The blues, a musical journey / Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; series producer, Alex Gibney.

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The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck...

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Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors:	Road Movies Filmproduktion Vulcan Productions Cappa Productions Jigsaw Productions Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) Corporation for Public Broadcasting WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) Sony Music Entertainment, Inc Columbia Music Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Wenders, Wim (Director) Scorsese, Martin (Director, Producer) Eastwood, Clint, 1930- (Director) Pearce, Richard, 1943- (Director) Burnett, Charles, 1944- (Director) Levin, Marc, 1951- (Director) Figgis, Mike (Director) Allen, Paul, 1953-2018 (Producer) Allen, Jody Felsberg, Ulrich
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, [2003], ©2003.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Blues (Music) > History and criticism. Blues > Histoire et critique. Blues (Music) Documentary television programs. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	7 videodiscs (780 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Variant Title:	Martin Scorsese presents The blues. Blues.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	The blues is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues, featuring rare archival performance footage of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon ... et al., also including over 100 newly-filmed performances by contemporary artists such as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Beck ... et al. singing classic blues songs.
Note:	Originally broadcast on PBS from Sep. 28 to Oct. 4, 2003. Each disc contains bonus material not shown in the original broadcast, including director commentaries, on-camera interviews with the directors, and live performances by B.B. King and many others. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AQ9 D0030785 VideoDVD
ISBN:	0738903892 (set) 9780738903897 (set)
Credits:	Executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC.
Participant or Performer:	Featuring: Tommy Redmond Hicks (2), Nathaniel Lee Jr. (2), Chris Thomas King (3), Keith B. Brown (3), James Hughes (3), Dave Brubeck (4), Jay McShann (4), Ray Charles (4), B.B. King (5), Bobby Rush (5), Rosco Gordon (5), Little Milton (5), Rufus Thomas (5), Little Richard (5), Fats Domino (5), Tom Jones (7), Jeff Beck (7), Lulu (7).