The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS in the United States.
Trailer
Interview with martin scorsese
Taj mahal & corey harris - sittin' on top of the world
Willie king & the liberators - spoonful
Keb' mo' & corey harris - sweet home chicago
Otha turner & corey harris - sittin' on top of the world
Salif keita - folon
Corey harris - honeysuckle
Interview with wim wenders
Outtake
Lou reed - see that my grave is kept clean
Cassandra wilson - slow down
Alvin youngblood hart - mama talk to your daughter
Marc ribot - dark was the night, cold was the ground (electric)
Chris thomas king - revelations
Interview with richard pearce & robert kenner
B. b. king - blues boys tune
B. b. king -key to the highway
Hubert sumlin and david johansen - smokestack lightning
Interview with charles burnett
Willie dixon - nervous
Interview with marc levin
The electrik mud kats (aka electric mud band) with vocals by chuck d, common & kyle jason - mannish boy (soundtrack mix)
Lonnie brooks - you're using me
Koko taylor - ernestine (extended version)
Otis rush - so many roads, so many trains
Howlin' wolf - eval (is going on) (extended version)
Interview with mike figgis
Lulu with jeff beck - cry me a river
Pete king - lush life
Jeff beck - nadia
Jon cleary - piano improvisation
Band rehearsal - blues jam
Band rehearsal - who's sorry now (instrumental)
Mike figgis - piano jam
Feel like going home
Soul of a man
The road to memphis
Warming by the devil's fire
Godfathers and sons
Red, white and blues
Piano blues
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