A Well Spent Life

A Well Spent Life

1971 | 44m | Documentary, Biography | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A deeply moving tribute to the Texas songster, Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Les Blank

CAST

Mance Lipscomb

PRODUCERS

Les Blank

WRITERS

Information not available.

Related Videos

02:16
A Well-Spent Life (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, This Is Mance Lipscomb
Clip
Opening from cameraman and director-producer-editor Les Blank and sound man Skip Gerson with Texas sharecropper and country blues institution Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976), with his original song Asked My Captain, opening the acclaimed A Well Spent Life, 1971.
03:37
A Well-Spent Life (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Doorbell Blues
Clip
Texas blues artist Mance Lipscomb around his hometown of Navasota, about 70 miles northwest of Houston, with comments for director Les Blank and sound man Skip Gerson, then his song Doorbell Blues, from one of Blank's most celebrated documentaries, A Well Spent Life, 1971.

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