The
Blues
7-part documentary series.
Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on
September
6, 2003.
Aired on PBS television in the United States from September
28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.
Directed by:
Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin
Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.
Written by:
Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim
Wenders.
Series episode titles:
Feel Like Going Home
The Soul of a Man
The Road to Memphis
Warming by the Devil's Fire
Godfathers and Sons
Red, White and Blues
Piano Blues
Cast:
Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop
Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee
Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne
Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter,
Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona
W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence
Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis
Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison,
Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck
D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo
Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John
Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie
Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George
Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,
Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia
Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland
Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey
Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice
Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia
Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil
Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark
Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James
Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya,
Rob Stone.