When West Virginia’s Jesco White agreed to be profiled for an episode of the PBS-TV series “Different Drummer” in 1991, he expected a simple, music-video document of the tap-dancing skills he then ...

As the popularity of the Dancing Outlaw grew after the release of his biographical documentary, Jesco White was asked by comedian Tom Arnold to perform on the television show Roseanne. He traveled to ...

This documentary short, produced for West Virginia public TV's "Different Drummer" series, introduces us to Jesco White, a hard-living, tap-dancing Boone County resident whose repeated run-ins with ...

Anyone who was at the Ryman for The Black Keys back in October of ’08 likely recalls the dancing (read: addled stumbling/nipple rubbing) of opener and Appalachian clogging legend Jesco White.

Picture the parking lot of Boone County, W.Va.’s Rite-Aid. Then from another planet drops in rubber-legged Jesco White. “People like to watch me dance and shake my thing,” White said. Known as the ...

The Glotfelty Film Series continues July 10 with Part 1 of a series showcasing the groundbreaking work of West Virginia filmmaker Jacob Young. This first installment ...