Lonnie Pitchford - Diddley Bow - African Roots of the Blues Part 4

This is an excerpt of some footage Nana Kimati Dinizulu shot while he was conducting some research in Mississippi.. The late Lonnie Pitchford can be seen and heard here playing the diddley bow, a one string instrument of African origin. This video was shot by Folklorist Cheryl Johnson who introduced me to Lonnie Pitchford a few years before his passing which occurred in 1998.