Josh White Jr. Storytelling - PAH-Fest Motown 2007 pt 1
Singer, songwriter, educator Josh White Jr. performs at Madonna University during the first PAH-Fest Motown in the Summer of 2007. Josh White Jr. is one of the great musical talents of our time. He pays great tribute to his father Josh White Sr. playing a number of his songs and telling tales as wide ranging as trying to stay alive hiding from a lynch mob and of playing before the President of the United States. Please visit his website and support this artist: http://www.joshwhitejr.com PAH-Fest is a 100% free film festival created by Christopher Coppola in an effort to bring to life stories by people who otherwise wouldn't be filmmakers. Everyone has a story to tell and it was in that spirit that Josh White Jr. sets the stage for the first festival in Motown. producer, Sue Boyd audio engineer, Kenny Crimewave director, Dan Boyd
About Josh White
Born February 11, 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina, died September 5, 1969 in Manhasset, N.Y. American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist. Some of his recordings in the mid-1930s were released as by Pinewood Tom. He was one of the most popular and influential folksingers in America in the mid-20th century. His most famous song, “One Meat Ball,” is about a poor man who has little money to buy dinner and who gets little sympathy from the waiter serving him. The folk...
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