As you can see from my hair, the film you're about to see or the clip Blue Ridge Mountain Blues is a moment in 1965 when I went south to film the Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina Bascom Lamar Lansford, the great old man of the mountains who was collecting songs for his festival.

I was 23 years old.

I read about it in Time magazine.

I wrote him a letter.

I picked up a 16 millimeter camera, which I barely know how to use, and I shot this scene.

There's something about it that gives a feeling for these wonderful people.

Wonderful then and now.

Wonderful culture, music, storytelling, poetry, decency between the people.

And there I am, 23 years old, riding in the car with basket and his wife, as they say.

It occurred to me that, uh, ago, you're speaking about this being in love, the country, and I said it.

Then wonder that mountain boy gets homesick when it gets away from home and gets the rough edge of the world.

And of course, that prompted the song Blue Ridge Mountain Blues.

It's known for well for your gun Booth Rich mountains blues and I stand right up and say The grip is packed for travel and I'm scratching gravel do that Blue Ridge Far way I know what day I returned Be shindig in the bone The folks from browse around with there be some fiddlers in the stone I got the booth blue and I stand right up and say My grip it Bank for travel and on scratching double for the booth.

I went down to Asheville, North Carolina, area to record this song and so many others on my channel because I just love this music.

I came from Long Island, and as a kid we used to hear the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night on radio and we'd step forward in What kind of music is this?

It's so great.

Mountain music, some country, some old timey.

I just could not believe it.

So when I got the chance at 23 years old, I went down there.

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