The Blues (2003– )

Stars:

John Mayall, Carl Lumbly, Taj Mahal

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
John Mayall	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2003)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

music business | music industry

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A blues

Company Credits

Production Co:

Road Movies Filmproduktion, Vulcan Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The ghost that Jr. saw of W.C. Handy was played by his own father, Nathaniel Lee Sr.

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Connections

Features Honkytonk Man (1982)

User Reviews

Excellent work except for "Red White & Blues" starring Tom Jones: What?

I really enjoyed this series overall, but on the "Red, White & Blues" piece, I was absolutely dismayed and disgusted to see Tom Jones (and hear him sing) portrayed as ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the blues movement. Why no George Harrison (this being the British related blues) and why so little of Keith Richards (among many other British blues artists omitted)? There was plenty of Clapton, Beck, Mayall and a few others that were and are truly blues-oriented guys. Mr. Figgis ruined this one with Jones. What a turn off. I give all the others in this series a 10/10 and a 5 for Figgis version and only that much because he did include, although way less than he should have, a small sampling of the blues excellence that came out of Great Britain beginning in the '60's.