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Lightning in a bottle / a Vulcan production ; producer, Jack Gulick ; producer, Margaret Bodde ; produced by Alex Gibney ; directed by Antoine Fuqua.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blues (Music).
- Blues musicians.
- Genre:
- Filmed performances.
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Blues (Music)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (110 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- On February 7, 2003, renowned artists across music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City's 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 forces for a once-in-a-lifetime salute to the blues benefit concert whose proceeds went to musical education. Executive produced by Martin Scorcese, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Antoine Fuqua, Lightning in a Bottle captures the night's magic and weaves a history of blues through 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 Indie.Arie.
- Contents:
- 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)
- 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 (credits) (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).
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
- Filmed live in performance at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, Feb. 7, 2003.
- Won 2005 Black Reel Awards, Best Film, Musical or Comedy
- Nominated 2005 Black Reel Awards, Best Director
- Nominated 2005 Satellite Awards Golden Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Documentary
- OCLC:
- 971297482
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