SONY/// #6-BF (Barrel Fold) / 6 PANEL CD FOLDER 58544 Old or new, mainstream or underground, music is in our veins. Always has been, always will be. Whether it THE YEAR OF was a VW Bug on its way to Woodstock or a VW Bus ABOUT THE DVDS road-tripping to one of the very first blues festivals. So THE BLUES (YOTB) here's to that spirit of nostalgia, and the soul of the Columbia/Legacy and Universal Music Enterprises In 1903, composer W.C. Handy first heard the blues, ignit- will release The Blues on DVD and VHS video. blues. We're proud to sponsor The Blues. Stay tuned. ABOUT THE MUSIC ing an expansion of its influence that now reaches world- wide, both on its own and through its reverberations in the • The seven films will be released individually, Sony Music’s Columbia/Legacy Recordings and Martin Scorsese Presents many genres of which it is a foundation, including jazz, and also as a deluxe boxed set. Universal Music Enterprises are joining forces to rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, soul and hip-hop. In cele- The Best Of The Blues • The DVDs will feature considerable special fea- release music from The Blues. There will be three bration of the hundredth anniversary of this encounter, • A single-CD compilation that offers an tures not included in the television versions, different configurations of music from the series, and in recognition of the ongoing impact of the blues upon overview of the project. including extended live performances, artist and in each case, repertoire is also included from music and cultural history, both in America and around interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. the vaults of other labels, providing the most com- • Features signature recordings by Robert the world, the United States Congress has proclaimed the Old or new, mainstream or underground, music is in our veins. MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS plete "best of" blues collections ever assembled: Johnson, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, B.B. year beginning January 1, 2003 to be the "Year of the King, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton and Blues." To mark this important occasion, Experience Always has been, always will be. Whether it was a VW Bug on its Martin Scorsese Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. Music Project (EMP), the Blues Foundation, Blues Inc. and Eric Clapton way to Woodstock or a VW Bus road-tripping to one of the very first The Blues–A Musical Journey • Collection available from Universal Music Vulcan Productions, along with other partners involved in The Blues project, have designed a year-long series of blues festivals. So here's to that spirit of nostalgia, and the soul • Four-CD deluxe boxed set–includes a compre- Enterprises. interrelated events, multimedia projects, and education hensive collection of the music from the seven ABOUT THE BOOK initiatives – to raise awareness of the blues and its ABOUT THE of the blues. We're proud to sponsor The Blues. Stay tuned. films airing on PBS. uniquely American heritage: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is RADIO SERIES The Blues–Individual Artist Collections publishing a distinctive appreciation of the blues. • A definitive overview of blues, from its earliest The thirteen-part public radio series, airing on These single-CD collections will feature the • Congressional Proclamation of YOTB. This hardcover volume is both a complement to the recordings over 80 years ago, to contemporary Public Radio International and Produced by most popular and influential music of key W.C. Handy series and a stand-alone for the general reader – artists and new recordings made specifically • Launch of YOTB web site, a first-stop portal for all Experience Music Project (EMP) and Ben Manilla blues artists. Specific titles will be announced part history, part celebration – that includes a for The Blues. information on YOTB events, partners and sponsors. "The blues is at once American and Productions, chronicles the history of the blues shortly. sweeping historical essay by Robert Santelli, illumi- • Nearly 100 songs—among the best and most • "Sweet Home Chicago" Blues Traveling Museum worldly. It's a form of storytelling that nating archival materials from Peter Guralnick; cap- from field holler to platinum seller. important blues recordings ever made—from Exhibit, Produced by Experience Music Project. is so universal that it has inspired tivating interviews with the series' directors by W.C. Handy and Bessie Smith, to Son House people beyond our borders and contin- Combining interviews and music from the origina- • Develop partnerships with concert venues, festivals Christopher Farley; and numerous original "person- and Robert Johnson; and from B. B. King and ues to influence music here and tors - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert and publications to promote the YOTB and specific al essays" from literary and music luminaries like John Lee Hooker, to Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ abroad. We're hopeful that the series Johnson with modern-era superstars such as B.B. Robert Johnson blues activities and artists. Elmore Leonard, Studs Terkel, Nick Cave, Hilton Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Eric Clapton and Stevie and YEAR OF THE BLUES will introduce Als, Luc Sante, and many others. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton - this Ray Vaughan. new audiences worldwide to this music comprehensive series is a sound-rich portrait of the and also inspire kids, whether they like taproot of American music. • Will feature essays by the most respected rock or hip-hop, to better understand blues writers in the world. the struggles and genius that gave birth The radio series will also feature performances • Collection available from Universal Music to what they listen to today." from artists such as Keb Mo', Taj Mahal, and Enterprises. --Martin Scorsese, Executive Producer, The Blues Shemekia Copeland. Howlin’ Wolf and Band V 7 8 9 10 11 BACK COVER FRONT COVER SONY #6 - B F (Barrel Fold)/ 6 PANEL CD FOLDER MARTIN Godfathers and Sons 5. Dark Was The Night– 11. Have You Heard 5:52 - Director Marc Levin (Slam, Whiteboys, Brooklyn Cold Was The Ground 3:20 (J. Mayall) SCORSESE Babylon) travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend (W. Johnson) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess Blind Willie Johnson Recorded London, April 1966; originally on "Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" PRESENTS (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess Recorded Dallas, December 3, 1927; originally Columbia 14303-D (London PS 492) Records legacy) to explore the heyday of Chicago The blues is a powerfully influential Available on CD: "The Complete Recordings of Blind Willie Available on CD: "Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton" (Deram Blues as they unite to produce an album that 422 882 967-2) music–an expression of the African- EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS Johnson" ABOUT THE FILMS seeks to bring veteran blues players together with (Columbia/Legacy C2K 52835) American experience that stirs uni- contemporary hip-hop musicians. Along with never- 12. The Thrill Is Gone 4:01 The Road to Memphis versal emotions. The nation's most before-seen archival footage of Howlin' Wolf, 6. Rocket 88 2:47 (R. Darnell/R. Hawkins) Under the guiding hand of Executive Producer explore how this music has so deeply influenced - Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, prominent artists have credited the The Blues includes: Muddy Waters and the Paul Butterfield Blues SAMPLER CD (J. Brenston) B.B. King Martin Scorsese, The Blues is a series of seven, people the world over. Simply put, it is the journey Leap of Faith, A Family Thing) traces the musical Jackie Brenston Recorded New York City, June 24/25, 1969; originally Band, are original performances by Koko Taylor, blues with influencing their music. In • Seven films for television broadcast, executive ninety-minute impressionistic and iconoclastic from Robert Johnson's stark lament "Love in Vain," odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays 1. Death Letter Blues 5:02 Recorded Memphis, March 3, 1951; originally Chess single BluesWay single 61032 this musical journey, we are able not films–each director exploring the music through his to John Coltrane's transcendental anthem, "A Love Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay. (S. House) 1458 Available on CD: "Greatest Hits" (MCAD-11746) produced by Martin Scorsese and presented by tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of Son House only to trace the actual journey of own personal vision. The series aims to capture the Supreme." Driven by the beat of performances by blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features origi- WGBH Boston to PBS. Red, White and Blues Recorded New York, April 12-14, 1965; originally on 7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man 2:49 13. Vietnam Blues 4:32 essence of the blues–its emotional resonance–and famous players from every kind of music the blues nal performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Columbia CS 9217 the music from Africa, across - Director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, (W. Dixon) (J.B. Lenoir) • A congressional designation of 2003 as YEAR OF has inspired–country, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, Gordon and Ike Turner, as well as historical footage Available on CD: "Son House--Father of the Delta Blues: America, and to Europe, but also to Timecode) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Muddy Waters Recorded New York City, May 15, 2002 THE BLUES, with related activities, including a soul and hip-hop–this seven-part series takes us on of Howlin' Wolf and Fats Domino. The Complete 1965 Sessions" (Columbia/Legacy C2K Recorded Chicago, January 7, 1954; originally Chess single Cassandra Wilson follow the effects of the blues on all a journey as soulful and ebullient as the music itself.