Cat. No. DVD 1136: THAT HIGH LONESOME SOUND FEATURING ROSCOE HOLCOMB, DILLARD CHANDLER AND SARA AND MAYBELLE CARTER. SHANACHIE 1404. (IMPORT).
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STANDARD SCREEN 4x3 ASPECT RATIO. AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL. FORMAT: NTSC. REGION: ALL. B&W. RUNNING TIME: 70 MINS.
REVIEW: For years John Cohen has devoted his energy and talent to the cause of traditional music, first as a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, but, also for over thirty years as a film maker committed to honesty documenting the life and music of rural America. Shot in the 1960s, these three films released on this DVD eloquently capture the vanishing landscape of traditional music in America and the source of it’s power.
THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND weaves a portrait of a region and way of life with the story of Roscoe Holcomb, the extraordinary singer-guitarist whom Eric Clapton once called “his favourite country musician”.
THE END OF AN OLD SONG filmed in the mountains around Ashville, North Carolina creates a moving portrait of Dillard Chandler, one of the last unaccompanied ballad singers. Dillard has little money, no family and few friends, but his strength comes from his music.
SARA AND MAYBELLE, two of the original Carter Family who recorded over 250 songs between 1927 and 1941 are reunited in this documentary. Sara reminisces about the historic Bristol, Tennessee session which launched their career and helped give birth to the country music industry. Rare footage of Sara and Maybelle performing their classic songs “Sweet Fern” and “Solid Gone” is woven around a tour of A. P. Carter’s store in Hilton, Virginia where memories of the Carter Family live and breathe.
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