Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson
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.
- Year: 1976
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- Genre: Documentary, Music
- Studio: Davenport Films
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- Director: Tom Davenport
- Cast: Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson