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Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970)

ALL 01/01/1970 (en) Music, Documentary 29 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1970
  • Production
    Silverscreen Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Blues Like Showers of Rain
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

This film by John Jeremy grew from photographs and field recordings made by Paul Oliver on a journey through the South in 1960. Oliver, a British architectural historian who devoted years to researching African American blues, memorialized the journey also in his 1963 book Conversation with the Blues. The film includes the voices and music of Blind James Brewer, James “Butch” Cage, Gus Cannon, Walter Davis, Blind Arvella Gray, Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins, James “Stump” Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, J. B. Lenoir, Charles Love, “Little Brother” Montgomery, James Oden, Edwin Buster Pickens, Sam Price, Robert Curtis Smith, Otis Span, Willie Thomas, Henry Townsend, Wade Walton, and others unidentified.

  1. John Jeremy

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Jeremy

    Editor

  4. John Jeremy

    Producer



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Casts

  1. J.B. Lenoir

    Himself (voice)

  2. Lonnie Johnson

    Himself (voice)

  3. Lightnin' Hopkins

    Himself (voice)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 3

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Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970) 29 Min

ALL 01/01/1970 (en)
Music, Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1970
  • Production
    Silverscreen Productions
  • Original title Blues Like Showers of Rain
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

This film by John Jeremy grew from photographs and field recordings made by Paul Oliver on a journey through the South in 1960. Oliver, a British architectural historian who devoted years to researching African American blues, memorialized the journey also in his 1963 book Conversation with the Blues. The film includes the voices and music of Blind James Brewer, James “Butch” Cage, Gus Cannon, Walter Davis, Blind Arvella Gray, Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins, James “Stump” Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, J. B. Lenoir, Charles Love, “Little Brother” Montgomery, James Oden, Edwin Buster Pickens, Sam Price, Robert Curtis Smith, Otis Span, Willie Thomas, Henry Townsend, Wade Walton, and others unidentified.

  1. John Jeremy

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Jeremy

    Editor

  4. John Jeremy

    Producer



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