The Blues Masters: a mix of artists and blues cities (update 2023)
Subjects: documentaries about the story of the blues, famous artists, styles, cities like Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans, American blues festivals and blues festival tour in Europe. Record Row, an avenue in Chicago lined with independent record companies.
The Blues Masters | A remastered edition of a 1966 CBS TV
A remastered edition of a 1966 CBS TV Festival series featuring - Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and more . . .
Blues Festival DVD 1962 1966
Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Houd Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Koko Taylor, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker
American Folk Blues Festivals 1963 1966 The British Tours
The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Little Walter and Koko Taylor 1967 American Folk Blues Festival
Little Walter and Koko Taylor performing at the 1967 American Folk Blues Festival.
Chicago Blues Documentary (1972)
Documentary about Chicago Blues and the migrating black community that brought it there. Made in 1972 the political tensions of the late 60's are still an all pervasive presence but it makes for an edgy and atmospheric portrayal of the era and the music.
With Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, J.B. Hutto, Junior Wells, Floyd Jones..
BLUES STORY: A Documentary
The Story of the Blues told through the eyes of the artists who lived it. Featuring: BB King, Charles Brown, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Robert Lockwood and many, many more...
Memphis ’69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival | Full Documentary
Fat possum & No Sudden Movements present 'Memphis '69'. This concert documentary, shot over 3 days in June of 1969, celebrates an American art form that unites us all. Feat. Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Fred McDowell & so much more.
You See Me Laughin’: The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (Full Documentary)
You See Me Laughin' is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the hill country bluesmen who've kept their music alive on the back porches and in the tiny juke joints of the Mississippi backwoods (Fat Possom Records).
Documentary on the New Orleans origins of Jazz
The Documentary is by Stefan Sargent. We follow Stefan Sargent on his tour of New Orleans, where he explains the origins of jazz.
Cradle of Rhythm and Blues (Record Row TV Documentary)
Documentary on the birth and emergence of the blues and soul music industry in the late 1950's. 'Record Row' was a 10-block stretch of Chicago's South Michigan Avenue, where several independent record companies, most notably, the historic Chess and Vee Jay labels, produced blues, R&B, jazz and soul music from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s.