Biography
A product of the prodigious Chatmon family that included not only Lonnie of the famous Mississippi Sheiks but also the prolific Bo Carter and several other blues-playing brothers, Sam Chatmon survived to be hailed as a moder...
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Sam Chatmon performs Make Me A Pallet On the Floor, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Wor...



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Sam Chatmon performs the minstrel song The Preacher and the Bear at home in Hollandale, Mississippi. Shot by A...

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Sam Chatmon performs Corrina, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sam Chatmon...

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Sam Chatmon performs Cold Blooded Murderer, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long ...

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Sam Chatmon performs Sittin On Top of the World, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth ...

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Sam Chatmon performs an unidentified blues, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long ...

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Sam Chatmon was born in Bolton, Mississippi. Chatmon was a member of the family s string band when he was youn...

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Blues When It Rains Something fun. photo: Orchestra at square dance. McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 1939 or 1940. ...

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From 1933-1985, Alan Lomax (along with his father, John A. Lomax) gathered field-recorded examples of African-...

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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs Prowling Groundhog. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at...

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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs Bumblebee Blues. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sa...

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Sam Chatmon performs Little Liza Jane, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sa...

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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs How Long, How Long. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at...

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Sam Chatmon performs Little Liza Jane, vocal and guitar. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sa...

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This is a great Treasure...Big road blues Sam Chatmon was born in 1897 Bolton, Mississippi He played with the ...

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lyrics: Say God made us all He made some at night That s why he didn t take time To make us all white Chorus: ...

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Sam Chatmon discusses the blues at home in Hollandale, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth...

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Discussion of the Mississippi Sheiks recordings for Okeh; the Chatmon brothers; and song-writing. Shot by Alan...

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A tribute to Sam Chatmon filmed April 4, 2011: - at Sanders Garden Memorial, Hollandale, Mississippi - at the ...


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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs Trouble In Mind. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sa...

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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs his Hollandale Blues. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long ...


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Sam Chatmon, vocal and guitar, performs TB Blues. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Sam s hom...
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