REVIVED AT NEWPORT !

The early Newport Folk Festivals ( 1963-66) were the stage for the re-discovery of some of Americans' deepest "roots" music...Folklorists and 78rpm Record Collectors such as Ralph Rinzler, Alan Lomax, Dick Spottswood and Dick Waterman resurrected the careers and music of MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, SON HOUSE, SKIP JAMEs, MAYBELLE CARTER, ROBERT WILKINS, ECK ROBERTSON, DORSEY DIXON and others - Most of these artists had been living in obscurity , many assumed deceased only having gained a bit of recognition in 1952 with the release of Harry Smith's ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC record album set. At Newport they were seen by 1000s and careers were rebuilt- This episode of American Grooves plays the ORIGINAL 1920s-30s recordings of some of those artists RESURRECTED AT NEWPORT