What is the blues?

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December 1989, Ko de Korte and Tom Haarsma from The Netherlands, went to Mississippi searching for blues musicians playing the old rural blues. The aim was to record their music on cassette tapes, but they also had a small Super-VHS camera. The registrations took place in the homes of the musicians, sometimes in their bedroom. After visiting 18 musicians in 2 weeks they came back with a lot of audio tapes and 14 hours of video. November 2013, Ko de Korte and Dutch J den Hollander decided to edit a documentary of the footage. Seventeen musicians have died now, among them are Rule Burnside and T-model Ford.
 
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Films dealing with blues history or prominently featuring blues music as a theme include:

St. Louis Blues (1929): the only short movie with Bessie Smith
Sounder (1972)
Lady Sings The Blues (1972): about Billie Holiday
Leadbelly (1976): biographical film about Huddie William Ledbetter
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Crossroads (1986): directed by Walter Hill, about a "deal with the devil", with a soundtrack by Ry Cooder and a guitar duel between Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
The Search for Robert Johnson (1991): documentary aiming to discover facts and myths about the infamous blues guitarist
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ghost World (2001)
Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads (2003)
Last of the Mississippi Jukes (2003)
The Blues, a Musical Journey (2003): Martin Scorsese produced seven documentaries about the blues:
Feel Like Going Home (Martin Scorsese): about the African origins of the blues
The Soul of a Man (Wim Wenders): about Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir
The Road to Memphis (Richard Pearce) : focuses on B. B. King's contributions
Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett): fiction on a blues-based theme
Godfathers and Sons (Marc Levin): about Chicago blues and hip-hop
Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis): about British blues-influenced music (e.g., Tom Jones, Van Morrison)
Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood): focuses on blues pianists such as Ray Charles and Dr. John
Ray (2004)
Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour (2005): Max Shores documentary about R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Junior Kimbrough, Richard Johnston, and other north Mississippi hill country blues musicians
You See Me Laughin' (2005): directed by Mandy Stein, documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, Mississippi–based label (Fat Possum Records) that struggles to record them
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Honeydripper (2007)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Who Do You Love? (2008)
Crossroads (1986)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_blues_music
 
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Το είχε προχθές η ΕΡΤ.Σκηνοθεσία και σενάριο Clint Eastwood ένα επεισόδιο από μια σειρά 7 ντοκυμαντερ με θέμα τα μπλουζ σε παραγωγή του Martin Scorcese (o οποίος σκηνοθετεί και ένα από αυτα).
Τίτλος της σειράς The Blues:A Musical Journey (το αναφέρει και ο Χρήστος 2 πόστς πιο πάνω).Είδα το πρώτο πριν μια βδομάδα σε σκηνοθεσία Wim Wenders,χτες είχε του Clint Eastwood με θέμα το Piano Blues.
Ο Clint,πιανίστας και ο ίδιος,ξέρει τι να απεικονήσει,τι να βγάλει στην επιφάνεια,τι να συζητησει.Ξεκινάει από τη Νέα Ορλεάνη και φτάνει στο Σικάγο και αφήνει και χώρο για τη Τζαζ και τη σχέση της με τα Blues.
Play misty for me...

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Sonny Black - Blues Walkin' By My Side
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Paul Rose - Throw me a Line
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Oscar Benton - Bensonhurst Blues
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Αρχές 90ς είχα την τύχη να είμαι στην συναυλία του John Campell στο Ρόδον..
Σοβαρός, αντιστάρ, είχε λοκάρει έναν "Κατακουζήνα" με μια ομπρέλα που χόρευε ανάμεσα στο κοινό! ,
Αν και ο τύπος ξεχώριζε σαν την μύγα..αναμεσά μας, ο Campell επαιζε κιθάρα και μας έλεγε...
"Look the man with omprella is happy.."
Πέραν αυτού δεν καταλάβαμε πως πέρασε η ώρα, φοβερή μουσική, τραγουδάρες,
και στίχοι φωτιά σαν το παρακάτω:
John Campbell - Love's Name
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Οι GA-20 ''διασκευάζουν'' τον εξαδάκτυλο "Hound Dog" Taylor.

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Τhe Gun Club - Anger Blues (Lucky Jim , 1993)

O Jeffrey πάντα κουβάλαγε μια blues φλέβα μέσα του,εδώ στον....τερματικό δίσκο των Gun Club απλά το....τερματίζει.