From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.
Jazz parades: feet don't fail me now
Cajun country: don't drop the potato
The land where the blues began
Appalachian journey
Dreams and songs of the noble old
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