1964BLUES MUSIC
MOS HOME MOVIES SHOT DURING 1964 EUROPEAN BLUES TOUR WITH HOWLIN WOLF, LIGHTNIN HOPKINS, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES, HAMMIE NIXON, MAE MERCER, WILLIE DIXON, SUNNYLAND SLIM, CLIFTON JAMES, HUBERT SUMLIN.
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LONG, OVERHEAD SHOT OF MUSICIANS SPREAD OUT ON WOODEN STAGE. GRAND PIANO, SMALL AMPLIFIERS, EIGHT OR SO MUSICIANS, BLACK AND WHITE. ONE FEMALE PERFORMER IN WHITE DRESS. AS IF SHOT FROM BALCONY OF THEATRE.
WAVING TO CROWD. MID-SONG. LED BY A HOWLIN WOLF. |
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ZOOM IN SHOT. BAND LEAVING STAGE, TAKING BOWS.
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SLEEPY JOHN ESTES AND HAMMIE NIXON. VARIOUS MID SHOTS FROM STAGE LEFT AND FROM DOWN BELOW, FRONT ROW. SOME CLOSE-UPS OF ESTES.
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LIGHTNING HOPKINS BACKSTAGE PLAYING GUITAR
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POORLY LIT SHOT. LIGHTNIN HOPKINS.
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DRAMATIC SHOT. FROM BEHIND PERFORMER. PARTIALLY SILLOUETTED AGAINST A OVERHANGING SPOTLIGHT.
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BRIEF SHOT OF WILLIE DIXON ADDRESSING AUDIENCE.
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BLURRY SHOT OF SLEEPY JOHN ESTES SINGING.
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LOW ANGLED SHOT OF HAMMIE NIXON PLAYING HARP.
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CLOSE-UP OF MAN'S BLACK SHOE STOMPING TIME ON STAGE FLOOR. WHITE SOCKS.
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HAMMIE NIXON AND SLEEPY JOHN ESTES, LOW-ANGLED SHOT.
NIXON IS BLOWING INTO A JUG. |
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CU OF HAMMIE NIXON
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HOWLIN WOLF SWINGS MIKE STAND AROUND AS HE STALKS STAGE. BLACK SUIT. EYE GLASSES. HAND HELD SHOTS AND DRAMATIC CLOSE-UPS.
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LOW ANGLED SHOTS OF WOLF, EITHER SINGING OR SPEAKING TO CROWD.
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SLEEPY JOHN ESTES, SUNNYLAND SLIM & OTHERS BACKSTAGE WITH CREW
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BACKSTAGE. VARIOUS PERFORMERS BEING INTERVIEWED BY WHITE EUROPEANS. SIT AROUND ON CHAIRS, CHATTING.
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SLEEPY JOHN ESTES BEING INTERVIEWED BACKSTAGE
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SMILING LIGHTNIN HOPKINS BACKSTAGE.
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WILLIE DIXON IN A BERET INTERVIEWED. CAMERA PANS TO THE RIGHT TO REVEAL HOWLIN' WOLF.
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SUNNYLAND SLIM, CLIFTON JAMES, HUBERT SUMLIN BACKSTAGE
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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON FIXES COLLAR ON UNIDENTIFIED BESPECTACLED CREW MEMBER'S COAT.
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DEPARTURE. PERFORMERS (SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON?) LOAD LUGGAGE INTO A CLASSIC 1960s VOLKSWAGEN VAN.
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POV AS CAR MOVES AHEAD OF VW VAN.
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HORST MEETING WITH ALL MUSICIANS & CREW
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BACKSTAGE. HIGH ANGLED WIDE SHOT OF PERFORMERS AND ORGANIZERS IN DISCUSSION, SEATED ON CHAIRS.
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MID SHOT PANS SEATED PERFORMERS. GREAT, NATURAL SHOT OF GREAT BLUESMEN.
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BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY ROAD SIGN, OR TRAIN STATION SIGN
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LETTERS "SWF" ATTACHED TO A CORRUGATED WALL.
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PANS DOWN TO READ "ERNST BECKER STUDIO"
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TWO BLUESMEN ARRIVING AT STUDIO (DARK)
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INTERIOR STUDIO SETTING. WOODEN, RUSTIC APPROXIMATION OF DOWN HOME SOUTHERN BLUES LOCALE, BACK PORCH.
