FuzzyCabesas 3 years ago
They sell a video at the site - but it's only 10 minutes, no longer than this clip! Hope the rest of the footage isn't lost. This is incredibly rare and vital footage of one of the giants of North Mississippi Hill Country Blues/Fife and Drum. Documentation on this, perhaps the oldest form of African music in North America is incredibly scarce. Deddicated fans of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian music will really appreciate the instrumentation: just African-derived drums with woodwinds.
franczke 3 years ago
EXCELLENT
CultureKeeper 3 years ago