Blues America
The story of how the blues crossed borders from black to white and from weak to powerful.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Woke Up This Morning
29-11-201360mBlues is usually described as the sound of racial suffering and feeling sad, but this documentary argues that the blues began as a form of black pop music. First appearing in the s...
- Ep 2
2.Bright Lights, Big City
06-12-201360mAfter 1945, artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker rooted the blues firmly in the city, where it contributed to the musical desegregation of America by spawnin...
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