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Good Mornin' Blues (1978)
59 min | Documentary, Music

Good Mornin' Blues (1978)

59 min | Documentary, Music

The history of the blues that sprang from the Mississippi Delta. Rare photos and performances by Big Joe Williams, Houston Stackhouse and Furry Lewis help to weave the story of this music born in the Deep South. Narrated by B.B. King. ...See moreThe history of the blues that sprang from the Mississippi Delta. Rare photos and performances by Big Joe Williams, Houston Stackhouse and Furry Lewis help to weave the story of this music born in the Deep South. Narrated by B.B. King. Traditional blues songs were handed down by word-of-mouth from one performer to another, and artists would often add new lyrics to an old song and make it their own. The guitar and the harmonica were the primary tools of the Delta bluesman, mostly because of the ease of carrying them around. Many of the musicians of the early blues era (1910-1950) were sharecroppers or worked on one of the many plantations that dotted the Mississippi Delta. The Delta blues are typically identified by the music's highly rhythmic structure, sometimes featuring clashing rhythms, accompanied by strong vocals. Although the lyrics of Delta blues are often simple, with repeated lines a trademark of the style, they also tend to be highly personal and reflective of the hard life of the African-American farmer in the South. Written by Ballad of America See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
B.B. King Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Blues Alley Themselves Themselves See fewer	Good Mornin' Blues (1978)
Nathan Beauregard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Memphis '69 (2019)
Sam Chatmon Self Self See fewer	The Devil's Music (1979)
Joe Rice Dockery Self Self See fewer	Good Mornin' Blues (1978)
Furry Lewis Self Self See fewer	Mississippi Grind (2015)
Hayes McMullan Self Self See fewer	Good Mornin' Blues (1978)
Amy O'Neal Self Self See fewer	Good Mornin' Blues (1978)
Jim O'Neal Self Self See fewer	The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003)
Ma Rainey Self Self See fewer	Repo Man (1984)
Houston Stackhouse Self Self See fewer	The Devil's Music (1979)
Big Joe Williams Self Self See fewer	Wild at Heart (1990)