The road to Memphis /
The road to Memphis /
Martin Scorsese presents The Blues. Road to Memphis Blues. Road to Memphis
- 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Blues, a musical journey .
- Blues, a musical journey ; 3. .
Produced for television in 2003. Third film in a seven-part series. Series produced by Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS. Contains full-length performances not seen in the film: Blues boys tune / B.B. King -- Key to the highway / B.B. King -- Smokestack lightning / Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen.
Title (Performer): Beale Street ain't Beale Street no more (Rev. Gatemouth Moore) -- Dust my broom (Elmore James) -- Three o'clock blues (B.B. King) -- How many more years (Howlin' Wolf) -- Moanin' at midnight (Howlin' Wolf) -- Rosco's boogie (Rosco Gordon) -- Mystery train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) -- Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston) -- Precious Lord (B.B. King) -- Hoochie man (Bobby Rush) -- Done got old (Robert Belfour) -- Hen pecked (Bobby Rush) -- Medley: Stand still, stay right here ; Dance for the devil (Rev. Charles E. Polk & the St. Luther Choir) -- I pity the fool (Bobby Bland) -- Bring it on home (Sonny Boy Williamson) -- Killing floor (Hubert Sumlin & David Johansen) -- Now you're gone (Rosco Gordon).
Editor, Charlton McMillan ; music, Mark Adler, Bobby Rush ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg. Editor, Charlton McMillan ; music, Mark Adler, Bobby Rush ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg.
Featured performers: B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon, Hubert Sumlin, David Johansen, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Gatemouth Moore, Little Milton, Rufus Thomas, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and others.
Traces the musical odyssey of B.B. King to Memphis and pays homage to the great blues musicians of the Memphis tradition. Goes on the road and behind the scenes with Bobby Rush and Rosco Gordon. Filmed on the occasion of the great reunion in which Memphis musicians returned to honor their roots.
DVD, 5.1 surround sound.
9780738903835 0738903833 9780738903897 0738903892
074645580890
CVD 55935 Columbia Music Video
King, B. B.
Rush, Bobby.
Gordon, Rosco.
Rush, Bobby.
King, B. B.
Gordon, Rosco.
Blues (Music)--Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Blues musicians--Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues musicians.
Blues (Music)
Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues (Music)
Biographical television programs.
Blues (Music)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Blues (Music)
Documentaires télévisés.
Biographies télévisées.
Blues.
ML3521 / .R63 2003x
781.643
Produced for television in 2003. Third film in a seven-part series. Series produced by Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS. Contains full-length performances not seen in the film: Blues boys tune / B.B. King -- Key to the highway / B.B. King -- Smokestack lightning / Hubert Sumlin and David Johansen.
Title (Performer): Beale Street ain't Beale Street no more (Rev. Gatemouth Moore) -- Dust my broom (Elmore James) -- Three o'clock blues (B.B. King) -- How many more years (Howlin' Wolf) -- Moanin' at midnight (Howlin' Wolf) -- Rosco's boogie (Rosco Gordon) -- Mystery train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) -- Rocket 88 (Jackie Brenston) -- Precious Lord (B.B. King) -- Hoochie man (Bobby Rush) -- Done got old (Robert Belfour) -- Hen pecked (Bobby Rush) -- Medley: Stand still, stay right here ; Dance for the devil (Rev. Charles E. Polk & the St. Luther Choir) -- I pity the fool (Bobby Bland) -- Bring it on home (Sonny Boy Williamson) -- Killing floor (Hubert Sumlin & David Johansen) -- Now you're gone (Rosco Gordon).
Editor, Charlton McMillan ; music, Mark Adler, Bobby Rush ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg. Editor, Charlton McMillan ; music, Mark Adler, Bobby Rush ; executive producer Martin Scorsese, Paul G. Allen, Jody Patton and Ulrich Felsberg.
Featured performers: B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon, Hubert Sumlin, David Johansen, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Gatemouth Moore, Little Milton, Rufus Thomas, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and others.
Traces the musical odyssey of B.B. King to Memphis and pays homage to the great blues musicians of the Memphis tradition. Goes on the road and behind the scenes with Bobby Rush and Rosco Gordon. Filmed on the occasion of the great reunion in which Memphis musicians returned to honor their roots.
DVD, 5.1 surround sound.
9780738903835 0738903833 9780738903897 0738903892
074645580890
CVD 55935 Columbia Music Video
King, B. B.
Rush, Bobby.
Gordon, Rosco.
Rush, Bobby.
King, B. B.
Gordon, Rosco.
Blues (Music)--Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Blues musicians--Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues musicians.
Blues (Music)
Tennessee--Memphis.
Blues (Music)
Biographical television programs.
Blues (Music)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Blues (Music)
Documentaires télévisés.
Biographies télévisées.
Blues.
ML3521 / .R63 2003x
781.643
