Video of Fleeta Mitchell, Nathaniel Mitchell, and Cecil Barfield, Georgia, 1988
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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Georgia Folklore Society
Description
Fleeta Mitchell plays piano and sings gospel with husband Nathaniel Mitchell in Athens, Georgia. Between songs, they discuss how they got started in music. Songs: What Month Was Jesus Born In?, Brother You Ought've Been There, If You Just Hold Out. Blues musician Cecil Barfield sings and plays guitar at his home in Bronwood, Georgia. Some of Barfield's neighbors are inteviewed and discuss Barfield's music. Barfield is interviewed and discusses blues music and his musical style. Camera also pans around inside and outside of Barfield's home.
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Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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Digital Library of Georgia