HAMMIE NIXON, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES MILL ABOUT AND SIT ON PORCH SETTING. |
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SOMEONE EVEN BROUGHT A DOG. IT WALKS PAST CAMERAS.
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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON IN BERET ABOARD BUS. EXTREME CU.
HOPKINS IN SEAT BEFORE HIM. VARIOUS PERFORMERS IN BUS INCLUDING JH BARBEE & HOWLIN WOLF. DARK, MOST FACES ARE MEAR SILLOUETTES. EUROPEAN TOWNS ROLL PAST OUTSIDE BUS WINDOW. |
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SLEEPY JOHN ESTES PROFILE IN WINDOW OF BUS
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BLUESMEN ON TOUR BUS (DARK)
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TEN BLUESMEN IN FRONT OF RESTAURANT
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GROUP GATHERS ON SIDE OF STREET FOR A PORTRAIT. WOLF HOLDS UP AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR. SONNY BOY GRABS HIS LUGGAGE AND WALKS FOWARD.
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ATTEMPT AT SHOOTING ALL PERFORMERS HUDDLED TOGETHER.
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DISSOLVE SHOT FROM GROUP TO THE BACK OF SONNY BOY'S HEAD AS HE RIDES ON BUS. CU OF SONNY BOY WAILING ON HARMONICA. SINGING OR SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE.
COULD BE A TAPE RECORDER MIKE. |
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BETTER LIGHTED SHOT OF SONNY BOY ON HARMONICA.
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CREW SETTING UP ON STAGE
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DARK SHOT OF STAGE.
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YOUNG MEN IN SUITS PURCHASING PROGRAMS FOR SHOW IN THEATRE LOBBY
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CU SOMEONE PICKING UP A PROGRAM. WHITE DISH FOR COINS. YOUNG STUDENT TYPES MILLING ABOUT LOBBY BEFORE SHOW.
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BOB KOESTER BACKSTAGE SMILING.
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VARIOUS COUPLES PASSING BY.
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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON ON STAGE SHAKING HAND OF ANNOUNCER. LOW-ANGLED SHOT FROM AUDIENCE. HE WORKS HIS WAY TOWARDS CENTER STAGE.
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HUBERT SUMLIN WITH A GIBSON LES PAUL. EXCELLENT SHOT OF HIM SOLOING, FINISHING A TUNE.
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CLOSE UP OF SUMLIN.
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PANNING SHOT OF THEATRE FULL HOUSE. BALCONY.
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HAMMIE NIXON AND SLEEPY JOHN ESTES ONSTAGE. NIXON SPEAKING TO CROWD. CU ESTES.
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BRIGHT DAYTIME OF BOULEVARD. MEN SIT ON BENCH;
TRAFFIC GOING BY. FOLKS GATHERED AROUND BUS STOP. |
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MID SHOT OF COUPLE. YOUNG SMILING WOMAN AND MIDDLE AGED MAN WITH ODD, DISFIGURED FACE, SPEAKING TO A THIRD MAN.
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AN OUTDOOR AMPITHEATRE-LIKE SETTING. STAGE WITH A RAILING AROUND IT AND SHRUBBERY BELOW. PAN TO EMPTY SEATS AND LARGE BUILDING WITH COLUMNS IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT.
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PARK SCENE. STREAM. LOW-HANGING TREES. LONG WALK WAY.
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EUROPEAN CITY STREET. BUSY INTERSECTION. CARS AND PEDESTRIANS. OLD EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE. VOLKSWAGEN BEETLES DRIVE BY, PRESUMABLY A GERMAN CITY.
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SIDE STREET OF CITY. PEDESTRIANS WALK TOWARD CAMERA.
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SUNNYLAND SLIM AND OTHER PERFORMERS SIT IN EITHER A CAFE OR PATIO.
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LIGHTNING HOPKINS & CREW MEMBER OUTSIDE
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HAMMIE NIXON AND SLEEPY JOHN ESTES WALKING ROUND CORNER. NIXON WITH A CANE. SIGN ON SIDE OF BUILDING READS "NEUES SCHLOB"
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BUS DRIVER LEANS OVER AND UNLOCKS LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT.
