Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson
29 mins
A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon, folktales and reminiscences, and three buck dances.
Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson
Himself
Tom Davenport
Producer
Allen Tullos
Producer
Daniel W. Patterson
Producer
Tom Davenport
Cinematography
Louise B. Steig
Editor
Tom Davenport
Director