Legends Of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 1 (1994) Rating: Starring: Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Josh White, Brownie McGhee, Mance Lipscomb, Robert Pete Williams, Rev. Gary Davis, Henry Townsend Director: Category: Music Studio: Vestapol Subtitles: Length: 88 mins     As a genre, blues music was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century by rural black musicians. They shaped it with brilliant inspiration from disparate elements of black song. By the early 1920's, recorded urban performers solidified the standard three-verse, 12 bar meter structure that has identified most blues. Fortunately, during that same period , there were recorded musicians who grew up with the blues and whose guitar-styles were more fluid and improvisational. They played with a personal adaptation of their regional style, shaping blues and related material to their own needs and those of their audience. The music they played was alien to formula, possessing such skill and robustness as to be captivating. Their fame was local, tied intimately to their time and place, and only the providence of a chance encounter with a talent scout or record company preserved their art. Even then, it seemed fated that they would remain flamboyant names on exotic record labels. The blues revival of the early 1960s brought many of these survivors to the forefront of traditional music. The technique of a Rev. Davis, the power of a Son House, the charm of a Mississippi John Hurt suddenly leaps into sight, becoming more tangible, more awesome and more human. The rare footage presented in this video is a treasure beyond imagining, drawn from a myriad of sources, depicting some of the greatest blues musicians who ever lived. Tracks: Mance Lipscomb Silver City Angel Child Mississippi John Hurt Spike Driver You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues Big Bill Broonzy Worried Man Blues How You Want It Done John Henry Blues in E Brownie McGhee Don't Kid Me Son House Death Letter Blues I Had A Woman in Hughes Rev. Gary Davis Children of ZionDeath Don't Have No Mercy Robert Pete Williams Mamie Henry Townsend Cairo Blues Josh White Jelly Jelly