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Lightning in a bottle [Blu-ray videorecording] : a one night history of the Blues.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2005.

BluRay 781.643 L724 Doc

Blues musicians -- Performances.

Blues musicians -- Interviews.

[Blu-ray videorecording] :

1 Blu-ray disc (110 min.) : 5.1 DTS-HD MA Dolby digital sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

DVD not available.

Special features: Deleted scenes of performances by Buddy Guy, Mos Def and more.

Performed live, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

In English with optional English, English (SDH) or French subtitles.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Zélié (Angélique Kidjo) -- See that my grave is kept clean (Mavis Staples) -- Gamblin' man (David "Honeyboy" Edwards) -- Love in vain (Keb' Mo', Danny Kortchmar) -- Jim Crow blues (Odetta) -- St. Louis blues (Natalie Cole) -- Sittin' on top of the world (James "Blood" Ulmer, Alison Krauss) -- Mama (He treats your daughter mean) (Ruth Brown) (Ruth Brown) -- Men are like streetcars (Ruth Brown, Mavis Staples, Natalie Cole) -- Can't be satisfied (Buddy Guy) -- Strange fruit (India. Arie) -- Hound dog (Macy Gray) -- Hear the angels singing (Larry Johnson) -- Midnight special (John Fogerty) -- Okie Dokie stomp (Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown) -- Coming home (Bonnie Raitt) -- I'm a king bee (Steve Tyler, Joe Perry) -- Killing floor (Hubert Sumlin, David Johansen) -- I pity the fool Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray) -- Big chief (the Neville Brothers) -- Turn on your love light/ Down in the valley (Solomon Burke) -- Red house (Buddy Guy, Vernon Reid) -- Voodoo child (Angélique Kidjo, Buddy Guy, Vernon Reid) -- Boom boom (Chuck D ; Fine Arts Militia) -- Sweet sixteen (B.B. King.) -- Paying the cost to be the boss (B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray) -- Minnesota blues (Mos Def) -- Bonus performances: Stop messin' around (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) -- The sky is crying (Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes) -- Minnesota blues (credits) (Mos Def) -- First time I met the blues (Buddy Guy) -- Revelation (Chris Thomas King).

Presented by Volkswagen of America, Inc., a Vulcan production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; producers, Jack Gulick, Margaret Bodde, Alex Gibney ; directed by Antoine Fugua.

Introduced by Martin Scorsese ; singers: Angélique Kidjo, Mavis Staples, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Keb' Mo', Odetta, Natalie Cole, James "Blood" Ulmer, Alison Krauss, Ruth Brown, Buddy Guy, India.Arie, Macy Gray, Larry Johnson, John Fogerty, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Tyler, Joe Perry, Hubert Sumlin, David Janssen, The Neville Brothers, Solomon Burke, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King.

"On February 7, 2003. Renowned artists across music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York Cities Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to their common heritage and passion: the blues. Shared with thousands of fans in attendance, legendary performers from the roots of rock, jazz, and rap joined for a once-in-a-lifetime salute to the blues benefit concert whose proceeds when to musical education. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Antoine Fuqua, Lightning In A Bottle captures the nights magic and weaves a history of blues though the juxtaposition of performers, backstage interviews, rehearsals, and archival clips of some of the greatest names in American music, from blues royalty like Buddy Guy and B.B. King, to their musical heirs ranging from John Fogerty and Bonnie Raitt to Mos Def and India.Arie."--Container.

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