The Road to Memphis

El episodio 3 de la formidable serie producida por Scorsese, The Blues




Directed by Richard Pearce
Written by Robert Gordon

El Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap of Faith, A Family Thing) relata la odisea musical de la leyenda del blues B.B. King en una película que rinde tributo a la ciudad que dio a luz a un nuevo estilo de blues. El homenaje de Pearce a Memphis incluye performances originales deB.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon y Ike Turner, así como documentales de archivo de Howlin' Wolf y Rufus Thomas.

Dice Pearce: "The Blues is a chance to celebrate one of the last truly indigenous American art forms, before it all but disappears, swallowed whole by the rock and roll generation it spawned. Hopefully we'll get there before it's too late."

Performances in The Road to Memphis
Fats Domino *
Rosco Gordon *
B.B. King
Little Milton
Little Richard *
Bobby Rush
Ike Turner
Howlin' Wolf *
The Coasters *

* indica performance de archivo

Entrevistas en The Road to Memphis
Bobby Rush
B.B. King
Rosco Gordon
Rufus Thomas
Calvin Newborn
Hubert Sumlin
Chris Spindel (WDIA program officer)
Don Kern (WDIA Production Manager)
Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor
Cato Walker III
Little Milton Campbell
Sam Phillips
Ike Turner
Jim Dickinson