Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old (1991)

An examination of the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians singers and storytellers who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture Stories told by Janie Hunter 80 years old of Johns Island SC ballads sung by excoal miner and union organizer Nimrod Workman 91 of Chatteroy WV fiddle tunes and tales of moonshining and feuds from Tommy Jarrell 83 of Toast NC and footage from the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Fyffe Alabama in which people of all ages gather to sing oldtime shapenote hymnody