1 Season
5 Episode
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America - Season 1 Episode 5 Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old
Examining the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture. Stories told by Janie Hunter (80) of Johns Island, SC; ballads sung by ex-coal miner and union organizer Nimrod Workman (91), of Chatteroy, WV; fiddle tunes and tales of moonshining and feuds from Tommy Jarrell (83) of Toast, NC; and footage from the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Fyffe, AL, in which people of all ages gather to sing old-time shape-note hymnody.
- Year: 1990
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: southern usa, blues music, music
- Director:
- Cast: Alan Lomax