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

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Buddy Guy

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Eric Clapton

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John Lee Hooker

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Long John Baldry

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T-Bone Walker

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Peter Green

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Roebuck 'Pops' Staples

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