Othar Turner and the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band: The Call (1978)

Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife & Drum band (Turner, fife; G.D. Young, bass drum; E.P. Burton, snare; Eddie Ware, snare) play "the call" to picnic night at Othar's farm. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 1978. For more information about the American Patchwork fieldwork, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit culturalequity.org. [02.08.03]

[@SonoranVibes]

Fire & Drum music! This is beautiful to see! There should be some sort of festival to acknowledge this type of music & have different groups perform

[@brotherjahluv]

Magnificent. The musicians, of course, are the real stars, but those who had the foresight to record and document them like the Lomaxes are "co-MVPs."

[@MrDLB28]

I went to the grand opening of the Arts and Entertainment museum in Meridian,MS on yesterday and there is an exhibit for Mr Othar and his band. Never heard of him before yesterday but just knew I’d find something on TH-cam.

[@MrDLB28]

If you are ever near Meridian MS the MAX museum is a must see. Awesome place!!!!

[@benlogan430]

That’s some good music my friend!

[@otonomi1]

Coolest way to go to picnic!
Thanks, Othar & the rising star for the music and Alan for the archive!

[@heartyblack]

STUNNING.

[@kristoferbatdorf2873]

ive got a book all about these blues guys from this area its really cool its called mississippi blues today there are photos from this in there i believe

[@RPM1776]

kristofer batdorf hill country blues

[@SteveCournane]

thankyou.. for this little bit of history

[@RubyNflorida]

Thanks for sharing...awesome cool..I can imagine myself being right there along with them. Loved this !!!

[@Joe_J-MT_Boy]

When you get to the interview portion, turn on the Closed Captions... you'll be glad you did. With that accent and how fast he's talkin', I couldn't catch it very well. Good ol' CC comes through in the clutch again.

[@sherrard5492]

Thanks for the heads up. CC couldn’t quite keep up with him either, but it helped.

[@maioio]

this is sooooo good

[@imthatnggruponthatnag7784]

This is what tells you they have a connection to Africa.

[@moumineettsahnn]

Merci ! C'est Beau la Vie !

[@fabricio-agrippa-zarate]

GANGS OF NEW YORK

[@chodeofchodehall1546]

That's what drew me too, knew I'd heard it somewhere.

[@sirrsy3491]

Isn't this also known as shimmy she wobble?

[@fpc3017]

Yep

[@stefanovercesi3520]

how to learn afro american music

[@fpc3017]

Inspiration, mimicking...just like old times....very old times when knowledge was passed from parents to kids.