Includes special performances by Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, and Muddy Waters.
Documentary with Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman; covers the roots of blues music from its origins in Africa to the present.
Early rural and popular American music (1928–35); features Jimmie Rodgers (the “Singing Brakeman”) and on-screen performances of “Waitin’ for a Train.”
Features interviews with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.