#LURhistory | Episode 9.4: Warming by the Devil’s Fire

Directed by Charles Burnett, this film presents the tale of a young boy traveling to Mississippi to visit relatives. He is caught between the pressures of his religious mother and gospel music, and the eagerness of his blues-loving uncle. The film includes performance by Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Reverend Gary Davis, Ida Cox , Willie Dixon, Jesse Fuller, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Vasti Jackson, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson ----------------------------------------------------— Live Underground Radio Saint-P #LUR #LURhistory