Brass Monkey Blues Festival Footage

Brass Monkey Blues Festival
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	Catalog #:	459754
	Clip Number:	459754-1
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	Location:	Ampitheater - Washington D.C.
	Year Shot:	1984 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Blues
	Description:	(01:00:00) WETA logo (01:00:04) PBS funding credits (01:00:18) Opens to outdoor theater, hot summer afternoon, the Cardebine (?) Ampitheater in Washington D.C., where an acoustic guitarist and harmonica player, seated on folding chairs, play the blues for a sparse crowd, NAT TURNER voices over an introduction to the program and "Brass Monkey Blues Festival" title is superimposed over musicians, this is followed by images of the performances to come (01:01:22-01:06:00) Turner introduces Guitarist BOWLING GREEN JOHN CEPHAS and harmonica PHIL WIGGINS (who the show opened with), they play a tune that much of the audience seems to know, they sing along, the chorus of this song is "You got me runnin', You got me doin' what you want me to do" ["Baby What You Want Me to Do" by Jimmy Reed], Wiggins plays a very nice harmonica solo - his face beads with sweat [01.02.17--man in yellow cap seen rolling a joint] (01:06:08) A drunk guy asks the two musicians if they know any WOODY GUTHRIE, Wiggins replies no (01:06:38-01:11:38) Cephas and Wiggins play "Roberta", good profile close up of Wiggins singing, a woman in the front row enthusiastically sings along, Wiggins takes a harmonica solo - good close up of his mouth and cheeks in action, funny shots of an early 80s audience (01:12:03-01:18:38) Cephas and Wiggins play another song the chorus of which is "this is the last fair deal going down" [a version of "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", orig. by Robert Johnson], good close up shot which captures both musicians' expressive faces as they comment to one another in the song, guitar and harmonica solo - the harmonica solo is reminiscent of a speeding locomotive train, the two musicians get a standing ovation for this final song (01:18:55-01:23:12) Festival host Turner introduces Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, describing Zydeco music as a gumbo of sounds, Queen Ida and the band jump into a song the lyrics to which are about going to Paris, Ida wears a blue sequened dress and a checkered head-band - heavy blue eye shadow on her eyelids, Ida plays the accordion and sings, she plays with a drummer on a set, a fiddler, a guitarist, a man playing a washboard strapped to his chest and a bass player (01:23:43-01:28:00) Zydeco band plays a second song, this one features the fiddler, nice shot from behind the fiddler that shows the audience ahead of him - a couple people are up and dancing, fiddler takes his solo to climatic heights by increasing his speed and the playing continuously higher notes, enthusiastic audience response - ampitheater beginning to fill up, night begins to fall (01:28:32-01:32:30) Zydeco band plays a third tune, a blues song "Tyrone", nice close ups on Ida as she sings and on her hands as she plays the accordian, guitar solo with close up on hands playing guitar, enthusiastic audience response to this final song (01:32:45) Festival Host turner wearing a slick white suit and hat proclaims to the audience that they haven't seen anything yet, it is night time now, shot of the Brass Monkey Festival banner (01:33:02-01:38:41) Turner introduces the SON SEALS Blues Band, Seals begins first song with a guitar solo, he is accompanied by another guitar player, a bass player, a keyboardist, and a drum set, nice close up on Seals' sweat drenched, bearded face as he begins singing, Seals plays a ripping guitar solo. (01:38:53-01:45:05) Seals and band play second song the chorus of which is "Girl you're fine, I want to love you all the time", second guitarist solos without band accompanyment - band gradually comes in as solo climaxes - soloist's body contorts as notes get higher and higher, Seals takes a solo as well (01:45:07-01:55:03) Seals and band play third slower song the chorus of which is "Call my boss, tell him I won't be in, after Friday, Saturday and Sunday I've had too much weekend", audience members dance in front, more close ups of the sweat drenched Seals as he sings, key board solo - hands at work on the keys, Seals plays a ripping guitar solo - more fingers flying across the frets, second guitarist takes a solo as well [playing version of "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" by Otis Rush]. (01:55:15-02:00:30) Festival Host Turner with the help of a shouting audience chorus introduces the head-lining act, the NIght Hawks, their first song opens with a boogie-woogie keyboard solo and this same musician also sings - the chorus in fact is about a "boogie-woogie band from Tennessee", a tattoo-armed harmonica player rips out a solo, followed by a guitar solo on a v-shaped guitar, there is also a drummer and a bass player in the band, piano player hammers his red cowboy-booted foot on the top keys of the keyboard during a solo and then actually sits on the piano in a 360 manuever (02:00:47) Second Nighthawks song starts but it cut off by tape's end ["She's Nineteen Years Old" by Muddy Waters].