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Thread #20508   Message #214971
Posted By: Hollowfox
20-Apr-00 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: Review: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Seeger
Subject: RE: Review Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee Seeger
As I understand it, the Rainbow Ques shows were recorded at a high school in Schenectady (I used to live there). Since Pete was blacklisted from national television when these shows were done, it makes the shows all the more amazing. It also explains the low-tech ambiance of some of the shows. The shows are amazing, and in a way, the fact that we can watch them at all, given the circumstances of production, the politics of the time, etc., is a lttle like seeing the Book of Kells. If the book hadn't beed dropped/hidden in a bog, it would have probably been lost to us. I'd be interested to know how the Rainbow Quest tapes escaped loss, degeneration or destruction over the years.