Year

1995

Video Details

29:22; color; sound; Cracker Trio Part Three

Description

This video includes raw footage interviews with Tommy Walton, Blind Willie James and Diamond Teeth Mary McClain. Walton discusses being a classic blues performer and making a living as a musician. James speaks of growing up in Florida, learning piano and attending the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. McClain describes her childhood and how she started singing in 1937. Shots include interior and exterior shots of buildings at Cracker Country in Tampa.

Corporate Subject

Cracker Country (Tampa, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Tampa
Hillsborough County
Logan (W. Va.)
Huntington (W. Va.)
Hattiesburg (Miss.)

Personal Subject

Walton, Tom, 1930-1997
McClain, Mary Smith, 1902-2000
James, Willie, 1933-

Subject

Blues musicians