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CU CLIFTON JAMES AT BUS DOOR
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INTERIOR OF BUS AS IT RIDES ALONG.
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PAN SHOT OF GERMAN CITY. SMOKE STACKS. ROWS OF HOUSES. INDUSTRIAL. BLEAK. SUN STREAKS THROUGH SMOG.
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CLOSE UP OF YOUNG MAN ON BUS.
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INSIDE AIRPORT. WILLIE DIXON AND COMPANION HURRY ALONG WITH UPRIGHT BASS IN CASE. DIXON IS RIDING ON A SCOOTER AS HE DOES THIS! SONNY BOY, HOWLIN WOLF, CLIFTON JAMES AND OTHERS AMBLE BY.
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ABOARD PLANE. SHOT OF WILLIE DIXON LOOKING OUT PLANE WINDOW.
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DARKENED THEATRE. EXTREMELY DARK.
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NIXON AND ESTES IN PERFORMANCE. HOW FROM FRONT ROW.
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HAMMIE NIXON "HAMS IT UP". VERY ANIMATED PERFORMANCE WITH HIS JUG.
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CU OF ESTES.
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JOHN HENRY BARBEE SIGNS GUEST BOOK.
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CLOSE UP OF GUEST BOOK FULL OF SIGNATURES.
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TWO MEN AND WOMAN OUTSIDE PARKED BUS. MAN WITH VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE IN BACKROUND BOARDS BUS. DOES A COMIC TURN, FALLING.
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INSIDE BUS. HAMMIE NIXON AND ESTES SIT.
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BUS LEAVES PARKING LOT.
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HIGHWAY. ENTRANCE. TREE LINED HIGHWAY.
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NIXON AND ESTES IN HATS, STEP OFF BUS. CLIMB STAIRS TO AIRPLANE.
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LIGHTNIN HOPKINS IN LIGHT COLORED SUIT STEPS OFF PLANE. FOLLOWED BY CLIFTON JAMES, SUNNYLAND SLIM, HOWLIN WOLF, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES, WILLIE DIXON.
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QUICK, BLURRY SHOTS OF A SOUND CONSOLE.
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WILLIE DIXON & JOHN HENRT BARBEE BACKSTAGE
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JOHN ESTES AND HAMMIE NIXON ARE LED ON STAGE.
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LONG AND MID-SHOTS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE. NIXON ALTERNATES WITH AHRMONICA AND JUG. WILLIE DIXON ACTS AS EMCEE. THE DUO LEAVE STAGE AND RECEIVE STRONG RECEPTION, RESULTING IN A CURTAIN CALL AND BOW.
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OVER LIT SHOT OF (PRESUMABLY) MAE MERCER IN PERFORMANCE. LOW ANGLED SHOT OF HER IN A LONG, TIGHT WHITE DRESS.
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BLURRY SHOT OF SPOTLIGHTED PERFORMERS. POV FROM BACK OF THEATRE.
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BRIEF SHOT OF FOLKS BACKSTAGE.
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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, LONG SHOT ON STAGE. SIDE ANGLE.
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ESTES AND NIXON IN PERFORMANCE. NIXON W. JUG.
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HOWLIN WOLF ON STAGE. STANDING WITH GUITAR. SUNNYLAND SLIM ON PIANO. SUMLIN ON GUITAR. CLIFTON JAMES ON DRUMS. WOLF AND BAND. WOLF IS QUITE ANIMATED.
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STUDIO SET. DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE INSIDE OF TAVERN.
CHAIRS ARE STACKED. UPRIGHT PIANO. BAND ON A TINY BANDSTAND. WIDE SHOT OF THE HOWLIN WOLF BAND. |
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OVERHEAD SHOT. CAMERAMEN AND TECHNICIANS ARE VISIBLE.
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OVERHEAD SHOT OF WOLF IN MID-SONG. ANIMATED. REELING SIDE TO SIDE WITH GUITAR.
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CLOSE UP OF WILLIE DIXON EATING AT TABLE.
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MAE MERCER & PHOTOGRAPHER STEPHANIE WIESSAND AT STUDIO. BACKSTAGE IN BLACK DRESS. CLOSE UPS.
