
The Headhunters
Season 4 Episode 10 | 24m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Fusing Jazz, Funk, & Rock, The Headhunters formed to support Herbie Hancock on tour and in studio.
Fusing Jazz, Funk, and Rock, The Headhunters formed in 1973 to support Herbie Hancock on tour and in the studio.
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The Headhunters
Season 4 Episode 10 | 24m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Fusing Jazz, Funk, and Rock, The Headhunters formed in 1973 to support Herbie Hancock on tour and in the studio.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Hidden deep beneath the Cumberland Mountains in Grundy County, Tennessee, lies one of the world's most magical, musical adventures, The Caverns Sessions.
Three million years in the making, pure acoustics offer music from the heart of the American experience.
Center stage and deep inside the mountain.
This time welcoming, The Headhunters.
♪ [jazz music] ♪ - It's deep down sound in The Caverns, Coming up next!
[cheering and applauding] - It's a great honor to be here in The Caverns.
I have never in my life, and I'm playing music for about 70 years now.
And I've never played in a place like this ever.
[cheering and applauding] Thank you, but let's get on with it.
We don't have that much time.
♪ [Jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [Jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [Jazz instrumental music] ♪ [applause and cheers] - That was Craig Handy.
♪ [Jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [Jazz instrumental music] ♪ [cheering and applause] - Alright!
Okay, I'm still getting over the fact we're in a cave, so you'll have to... I'm like, what are we doing here?
Okay, so, where are we?
Where are we?
We're in Tennessee.
We're in Tennessee in a cave.
- We're in Pelham, Pelham.
- All right, Pelham.
- I have a few words of wisdom.
Let me say this really fast.
This is something that my forefathers did when they prayed.
Y'all don't know my people.
Y'all really don't.
But let me give you a little taste of it.
[Prays in foreign language] [Prays in foreign language] [Prays in foreign language] [Prays in foreign language] Now, what did I say?
I said, "Omi tutu, fresh water.
Fresh in the road that we're about to take.
Bless all of our ancestors.
Yours and mine.
Who are citizens of heaven and sitting at the foot of God."
[cheering and applause] ♪ [Plays Shekere] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [Plays Shekere] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [piano plays] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [piano plays] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ [crowd cheers] ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ You say, "giri giri" ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ [crowd sings] ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ Now clap your hands while you sing it now ♪ ♪ Giri giri... ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ Now sing it faster, sing it faster now ♪ ♪ Giri giri... ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ Sing some harmony Giri giri... ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ ♪ [Sings in foreign language] ♪ [crowd cheering] [Playing Shekere like a flute] [drum accent] [drum accent] [crowd cheers] [Playing bottle like a flute] ♪ [jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [jazz instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [jazz instrumental music] ♪ - Here's to you!
♪ [jazz instrumental music] ♪ [cheers and applause]
The Headhunters Perform "Butterfly"
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Clip: S4 Ep10 | 11m 53s | The Headhunters perform their song "Butterfly." (11m 53s)
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Preview: S4 Ep10 | 30s | Fusing Jazz, Funk, & Rock, The Headhunters formed to support Herbie Hancock on tour and in studio. (30s)
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