4:40Skip Chavis - A Legendary Cincinnati Musician Goes Home
The Contours, James Brown, Rufus Thomas, The Chi-Lites, Little Anthony, Delbert McClinton, Tower of Power, Hank Ballard
Rare tour footage of Hank Ballard, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Tour footage captures the rhythm of life on the road — the shows, the travel, the downtime, the rituals, and the relationships that form when musicians spend months together in close quarters. These clips document a way of life that has changed dramatically across the decades.
Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks; November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. John Henry played an integral part in the development of the genre, releasing the hit singles "Work with Me, Annie" and answer songs "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's Aunt Fanni...
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