1 Season
5 Episode
American Patchwork: Songs and Stories of America - Season 1 Episode 4 Appalachian Journey (1990)
Investigating the songs, dances, and religious rituals of the descendants of Scotch-Irish settlers of the Southern Appalachian mountains. Preachers, fiddlers, moonshiners, cloggers, and square dancers recount the good times and the hard times of rural life. Performances by Tommy Jarrell; Janette Carter; Ray and Stanley Hicks; Frank Proffitt, Jr.; Sheila Kay Adams; and Ray Fairchild, the man reputed to be the fastest banjo-picker in the world.
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : PBS
- Director :
- Cast : Alan Lomax
