
Bo Diddley, born Elias Otha Bates, was an original and influential American rock & roll singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of the key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones to name a few. He introduced more insistent, driving rhythm...
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John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Little Richard, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, and other legendary musicians performed at the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival music festival. This behind-the-scenes look at “the second most important event in rock and roll history” culminates in John Lennon’s first public performance with The Plastic Ono Band, triggering his decision to leave the Beatles.

Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.

Voodoo Lounge Uncut presents for the first time the full, unedited show filmed on November 25th 1994 at Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium. Originally directed by the legendary David Mallet, this new version features 10 performances omitted from it's previous release in the 90s, and the full show is now presented in it's original running order. With its ahead-of-its-time cyberworld staging, guest appearances from Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray and Bo Diddley, and a setlist combining classic tracks with material from the Voodoo Lounge album, this phenomenal show can now be enjoyed as originally intended. As an added bonus, all visual formats feature five tracks from an earlier date on the Voodoo Lounge Tour that weren't performed in Miami - making this the definitive record of The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour.

This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and where "the only color that mattered was green".

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1. Koko Taylor - I'm Ready 2. Big Bill Morganfield - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 3. Keb Mo - I Can't Be Satisfied 4. Keb Mo - Two Trains Running 5. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man 6. Phoebe Snow - Just To Be With You 7. John Hyatt - Big Legged Woman 8. M. Shannon - Gypsy Woman 9. George "Buddy" Guy - Make A Woman Feel Satisfied 10. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Mean Black Spider 11. Nick Gravenites - Forty Days And Forty Nights 12. Peter Wolfe - Rollin'And Tumblin' 13. Koko Taylor - Long Distance Call 14. Gregg Allman - Someday Baby 15. Big Bill Morganfield - Mojo 16. Remember Muddy

1. Introduction 2. Someday Baby - Gregg Allman 3. Just To Be With You - Phoebe Snow 4. Chains Of Love - Big Joe Turner 5. Make A Woman Feel Satisfied - George "Buddy" Guy 6. Sweet Papa John - Johnny Winter 7. Big Legged Woman - John Hyatt 8. Baby Don't You Know - Roy Milton 9. Porty Days And Porty Nights - Nick Grave Nites 10. Texas Plood - Stevie Ray Vaughan 11. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Big Hill Morganfield 12. Misery - Esther Phillips 13. Rollin' And Tumblin' - Peter Wolfe 14. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King 15. I'm Ready - Koko Taylor 16. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 17. Mean Black Spider - Robert Lockwood 18. Gypsy Woman - Matt Shannon 19. Two Trains Running - Keb Mo 20. Follow the Blues

Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (from Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the legacy of Chess Records) to explore the heyday of the Chicago blues and how they come together to produce an album that seeks to bring veteran blues players along with contemporary hip hop musicians. Along with never before seen footage from Howlin 'Wolf, Muddy Waters and Paul Butterfield Blues Band, they are original performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay.

Portrait of an important American musician through the testimonies of fellow musicians and people from his environment, but also through archival material and documents from various stages of his life and career.

Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
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