Blues at the BBC (2009)

7.5/10 60 min

Overview

Collection of performances by British and American blues artists on BBC programmes such as The Beat Room, A Whole Scene Going, The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Late Show. Includes the seminal slide guitar of Son House, the British R&B of The Kinks, the unmistakable electric sound of B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker, as well as less-familiar material from the likes of Delaney and Bonnie, Freddie King and Long John Baldry.

Cast

B.B. King

Self

Buddy Guy

Self

Eric Clapton

Self

John Lee Hooker

Self

Long John Baldry

Self

T-Bone Walker

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Peter Green

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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

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