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Call them the Blues Brothers 2003--in Marc Levin's film, hip-hop legend Chuck D and Marshall Chess return to Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and me...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Vulcan Productions, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Cappa Productions, Jigsaw Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Sony Music Entertainment, Inc, Columbia Music Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Levin, Marc, 1942-, Chuck D, 1960-, Chess, Marshall, 1942-, Howlin' Wolf, 1910-1976, Taylor, Koko, Rush, Otis, Magic Slim (Musician), Turner, Ike, Lay, Sam, Scorsese, Martin
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Sony Music Entertainment : Manufactured by Columbia Music Video, [2003]
Subjects:	Blues (Music) > History. Documentary films. Documentary television programs.

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Summary:	Call them the Blues Brothers 2003--in Marc Levin's film, hip-hop legend Chuck D and Marshall Chess return to Chicago to explore the heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce music that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with contemporary hip-hop musicians such as Common and members of the Roots. Along with archival footage of Howlin' Wolf are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay.
Item Description:	Series produced by Vulcan Productions and Road Movies Production in association with Cappa Productions & Jigsaw Productions ; originally produced for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; presented by WGBH Boston to PBS. Running time includes extended performances; actual running time of the original film is approximately 97 min. Special features: Five full-length performances not seen in the film: Mannish boy / The Electrik mud kats (aka Electric Mud Band) with vocals by Chuck D. Common & Kyle Jason ; All my money back / Lonnie Brooks ; Ernestine / Koko Taylor ; So many roads, so many trains / Otis Rush ; Evil (is going on) / Howlin' Wolf -- On-camera interview with Marc Levin -- Director commentary -- Director biography and filmography -- The blues trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodiscs (approximately 133 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; 5.1 and stereo. mixes.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Mark Benjamin ; editor, Bob Eisenhardt ; series producer, Alex Gibney.