DVD - Four American Roots Music Films

Includes: "Homemade American Music" - filmed 1980. Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard revisit the origins of rural, traditional folk cultures in the south. Musicians include Tommy Jarrell, Elizabeth Cotten, Roscoe Holcomb, Marc Savoy, and others. "Sonny Terry, Shoutin' the Blues" - filmed 1969. The harmonica great tells of his start in the business, and performs a solo. "Les Blues de Balfa" - filmed 1983. Dewey Balfa tells the history of his musical family. "Cajun Visits," - filmed in 1983, at homes in rural southwest Louisiana. Featuring Denis McGee, Dewey Balfa, others. 104 min.