American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

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1964 / 16min.

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Music

Synopsis

A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one side of the tracks and the musicians on the station side.

Directors

Actors

Brownie McGhee

Muddy Waters

Sonny Terry

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Otis Spann

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