Nothing But The Blues - Part 2 Martin Scorsese Eric Clapton

Nothing But The Blues - Part 2 Martin Scorsese. Eric Clapton discusses who has influenced him throughout his career. Robert Johnson and Skip James. Filmed by director Martin Scorcese, this documentary was broadcast once on PBS stations, but never officially released for reasons which remain unclear. A planned release on home video was slated for early summer 1995, and Warner/Reprise produced a limited number of advance copies to be used for promotion.

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[CletusColtrane]

Took 3 guys to replicate Robert Johnson, lol

[goodride2004]

because they like it and they can, if a black man wanted to play metal does that make him a tool because its mostly white guys that play it?

[liveinkindnesslivewi]

@WarBeer yup you know muddy always said he wasnt impressed with guitar shredders and the snap rhythm is much important

[WarBeer]

@WarBeer I've heard punk bands play music that I thought had more of an honest blues element than most of what I hear called blues today. Today's blues is "elevator blues"....for guys in Hawaiian shirts that drive a BMW. I also think that most modern player play WAY too many notes. The solo's have become WAY to long and pointless. The more notes/faster you play, the more you repeat yourself. I hope we get past this dark time and I hope young people can lose the labels, the "process" and dig.

[WarBeer]

@WarBeer it's like how genre labels are derived. Back in the mid 1600's they didn't walk around saying. "I write...CLASSICAL" music. No, it was just music and modern. It wasn't until we analyzed things YEARS later did we group, file and label. Well, that what most musicians do. We here these "modern" guys and a song or two from some old cats and we think "this is how you play blues"....so, it has become a predictable machine. Which really is the opposite of it's origin and meaning.

[WarBeer]

The reason modern blues sucks....just like most modern genres do. Is because of one thing....OVER PRODUCTION. And the funny thing is....it's even there in live music. Music has become too polished....too polite. Too "perfect"....the changes are boring and the licks are the same as the next guy (even great players). This is where the internet and access to so much music has hurt us. Everyone copies the same handful of guys. And people play what they "think" someone will call blues.

[gioj3]

cream crossroads is crap.......not in a racist way but c'mon its shit

[Hmmmmzzz]

@goodride2004 Yes, it would.

[sepulchre10]

God bless Martin Scorsese for making this and the "Lightning in a Bottle" concert & DVD. Such efforts are a real boost to the Blues and all of us who play them owe him a debt of gratitude.

[Bilbobalbo1]

How blessed are you to be able to count Freddy King, Muddy Watters, Howlin Wolf, and Buddy Guy among your friends.......NOw THAT is cool........

[annabatarowicz]

@sinprelic i understand what your saying .you can take a baby from a tribe in the amazon bring him up with middle class people & he could be a concert pianist.yeah so the race thing is a bullshit idea . but i am talking about country blues & that was to my knowledge a black mans culture that cam about from makin up chants in the cotten fields. & the melodys memorised from church song. i also believe you need to have of sufferd to play blues good clapton went & sufferd deliberatly for this reason