The Road to Memphis

Name: The Road to Memphis
Released: 2003
Rating: 60.37
Cast: B.B. King, Little Richard, Rufus Thomas, Chester Burnett, Sam Phillips

2003

Documentary, Music

1h 59m

The Blues - Season: 1, Episode: 3 - All Episodes

Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. (pbs.org)

The Road to Memphis

2003

Documentary, Music

1h 59m

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Rated 10 Apr 2019

Better than the films of Scorsese, Eastwood or Wenders in this series. Chronicles the rise & fall of the Beale Street scene through seemingly mundane & unrelated chapters following some ageing artists like Bobby Rush, B.B. King & Rosco Gordon. Despite this loose focus (or perhaps because of it) it almost indirectly manages to tap into some real joy & sadness that underline the music & its transition through political upheaval & commercialisation without any simplistic or contrived dramatization.

Rated 10 Apr 2019

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