Here’s an excerpt from Martin Scorsese himself. Finally, the last CD comes full circle to the contemporary blues and blues-rock. The forties and fifties “era” on the discs show the broad span of blues from Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans, and as rock forms from blues and begins to take it’s place in the fifties in 60s, there are interspersed tracks from Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jackie Brenston. Truly, listening from disc one and continuing on provides a rich musical journey. The music box set’s first CD begins with a variety of the earliest recorded blues music and each track progresses with the time period. Each episode focused on a different part of the blues, each directed by guest directors such as Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin and Richard Pearce. If that weren’t enough, he spearheaded seven ninety-minute episodes that aired on PBS in the fall of 2003. In 2003, Martin set about assembling one of the most comprehensive, broad spanning blues music box sets ever created. In fact, in many of his movies, background music can be heard from Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Elmore James, The Stones, Willie Dixon, and more. A lot of people don’t know that Martin Scorsese, the brilliant mind behind the movies Goodfellas, The Departed, Taxi Driver, Casino, etc., is a serious blues fan.
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