From the Eight-Hand Sets And Holy Steps: Early Dance Tunes And Songs Of Praise From North Carolina's Black Tradition (1978)
Durham isn’t the city the blues forgot so much as a city that forgot its own blues history.
Traces the development of blues music in the Carolinas through interviews with musicians and still photographs.
Some of America's greatest traditional blues masters get together at home to swap songs from the old days and stories of what those days were like, when blues flourished 'back down home' at country breakdowns, corn-shuckings and houseparties.
With a selection of indelible recordings made over 70 years, Classic Piedmont Blues captures the essence of this fascinating blues tradition.