Eleanor Ellis offers Piedmont blues fans a rare front-row seat to a private house party that is as down home and authentic as they come on this 57-minute film Blues Houseparty. Produced in 1989 at the late John Jackson’s home in Fairfax Station, Virginia, Blues Houseparty includes performances by Jackson and his son James, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Archie Edwards, Cora Jackson, Flora Molton and Larry Wise, John Dee Holeman, and Quentin “Fris” Holloway. Between songs the performers talk about the history of country breakdowns, demonstrate traditional dances, and swap hilarious stories in a natural relaxed atmosphere.

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