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Rock & roll. Vol. 3 /

Crossroads traces the blues which changed the sound of rock and roll, from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago to the UK, where this earthy rich sound inspired a host of young British musicians bored with the pop music of the day. Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman of the Rolling...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), British Broadcasting Corporation, WGBH Educational Foundation
Other Authors: Espar, David, Deane, Elizabeth, Thomson, Hugh, Schreiber, Liev, Lewens, Alan, Walsh, Karen, Conefrey, Mick
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: South Burlington, VT : WGBH Educational Foundation, [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
Subjects:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Rock music > History and criticism.
Popular music > History > 20th century.
Rock musicians > Interviews.
Rock groups > History.
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Rock musicians > Drug use.
Hendrix, Jimi.
Hooker, John Lee.
Clapton, Eric > Interviews.
Mayall, John > Interviews.
Richards, Keith, > 1943- > Interviews.
Wyman, Bill > Interviews.
Beck, Jeff > Interviews.
Plant, Robert > Interviews.
Page, Jimmy > Interviews.
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Summary:Crossroads traces the blues which changed the sound of rock and roll, from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago to the UK, where this earthy rich sound inspired a host of young British musicians bored with the pop music of the day. Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones and Jeff Beck tell how their hits introduced American rock fans to their own indigenous blues masters, like Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker.
Blues in technicolor takes viewers on a trip into the psychedelic rock world of the late 60's and early 70's. Using interviews with the Byrds, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd, this film shows how a bohemian folk culture based in San Francisco set off an international explosion of musical experimentation and eclecticism--much of it drug-inspired.
Item Description:Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Series producer, Elizabeth Deane ; BBC series producer, Hugh Thomson. Crossroads: Producers, Alan Lewens, Karen Walsh. Blues in technicolor: Producer, Mick Conefrey.