Road to Memphis (Scorsese presents the blues)

Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap of Faith, A Family Thing) traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce"'s homage to Memphis features original performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as well as historical footage of Howlin"' Wolf, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Coasters, and many more. Says Pearce: ""The Blues is a chance to celebrate one of the last truly indigenous American art forms, before it all but disappears, swallowed whole by the rock and roll generation it spawned. Hopefully we"'ll get there before it"'s too late.""