"The Blues" Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)

Director:

Charles Burnett

Writer:

Charles Burnett (writer)

TV Series:

"The Blues" (2003)

Original Air Date:

1 October 2003 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Music Business | Music Industry

Cast

Carl Lumbly	...	Narrator
Tommy Redmond Hicks	...	Uncle Buddy
Nathaniel Lee Jr.	...	Jr.
Susan McWilliams	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Big Bill Broonzy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Willie Dixon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lightnin Hopkins	...	Himself (archive footage)
Son House	...	Himself (archive footage)
Nathaniel Lee Sr.	...	W.C. Handy
Bessie Smith	...	Herself (archive footage)
Dinah Washington	...	Herself (archive footage)
Sonny Boy Williamson	...	Himself

Mya	...	Herself
Taj Mahal	...	Himself
John Mayall	...	Himself

Country:

Germany | UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The ghost that Jr. saw at the crossroads was played by his own dad, Nathaniel Lee Sr.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Nathaniel Lee Sr. knocked a man out in the Juke Joint and someone caught the man as he was falling. It was suppose to be the other way around, where Nathaniel Lee Sr. got knocked out, but he was too heavy for the man to catch while falling.