Martin Scorsese presents the blues

Martin Scorsese presents the blues Feel like going home /

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Scorsese winds his way from the banks of the Niger River in Mali to the cotton fields and juke joints of the Mississippi Delta to trace the origins of the blues in lyrical combination of original performances

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Cappa Productions (Producer), Jigsaw Productions (Producer), Liberators (Musical group) (Performer), Road Movies Filmproduktion (Producer), Vulcan Productions (Producer)
Other Authors:	Keb' Mo' (Musician) (Instrumentalist), Muddy Waters, 1915-1983 (Singer), Taj Mahal (Musician) (Singer), Diabaté, Toumani, 1965- (Instrumentalist), Guralnick, Peter (Author of dialog), Harris, Corey (Singer, Instrumentalist), Hooker, John Lee (Singer), House, Son (Singer, Instrumentalist), Keita, Salif, Keïta, Salif, 1949- (Singer), King, Willie, 1943-2009 (Instrumentalist, Singer), Koité, Habib (Singer, Instrumentalist), Pollard, Sam (Production personnel), Scorsese, Martin (Director, Production personnel), Shines, Johnny (Singer), Touré, Ali Farka (Instrumentalist, Singer), Turner, Othar (Instrumentalist)
Format:	Unknown
Language:	English
Published:	[Seattle, WA] : [Berlin] : Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; Road Movies Filmproduktion Gmbh, 2003 [Seattle, WA] : [Berlin] : [2003]
Subjects:	Blues (Music) > History and criticism Blues (Music) Blues musicians > Interviews Documentary television programs Television programs Blues musicians Interviews Television mini-series Video recordings

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Summary:	Scorsese winds his way from the banks of the Niger River in Mali to the cotton fields and juke joints of the Mississippi Delta to trace the origins of the blues in lyrical combination of original performances
Item Description:	Contains 6 new and extended performances not seen in the film: Taj Mahal & Corey Harris, "Sitting on top of the world" -- Willie King & The Liberators, "Spoonful" -- Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris, "Sitting on top of the world" -- Salif Keita, "Folon" -- Corey Harris, "Honeysuckle" ; on-camera interview with Martin Scorsese ; director biography and filmography Contains 6 new and extended performances not seen in the film: Taj Mahal & Corey Harris, "Sitting on top of the world" -- Willie King & The Liberators, "Spoonful" -- Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris, "Sitting on top of the world" -- Salif Keita, "Folon" -- Corey Harris, "Honeysuckle" ; on-camera interview with Martin Scorsese ; director biography and filmography, etc Issued in slipcase as the first of seven DVDs, with accompanying booklet Series originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS Series originally produced for PBS and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in 1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:	DVD, 5.1 surround sound DVD; NTSC
Production Credits:	Executive producer and director, Martin Scorsese ; writer, Peter Guralnich ; producer, Sam Pollard Writer, Peter Guralnick ; producer, Sam Pollard
ISBN:	0738903752