The Blues: The Road to Memphis

USA 2003, 86 minutes
Dir. Richard Pearce, Robert Kenner
Rating: [G]
Genres: Documentary, Music / Jazz & Blues

Aroview: The third part of Martin Scorcese's TV mini-series celebration of one of America's quintessential musical forms "the Blues".

This episode covers several 'Memphis bluesmen', particularly B.B King. and Rosco Gordon, remembering life on the 'chitlin circuit'. It also reaches into the present to interview present-day musician Bobby Rush, and includes performances from the W.C. Handy Awards.

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3 stars (Good Enough) Never clarifies importance of Memphis. Focus on Gordon, BB King & Rush allows nothing on the non-commercial blues. Unique styles of nearby Mississippi, shown by Scorcese, pass unmentioned. Importance of soul over blues in Memphis is ignored. ~Sandy