Harlem Street Singer

September. 26,2014      
Rating:
8.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Harlem Street Singer tells the little-known story of Reverend Gary Davis, the great American ragtime, blues and gospel guitarist. Not only is he one of the greatest folk guitar players of all time, he also represents the sweep of popular music in America during the twentieth century. Harlem Street Singer traces his journey from the tobacco warehouses of the rural south to the streets of Harlem, and onto the 1960s folk music scene, a blind street musician and itinerant preacher who rose out of abject poverty to influence a generation of musicians from Ramblin’ Jack Elliott to the Grateful Dead.

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Reviews

Clevercell
2014/09/26

Very disappointing...

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GamerTab
2014/09/27

That was an excellent one.

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Jenna Walter
2014/09/28

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Dana
2014/09/29

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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