Feel Like Being Home

The Quavering Ones is happy to share this take out from "Feel Like Going Home", a documentary (from the Martin Scorsese's ...Presents The Blues series), that investigate the african roots concealed behind the traditional american blues. Blues artist Corey Harris traveling from the American South to West Africa and back again, deliver us a remarkable collection that spotlights the past, present, and future of this historically important musical genre.
In this excerpt the african-american blues Artist interview the Legendary african bluesman Ali Farka Toure, who go back in time and retrace the historical connection and the common spiritual approach that characterise and tie together the two cultures.
The fine soundtrack through original performances (including Willie King, Taj Mahal, Otha Turner) and rare archival footage that knocks the dust off of the blues and exposes its vital and creative center. Highlights include the wild and eerie sound of Othar Turner and Napoleon Strickland's fife and drum ensembles and the up-to-the-minute trance-inducing blues of Willie King & the Liberators. On "Terrorized," King sings: "You talk about terror/I've been terrorized all my life.

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[MrPhartiphukborlz]

I can’t show this excellent video to the students in my class….As a huge blues fan, I must say that the comments regarding black people not being real Americans ruined what was a rare insight into the origins of blues (and all popular western music).. African music and hunting music is the well documented as the beginning of popular music – no one is actually trying to take it away from black people at all.

[paragardening]

@kinggrandpubajaydogd I will remember that when someone cuts in line while making comments about white people keeping them down, when the black staff ignores me in a restaurant or at a city office, when someone yells "white bitch" at my wife in traffic, that they are somehow not being racist. But Corey Harris racist? No, that guy is cool.

[mnkuria59]

Does everything have to be turned into some discussion of racism and such stupid fucking bullshit? Come the fuck on!!!! I am an African "I'm an African. I am the grandchild of the warrior men and women that Hintsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots that Cetshwayo and Mphephu took to battle, the soldiers Moshoeshoe and Ngungunyane taught never to dishonour the cause of freedom.

And I don't give a fuck about your racial non-opinions. Whether you are black, white, yellow SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!

[kinggrandpubajaydogd]

@beeroosterm a racist is when a people conquer a land and resources for the benefit of their on race. There are no Black racist on the planet come again. His words are only a reation to racism.

[beeroosterm]

This guy is a serious racist asshole. He just makes statement after statement that proves it. For instance, John Lee Hooker did not have to "play (guitar) to make a living"; the implication that because he was an oppressed black man he had no choice. Actually, Hooker worked for Ford in Detroit during WW2 and made good money. But he loved playing blues guitar and felt very comfortable and familiar in the Detroit blues scene and elected to play for a living.

[LindaGriggs]

I got to see this opening scene of this footage in a documentary on fife and drum bands. It opened the show for The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band and it was a great night.

[blindboyblue]

Not a bad documentary this. I managed to record it when it was on the bbc. Well worth a watch.

[lessIQ]

excelent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!