Last clip from my thesis film about blues great Robert Johnson. This clip shows Robert as a young man studding hard, learning how to play the guitar from Ike Zinneman. The locations are a street corner and rent party. The last scene is a flashback to the crossroads… the myth of how he became a great guitarist. As with the first two clips Roberts life is told through the eyes of Son House.

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delta blues music

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This is my second Christmas video and it’s a song by the great Donny Hathaway. I really love this time of year and hope that ‘this Christmas’ will signal the start of the best part of your life and mine.

Donny Hathaway, This Christmas, Cliff Kast, cliffkast, Stevie Wonder, Elliot Yamin, Donnie Johnson, Michael Jackson, Trey Songz, Ruben Studdard, Joe, Johhny Gill, Lauryn Hill, Luther Vandross, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Clavinet, Van Hunt, Musiq Soulchild, Prince, Rahsaan Patterson, Soulive, Floetry, Bebe Winans, Cece Winans, Marvin Winans, Neo Soul, Nu Soul

Thanks to BlueFXVideo for sharing his work.

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Gus Cannon (1883-1979)
” Hollywood Rag ” (1928)
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The ” RED HOT BLUES ” (1925-1945)
Texas Alexander
Pink Anderson
Kokomo Arnold
Barbecue Bob
Scrapper Blackwell
Black Ace
Ed Bell
Blind Blake
Ishman Bracey
Big Bill Broonzy
Richard “Rabbit” Brown
Willie Brown
Bumble Bee Slim
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Sam Collins
Floyd Council
Gary Davis
Sleepy John Estes
Blind Boy Fuller
Son House
Peg Leg Howell
Mississippi John Hurt
Papa Charlie Jackson
Jim Jackson
Skip James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Tommy Johnson
Charley Jordan
Luke Jordan
Leadbelly
Furry Lewis
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Tommy McClennan
Robert Lee McCoy
Blind Willie McTell
The Memphis Jug Band
Buddy Moss
Memphis Minnie
Hambone Willie Newbern
Charley Patton
Robert Petway
Jimmie Rodgers
Frank Stokes
Sonny Terry
Henry Thomas
Ramblin Thomas
Curley Weaver
Casey Bill Weldon
Peetie Wheatstraw
Bukka White
Josh White
Robert Wilkins
Big Joe Williams

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Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
” The Entertainer ” on a piano roll
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The BLUES (1925-1945)
Texas Alexander
Pink Anderson
Kokomo Arnold
Barbecue Bob
Scrapper Blackwell
Black Ace
Ed Bell
Blind Blake
Ishman Bracey
Big Bill Broonzy
Richard “Rabbit” Brown
Willie Brown
Bumble Bee Slim
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Sam Collins
Floyd Council
Gary Davis
Sleepy John Estes
Blind Boy Fuller
Son House
Peg Leg Howell
Mississippi John Hurt
Papa Charlie Jackson
Jim Jackson
Skip James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Tommy Johnson
Charley Jordan
Luke Jordan
Leadbelly
Furry Lewis
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Tommy McClennan
Robert Lee McCoy
Blind Willie McTell
The Memphis Jug Band
Buddy Moss
Memphis Minnie
Hambone Willie Newbern
Charley Patton
Robert Petway
Jimmie Rodgers
Frank Stokes
Sonny Terry
Henry Thomas
Ramblin Thomas
Curley Weaver
Casey Bill Weldon
Peetie Wheatstraw
Bukka White
Josh White
Robert Wilkins
Big Joe Williams

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Classic 80′s Video by Jesse Johnson.

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Black History Month: Tribute to some of the trailblazers of American Black History

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Red Auerbach brought in K. C. Jones to stabilize the club for the 1983-84 season. Jones left the frontcourt of Larry Bird, Cedric Maxwell, and Robert Parish intact, but he remade the backcourt, bringing over Dennis Johnson from Phoenix and moving Gerald Henderson into the starting lineup. Kevin McHale provided instant offense off the bench.

The Celtics won 62 games during the regular season. Bird won the first of three consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and McHale won the first of two straight NBA Sixth Man Awards. With the first-round bye privilege eliminated from the playoffs, Boston downed Washington, New York, and Milwaukee to earn the right to play the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1984 NBA Finals.

Los Angeles rolled into the Finals with an 11-3 postseason record and beat Boston handily in Game 1. A last-second steal and layup by Gerald Henderson put the Celtics into overtime in the next contest, and they came away with a 124-121 victory. After a drubbing in Game 3, Boston eked out yet another overtime win in Game 4 to even the series at two games apiece. The teams then traded wins in Games 5 and 6. The Celtics had never lost a seventh game in the NBA Finals, and Los Angeles was unable to break the string. Boston triumphed in Game 7, 111-102.

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http://www.hardknock.tv Devi Dev talks Tupac (2Pac) with Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones III (QD3), Tyrese Gibson, Andrew Young, Jeff Johnson and John Hope Bryant at 5MK (5 Million Kids) launch event. QD3 and Quincy Jones share their memories of Tupac and discuss how his music was about to shift before he got shot. Ive been told by more than a few people close to Pac that he was going to leave Death Row and tone down the thug persona. A step in this direction was the One Nation album that he recorded with Boot Camp Clik that has never been released and was intended to help squash West/East Coast tension at the time. This is Part 1 and We are just getting started! Tune in next week for more on this 5MK round table where the legendary panel talks, Lil Wayne, Re-Defining the meaning of Success, 5 Million Kids and why we keep dumbing ourselves down, among other topics. For more information about 5MK check out www.5millionkids.org

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