Featuring

Luderin Darbone

Edwin Duhon

Glen Croker

Johnny Faulk

Ben Sandmel

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
John Whitehead

Co-Producer
Ben Sandmel

Narrator
Billy Joe Shaver

Director of Photography
Matt Ehling

Additional camera
Walter Bardell
Jim Kron
George Spies

Sound recordists
Jon Sims
Vernon Norwood
Michael Figlio
Chris Polacheck

Post-production sound
Joe Demko
Ezra Gold

Additional mixing
Tim Watson
Jake Springfield

On-line editor
Mike Sandness

Additional editing
T.J. Larson

Main Tile design
Todd Nesser

Production Assistants
Ann-Marie Berger
Richard Gregg
Mary O’Brien
Aislinn Pares
Andy Rothschild
Suzanne Scholten

Location research
Randall LaBry

Still photography
Philip Gould

Music Clearances
Michael Nieves, Sugaroo Music

Legal Counsel
Greg Eveline
Trip Aldredge

Archival Sources
Arhoolie Records
Bob Deflores
Library of Congress, WPA, Farm Security Administration Collection
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
NBC News Archive

The 1999 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was produced for the
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival by Festival Productions, Inc.
Quint Davis and George T. Wein, Festival Producers

MTV Networks “Music City Tonight” used with permission by MTV Networks. C.1994 MTV Networks.
All Rights Reserved.

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Vintage guitars courtesy of:
Dakota Dave Hull

We would like to thank:
Lt. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Pam Breaux
Dr. Carrie Chrisco
Nell Croker
Eddie Darbone
Pete Fisher
The Jack Jarnigan Family
Eddie Mae Faulk
Shelley Johnson
Aron Levine
Susan Levitas
Kurt Loder
Buddy Miller
Bruce Morgan
Jay Orr
Ellen Pryor
Mary Richardson
John Rumble
Sonny Schneidau
Maxi Sonnier
Liz Thiels
Kyle Young
Laura Tennyson

The Country Music Hall of Fame
Isle of Capris Casino and Hotel,
Lee Brothers Dancehall, Cut Off, LA
McNeese State University
New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau
Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau

Executive Producers Gabrielle Vetter
Peggy Scott Laborde, For WYES-TV

Funding for this program was provided by

Vetter Communications Corporation

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Louisiana Division of the Arts

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation

The Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana

Produced in association with WYES-TV, New Orleans.

This program was produced by Fretless Pictures,
which is solely responsible for its content.

© 2003, Fretless Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS),
with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting