Godfathers
and Sons - on DVD
April 2005, in 5.1 Surround Sound
Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend
Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard
Chess and heir to the Chess Records legacy) to explore the
heyday of Chicago blues as they unite to produce an album
that seeks to bring veteran blues players together with
contemporary hip hop musicians. Along with never-before-seen
archival footage of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and the Paul
Butterfield Blues Band, are original performances by Koko
Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner, and Sam Lay.
Says Levin: "When we were shooting
Sam Lay and his band at the Chicago Blues Festival, they
were playing Muddy Waters' classic, 'I Got My Mojo Workin.'
I closed my eyes and was transported back to when I was
a 15-year-old hanging in my buddy's basement listening to
the Paul Butterfield Blues Band for the first time. My life
was changed that day, and 35 years later the music's still
shakin' my soul. The feel of that day in the basement is
what I have set out to capture in this film."
Performances in Godfathers and Sons
Lonnie Brooks
Paul Butterfield
Common
Bo Diddley
Sam Lay
Carrie Robinson
Howlin' Wolf |
Ike Turner
Pinetop Perkins
Otis Rush
Magic Slim
Smokey Smothers
Koko Taylor
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee |
"Electric Mud Band"
Kyle Rahzel & Ahmir of The Roots
Chuck D & Public Enemy
Muddy Waters
Sonny Boy Williamson
Willie Dixon
Blind Arvella Gray |
DVD Extras Include:
* Five full-length performances not seen in the film:
- The ElectriK Mud Kats (aka Electric Mud Band) with vocals
by Chuck D, Common & Kyle Jason - "Mannish Boy"
- Lonnie Brooks - "I Want All My Money Back"
- Koko Taylor - "Ernestine"
- Otis Rush - "So Many Roads, So Many Trains"
- Howlin' Wolf - "Evil"
* On-Camera Interview with Marc Levin
* Director Commentary with Marc Levin
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