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Watching: American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America

7.0•1990-07-06•1 Seasons

Season 1

Episode 1

Seasons

Episodes

Jazz Parades: Feet Don't Fail Me Now

Cajun Country: Don't Drop the Potato

The Land Where the Blues Began

Appalachian Journey

Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old

Overview

From 1978 to 1985 Alan Lomax traveled the American South and Southwest with a television crew to document regional folklore with deep historical roots. From the resulting 400 hours of footage came the five-program series American Patchwork, which aired on PBS in 1991.