About
Jon Brewer examines the history of blues music in America, marrying startling imagery and expert interviews with archival performances to fill in the gaps about the music itself, its origins and the impact it had and continues to have on popular music today.
Cast
Morgan Freeman
as Self
Jake Bugg
as Self
Irvin Mayfield
as Self
Lynn Jackaman
as Self
John Mayall
as Self
Allen Toussaint
as Self
Joanne Shaw Taylor
as Self
Charlie Musselwhite
as Self
Keb' Mo'
as Self
Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir
as Self
Morgan Molthrop
as Self
Robert Plant
as Self
Jimmy Page
as Self
Bono
as Self
Carlos Santana
as Self
Eric Clapton
as Self
Al Harris
as Self
Sallie Ann Glassman
as Self
Mary Niall Mitchell
as Self
Jerry Gandolfo
as Self
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
1762 - 1865
"The Blues", the language of the forlorn, grew from slave chants blended with many influences, proving foundational in changing the American south as slaves sought freedom, but they faced great resistance including segregation, oppression and the American Civil War.
1865–1968
The intoxicating essence of New Orleans permeates this episode as it explores the era of Storyville, the struggle for Civil Rights, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
1940–2015
A look at 75 years of American history, where racism reframed inequality in the guise of a "new world", where a black American became president but young black men were killed by police with little recourse, and where uprisings ensued.
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