Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson

Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson 1976 Released

Directed by Tom Davenport

Documentary, Music · 29 min

 

Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson 1976 Released

Directed by Tom Davenport

Documentary, Music · 29 min

 

A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon,... see more

A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon,... see more
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N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1976
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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