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Source: WEBRip
Video compression mode: AVI
Size Mb: 360
Total Run Time mn. 97:20

"Producer Eleanor Ellis offers Piedmont blues fans a rare front-row seat to a private house party that is as down home and authentic as they come on this 57-minute DVD Blues Houseparty. Filmed in 1989 at the late John Jackson's home in Fairfax Station, Virginia, Blues Houseparty includes performances by Jackson and his son James, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Archie Edwards, Cora Jackson, Flora Molton and Larry Wise, John Dee Holman, and Quentin "Fris" Holloway. Between songs, performers talk about the history of country breakdowns, demonstrate traditional dances and swap hilarious stories. The atmosphere is natural and relaxed. The audio and video quality are good. One small criticism: Performers could have been identified earlier in the film. But that's a small price to pay for admission to this rip-roarin' good time."
Michael Swanger, Dirty Linen November 2006

"Even though the heyday of the Piedmont blues sound was over by the 1940s and none of the musicians here ever achieved the notoriety of early headliners like the Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller or Brownie McGhee. you'd never know it by the ebullient music they deliver -- the result of a fascinating intertwining of culture and community. Very well photographed (lots of fretboard closeups) and edited."