The Blues (2003)

The Blues

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.

The Blues

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Trailer

  • 0x2

    Interview with martin scorsese

  • 0x3

    Taj mahal & corey harris - sittin' on top of the world

  • 0x4

    Willie king & the liberators - spoonful

  • 0x5

    Keb' mo' & corey harris - sweet home chicago

  • 0x6

    Otha turner & corey harris - sittin' on top of the world

  • 0x7

    Salif keita - folon

  • 0x8

    Corey harris - honeysuckle

  • 0x9

    Interview with wim wenders

  • 0x10

    Outtake

  • 0x11

    Lou reed - see that my grave is kept clean

  • 0x12

    Cassandra wilson - slow down

  • 0x13

    Alvin youngblood hart - mama talk to your daughter

  • 0x14

    Marc ribot - dark was the night, cold was the ground (electric)

  • 0x15

    Chris thomas king - revelations

  • 0x16

    Interview with richard pearce & robert kenner

  • 0x17

    B. b. king - blues boys tune

  • 0x18

    B. b. king -key to the highway

  • 0x19

    Hubert sumlin and david johansen - smokestack lightning

  • 0x20

    Interview with charles burnett

  • 0x21

    Willie dixon - nervous

  • 0x22

    Interview with marc levin

  • 0x23

    The electrik mud kats (aka electric mud band) with vocals by chuck d, common & kyle jason - mannish boy (soundtrack mix)

  • 0x24

    Lonnie brooks - you're using me

  • 0x25

    Koko taylor - ernestine (extended version)

  • 0x26

    Otis rush - so many roads, so many trains

  • 0x27

    Howlin' wolf - eval (is going on) (extended version)

  • 0x28

    Interview with mike figgis

  • 0x29

    Lulu with jeff beck - cry me a river

  • 0x30

    Pete king - lush life

  • 0x31

    Jeff beck - nadia

  • 0x32

    Jon cleary - piano improvisation

  • 0x33

    Band rehearsal - blues jam

  • 0x34

    Band rehearsal - who's sorry now (instrumental)

  • 0x35

    Mike figgis - piano jam

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Feel like going home

  • 1x2

    Soul of a man

  • 1x3

    The road to memphis

  • 1x4

    Warming by the devil's fire

  • 1x5

    Godfathers and sons

  • 1x6

    Red, white and blues

  • 1x7

    Piano blues

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