Video of the Week #92

Jesse Fuller (1896-1976), largely forgotten today, was very popular during the folk-blues revival of the '60s. He was a one-man band, simultaneously playing 12-string guitar, harmonica or kazoo, the fotdella (foot-operated bass) with one foot and percussion with the other. This 14-minute clip from 1968 features "John Henry," "Red River Blues," and his signature tune, "San Francisco Bay Blues."

If you'd like hear more of the same, here's part 2.

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