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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Uptown lightning it comes down when my Chief on the street steps the thunder all beneath...

Uptown lightning it comes down when my Chief on the street steps the thunder all beneath his feet

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Uptown lightning it comes down
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when my Chief on the street steps
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the thunder all beneath his feet.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:30
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Rezolution Pictures

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Movie Summary

A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
His suit can't be beat, - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:06
His suit can't be beat,
♪ Here comes the end Just let 'em through ♪ - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:07
♪ Here comes the end Just let 'em through ♪
♪ [solo female voice] ♪ - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:31
♪ [solo female voice] ♪
The banjo for the first hundred years of its existence was not a white instrument, - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:07
The banjo for the first hundred years of its existence was n...
our-music-very-much-what-would-hear - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:34
our-music-very-much-what-would-hear
It's-I've heard people call it pre-blues. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:04
It's-I've heard people call it pre-blues.
And so it really sounds very much like the roots of blues music. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:07
And so it really sounds very much like the roots of blues mu...
blues-fingerstyle-guitar - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:43
blues-fingerstyle-guitar
he-the-grandfather-to-all-of-the-delta-blues-guys - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:16
he-the-grandfather-to-all-of-the-delta-blues-guys
No matter how rough those recordings are or how hard it is to listen to, - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:08
No matter how rough those recordings are or how hard it is t...
It's like a bomb went off. I mean, his sound is so guttural, - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:11
It's like a bomb went off. I mean, his sound is so gutt...
You know, he's not even trying to make it pretty. (laugh) It's just as raw as it gets. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:07
You know, he's not even trying to make it pretty. (laug...
He was a profound influence on Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jack White, Bonnie Raitt, - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:09
He was a profound influence on Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jack...
And he was the baddest mother-fucker in the world. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:04
And he was the baddest mother-fucker in the world.
which-an-area-that-is-rich-in-blues-history - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:11
which-an-area-that-is-rich-in-blues-history
It's very likely that Charley Patton was of Choctaw ancestry. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:05
It's very likely that Charley Patton was of Choctaw anc...
creole-ancestry-african-american-ancestry - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:21
creole-ancestry-african-american-ancestry
♪ [Charley Patton song] ♪ - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:11
♪ [Charley Patton song] ♪
See, so when I hear this, it's Indian music to me, you know. - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:06
See, so when I hear this, it's Indian music to me, you ...
[clapping] - Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World 00:18
[clapping]