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SHOTS OF BACKSTAGE OR AT PUB OR CAFE. ENTOURAGE EATING AND CHATTING. CLIFTON JAMES, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
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CLIFTON JAMES, SUMLIN, ESTES AT LUNCH
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LONG SHOT OF MAE MERCER IN BLACK GOWN ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TELEVISION STUDIO SET. TECHNICIANS IN FOREGROUND.
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MERCER SINGS AS SONNYBOY PLAYS HARP AND CLIFTON JAMES PLAYS DRUMS BELOW IN ORCHESTRA PIT.
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CAMERA PANS IN MID-SHOT.
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SUNNYLAND SLIM PLAYS PIANO.
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TROUPE STROLLS DOWN CITY STREET. WALK THROUGH AIRPORT. DESCEND ESCALATORS. SMILING WOLF, WITH PIPE.
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SUNNYLAND SLIM, WILLIE DIXON, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES ON BUS
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BLURRY SHOT ABOARD PLANE. CU OF DIXON AND SONNY BOY.
ESTES. |
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CLIFTON JAMES, SONNY, MERCER, BARBEE ESTES ON BUS
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HOWLIN' WOLF & HORST ON BUS
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HAMMIE NIXON ON HARP, SINGING TO FOLKS AT BUS STATION.
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CU OF SLEEPY JOHN ESTES.
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CU OF TURNTABLE WITH VINYL LP. DELMARK RECORD LABEL.
"BROKE AND HUNGRY" (A BLUES COMPILATION ALBUM). |
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WILLIE DIXON BARELY FITTING INTO PHONE BOOTH, CONSULTS LITTLE BLACK BOOK.
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NIXON, ESTES, BARBEE AT AIRPORT
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IN LOBBY OR AIRPORT WAITING AREA, HUBERT SUMLIN, IN HAT, MUGS FOR THE CAMERA, POINTS FINGER, CRADLING AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR.
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CU OF WHITE WOMAN SPEAKING ON PHONE.
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SUNNYLAND SLIM AT TICKET COUNTER OF AIRPORT. GIVES WAVE.
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CU OF WOMAN'S HAND AS SHE WRITES ON PAPER. PASSPORT ON HER DESK.
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CU OF BLACK MAN'S HANDS FOLDING PAPERS OR PASSPORT.
PANS UP TO SHOW SUNNYLAND SLIM'S FACE. |
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HOWLIN WOLF, ESTES, SUMLIN, BARBEE, NIXON STAND AND CHAT AT AIRPORT.
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HOPKINS AND OTHER BLACK GENTLEMAN SIT IN CROWDED WAITING ROOM.
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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON SNOOZING ON BUS.
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ESTES SLEEPING ON BUS
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WILLIE DIXON SLEEPING ON TOUR BUS.
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POV FROM BACK OF BUS LOOKING OUT TO A CAR FOLLOWING ALONG ON THE HIGHWAY.
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CLIFTON JAMES, IN SHADES AND DOO-RAG ASLEEP ON BUS.
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POV OVER DRIVER'S SHOULDER AT WINDING TOWN ROAD.
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PASSING A ROAD SIGN: "STRASBOURG."
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PULLING UP TO STATION. SIGN FOR STRASBOURG WITH BUSES IN BACKROUND.
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FRENCH FLAGS FLY IN WIND.
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STEEPLES AND TOPS OF CASTLES. STREET SCENE. OLD BUILDING IN STRASBOURG.
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SHOT LOOKS UP AT SIDE OF BUILDING. "PALIS DES FETES"
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CLOSE UP OF YOUNG WOMAN LISENING TO SLEEPY JOHN ESTES. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN CLAPPING ALONG AS ESTES AND NIXON DO THEIR ACT ON SMALL STAGE.
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SIDE ANGLED SHOT OF TECHNICIAN WITH SOUND EQUIPMENT CONSOLE. HAS LIGHTED CIGARETTE IN HAND AS HE ADJUSTS DIALS.
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BACKSTAGE. ESTES IN VEST WITH YOUNG WOMAN. CUs. SITS WITH GUITAR AND THE YOUNG WOMAN BY HIS SIDE. ESTES &
NIXON PERFORM. LARGE STUDIO MICROPHONES. APPEARS TO BE EITHER A RECORDING STUDIO OR RADIO SHOW. |
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BLURRY CLOSE UP ON CONSOLE.
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