Martin Scorsese presents the blues (Television program)
Notes:
Issued in slipcase as the fifth of seven DVDs, with accompanying booklet. Series originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Contains five full-length performances not seen in the film: The Electrik mud kats (aka Electric Mud Band) with vocals / by Chuck D. Common & Kyle Jason - "Mannish boy"--All my money back / Lonnie Brooks -- Ernestine / Koko Taylor -- So many roads, so many trains / Otis Rush -- Evil (Is going on) / Howlin' Wolf ; interview with Marc Levin ; director commentary ; director biography and filmography. Interviews: Marshall Chess, Chuck D., Howlin Wolf, Phil Chess, Koko Taylor, Sam Lay, Mike Bloomfield, Common. Performances: Koko Taylor, Ike Turner, Otis Rush, Chuck D., Common, Sam Lay, Lonnie Brooks, Pete Cosey, Morris Jennings, Phil Upchurch, Kyle Jason, Juice, Rahzel (of the Roots). Archival performances: Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bo Diddley, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, Public Enemy.
Summary:
Call them the Blues Brothers 2003. In Marc Levin's veriteĢ-driven film, hip-hop legend Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess Records legacy) return to Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and members of the Roots.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)63604026
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
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