The Blues
A selection of programmes featuring influential blues musicians, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Bonnie Raitt—BBC Four Sessions
Bonnie Raitt and her band perform songs including Love Has No Pride and Nick of Time.
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Blues at the BBC
With Son House, The Kinks, BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and John Lee Hooker.
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Woke up This Morning—Blues America
How the early blues musicians used the latest media to bring their music to the public.
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Bright Lights, Big City—Blues America
How blues conquered the world and the music moved from black to white audiences.
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Sonny Boy Williamson Sings—Arena, Blues Night
Rare footage of the harmonica blues player Sonny Boy Williamson. (1985)
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B.B. King Speaks—Arena, Blues Night
John Walters talks to B.B. King about his extraordinary life. (1985)
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Blind John Davis—Arena, Blues Night
Studs Terkel and pianist Blind John Davis meet in Chicago to discuss the blues. (1985)
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Blues Medley—Arena, Blues Night
Blues medley featuring Fred McDowell, Lead Belly and Billie Holiday. (1985)
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Big Bill Blues—Arena, Blues Night
Big Bill Broonzy sings and plays the blues in a Belgian nightclub. (1985)
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Episode 1—The Devil's Music, Series 2
Alexis Korner delves into the world of American Blues music. (1979)
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Episode 2—The Devil's Music, Series 2
Alexis Korner delves further into the soulful world of traditional Blues music. (1979)
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Episode 3—The Devil's Music, Series 2
Alexis Korner discovers that Blues music expresses a deep symbolic message. (1979)
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Episode 4—The Devil's Music, Series 2
Alexis Korner looks at contemporary Chicago Blues music. (1979)
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