Scorsese presents The Blues

casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
edited October 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
I saw most of this documentary on BBC2 yesterday. It was amazing! I discovered Son House! Man, what a blues man he was. And he only picked up the guitar at age 25. Made me pick up the acoustic, tune it to open G and grab my slide, and have a go at Death Letter (yes, that White Stripes cover was originally from House).



Scorsese Presents the Blues
Fri 30 Sep, 11:35 pm - 12:55 am 80mins

Feels Like Going Home

Director Martin Scorsese winds his way from the banks of the Niger River in Mali to the cotton fields and juke joints of the Mississippi Delta to trace the origins of the blues in a lyrical combination of original performances and rare archival footage. Featuring music from Willie King, Taj Mahal, Otha Turner, Ali Farka Toure, Son House, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Contains strong language.

http://www.pbs.org/theblues/aboutfilms/scorsese.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/blues.shtml

Every guitar player should see this, and probably the other six movies in the serie as well.
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  • Yea I saw that one too! Its great to watch!

    Did you catch his documentary about Bob Dylan? It was brilliant as well!
    [Kitchener 05 - London 05 - Hamilton 05 - Toronto 05 - Astoria 06 - Dublin 06 - Leeds 06 - Reading 06 - Wembley 07] -- I think I've had enough ....
  • I had it taped. Getting it tomorrow!
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    One of my heroes, Son House.
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