THE BLUES on PBS (long)

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I Just got this from Jim Primrock of the Colorado
Blues Society. Thought the blues harp community
might be interested. Sounds like the series should
be a wonderful. Still time to figure out how to use
your VCR to record. :-)

Harpin' in Colorado,
- --Ken M.


- --- Jim Primock <jprimock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> Martin Scorsese Presents THE BLUES on PBS
> 
> "The Blues are the roots; everything else is the
> fruits." -- Willie Dixon
> 
> THE BLUES, executive produced by Martin Scorcese
> and exclusively sponsored by Volkswagen of 
> America, Inc., is a seven-part television series 
> driven by the beat of performances by famous 
> players from every kind of music the blues has 
> inspired - hip-hop, rhythm and blues, soul, 
> country and rock 'n' roll.
>
> THE BLUES will be televised nationally on PBS
> from 9-11pm on the following dates: (Check local 
> listings for exact broadcast dates and times.)
> 
> SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2003: "FEEL LIKE GOING
> HOME"
> Director Martin Scorsese (The Last Waltz, Raging
> Bull, Gangs of New York) pays homage to the 
> Delta blues. Musician Corey Harris travels 
> through Mississippi and on to West Africa, 
> exploring the roots of the music. The film 
> celebrates the early Delta bluesmen through
> original performances (including Willie King, 
> Taj Mahal, Otha Turner and Ali Farka Touré) and 
> rare archival footage (featuring Son House, Muddy
> Waters and John Lee Hooker).
> 
> MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2003: "THE SOUL OF A MAN"
> Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club;
> Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas) explores the 
> lives of his favorite blues artists - Skip 
> James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir - 
> in a film that is part history and part personal
> pilgrimage. The film tells the story of these 
> lives in music through a fictional film-within-a-
> film, rare archival footage, and covers of
> their songs by contemporary musicians, including
> Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Lou Reed, Eagle 
> Eye Cherry, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Jon
> Spencer Blues Explosion, Cassandra Wilson,
> Garland Jeffreys, Los Lobos and others.
> 
> TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003: "THE ROAD TO 
> MEMPHIS"
> Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap
> of Faith, A Family Thing) traces the musical 
> odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that 
> pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new
> style of blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis 
> features original performances by B.B. King, 
> Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as well 
> as historical footage of Howlin' Wolf and
> Fats Domino.
> 
> WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2003: "WARMING BY THE
> DEVIL'S FIRE"
> Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My
> Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents
> a tale about a young boy's encounter with his 
> family in Mississippi in 1955, and 
> intergenerational tensions between the heavenly
> strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the
> blues.
> 
> THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2003: "GODFATHERS AND SONS"
> Director Marc Levin (Slam, Whiteboys, Brooklyn
> Babylon) travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend 
> Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess 
> (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess 
> Records legacy) to explore the heyday of
> Chicago blues as they unite to produce an album
> that seeks to bring veteran blues players 
> together with contemporary hip-hop musicians. 
> Along with never-before-seen archival footage of 
> Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and the Paul 
> Butterfield Blues Band, are original 
> performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic 
> Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay.
> 
> FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2003: "RED, WHITE AND BLUES"
> Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las
> Vegas, Timecode) joins musicians such as Van 
> Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Tom Jones
> performing and talking about the music of the
> early 60's British invasion that reintroduced 
> the blues sound to America.
> 
> SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003: "PIANO BLUES"
> Director - and piano player - Clint Eastwood
> (Play Misty for Me, Bird, Unforgiven) explores 
> his life-long passion for the piano blues, using 
> a treasure trove of rare historical acts as well 
> as interviews and performances by such living 
> legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as
> well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.
> 
> --
> Jim Primock
> Colorado Blues Society


=====
"When you speak of Walter Horton, the first thing you think of is his tone, that big, fat tone."
- ---Li'l Ronnie Owens

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