Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - Red, White And Blues

During the 1960s the UK was the location for a vibrant social revolution. The post-war traditional jazz and folk revival movements sowed the seeds - in fertile musical ground - for the roots of a new kind of blues music, entirely influenced by the authentic black blues of the USA. The British musicians at the heart of this musical revolution continued to pay homage to the originators of the music and to make a huge global audience aware of the likes of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Freddie King and others. Mike Figgis' film mixes with dozens of the key players in the British blues movement including Humphrey Littleton, Lonnie Donegan, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, BB King, Chris Farlowe, Bert Jansch, Eric Burdon, Steve Winwood, Georgie Fame and Peter Green. Alongside electrifying archive performances from the likes of The Rolling Stones, Cream, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters the film also introduces new music from an all-star session at Abbey Road. Tom Jones, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Lulu and others revisit classic blues songs, highlighting the ongoing power of British Blues.