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FROM
HORSE ARCHER PRODUCTIONS
HOKIE NATION (2007)
WHY OLD TIME?
(2009)
VIRGINIA CREEPERS:
THE HORROR HOST TRADITION OF THE OLD DOMINION (2009)
THE HENRY REED LEGACY (2009)
THE EDUCATED EQUESTRIAN
INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES (2009) |
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THE
HENRY REED LEGACY |
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From the early part of the
last century to his death in 1968, Giles County, Virginia, fixture Henry
Reed was quietly going about a life built around family, tradition and Old
Time music. Henry was instrumental in the revival of interest in this
musical form, becoming the subject of serious academic study by scholar,
Dr. Alan Jabbour.
Henry's role in music is significant, both preserving old tunes and
inventing new ones, and today, many standard songs in the Old Time circuit
are known simply as "Henry Reed tunes." To quote Dr. Jabbour, who archived
Henry's work for the Folk Song Archive of the Library of Congress:
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Henry Reed, late 1960s |
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kind of musical encyclopedia of his region and era, and virtually
every musical influence that lingered from yore or wafted by from the
world about him seems to have been imprinted in his imagination. To
scan his repertory is to abandon forever both the notion that the
Appalachian region was culturally isolated a hundred years ago, and
the notion that ancient traditions are best preserved when there is no
contact with the new. His tunes reveal splendidly both the depth and
grandeur of the older fiddling tradition of the nineteenth-century
frontier, and the richly textured fabric of continuing musical
creativity in the region throughout the first half of the twentieth
century." (From the Library of Congress website.) |
Josh and Henry Reed, date
unknown |
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For this
film, we have spoken with several members of the Reed family and Alan
Jabbour as well as numerous musicians who gather to learn and play his
works at the Henry Reed Festival each year. Our film is a study of
the impact one man can have merely by living his life honestly. Henry
was a man who fed his family from his land, stood up to a giant
corporation and had an open door to anyone who wanted to pick up a new
song, night or day.
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Henry Reed Legacy is available on DVD beginning in June, 2009.
Please use the link to the right to order or email
info@horsearcherproductions.com
for alternative ways to order. |
$20 |
Available June 2009
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