The Dirty Dozen Brass Band perform "Bongo Beep" — "Brother" Charles Joseph: trombone; Ephram Towns: trumpet; Benny Jones: bass drum; Kirk Joseph: tuba; Roger Lewis: baritone sax; Kevin Harris: tenor sax; Jennell Marshall: snare drum; Greg Davis: trumpet. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the Glass House, New Orleans, May 16, 1982. For more information about the American Patchwork filmwork, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit http://culturalequity.org. [01.07.09]

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From 1978 to 1985, Lomax travelled throughout the South collecting recordings in five culture regions — Mississippi Delta and Hill Country, Central and Southern Appalachia, New Orleans, Cajun Louisiana, and Johns Island, S.C. — compiling footage for what would become his "American Patchwork" series of PBS. This clip is drawn from the New Orleans collection. For more about this and the other American Patchwork collections, visit the Alan Lomax Archive's YouTube channel