Product Details

• Actors: Various Artists
• Directors: Varoius
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Grossman Guitar Workshop
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2004
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001I2BQC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,052 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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CHICAGO BLUES - DVD Movie

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Chicago Blues cousin to "Wattstax.", September 27, 2004

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chicago Blues Featuring Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Well, J. B. Hutto (DVD)

While not of a singluar music event, this film takes you on a look of not only blues music in Chicago but a look at life in the Chiago ghettoes in 1972. Well--known bluesmen such as Muddy Waters and Junior Wells perform as well as talk about their life, music , and what it all represents (Muddy in particular is quite articulate and locquaious) and we have some addditional insights from Dick Gregory. Like it's west coast cousin "Wattstax," "Chicago Blues" is a good sociological, as well as musical document.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A few great performances buried in here, December 29, 2010

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Harry Knobb (Ashburn, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chicago Blues Featuring Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Well, J. B. Hutto (DVD)

Pros
- great live performances by Buddy Guy, JB Hutto and John Lewis
- interesting Muddy Waters interview and partial performance
- Maxwell Street footage
- Bonus Material: voice over commentary by filmmakers (it was great this is included; provides context)

Cons
- Socio-Political oriented agenda overwhelms the editing, narration (eg, a lot of shots of gritty urban Chicago c.1970, many times editied into a live performance by a great musician)
- Grainy visuals (hey this footage is 40 years old)
- Bonus Material: voice over commentary by filmmakers (put me to sleep in spots)

5.0 out of 5 stars A look at the heart of the blues, February 19, 2011

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David J. Malosh "interested reader" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chicago Blues Featuring Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Well, J. B. Hutto (DVD)

While this DVD contains a number of impressive performances, it's much more than a "music video". It drives to the core of a music that is deeply evocative and poignant. The artists included are not manufactured by PR flacks like the majority of what's available in today's pallid musical scene. There is also incisive commentary by the musicians themselves and other social commentators including Dick Gregory and Bob Koester of Delmark records. If you want a deep look at what this music is really all about, buy it and appreciate it.