Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads
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Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads |
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Directed by | Robert Mugge |
Written by | Robert Palmer |
Starring | Roosevelt Barnes R. L. Burnside Jessie Mae Hemphill Big Jack Johnson Junior Kimbrough Booker T. Laury Jack Owens Lonnie Pitchford Bud Spires |
Cinematography | Erich Roland |
Editing by | Robert Mugge |
Distributed by | Tara Releasing |
Release date(s) | 1992-04-01 |
Running time | 91 min. |
IMDb profile |
David A. Stewart in conjunction with his brother John J. Stewart and in collaboration with music critic and author Robert Palmer and documentary film maker Robert Mugge made the documentary film Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads released in 1991. The film provides insight into the: location, cast and characteristics of the Delta Blues music. The documentary locations were set in: Memphis, TN and various North Mississippi counties. Robert Palmer provided many of the keen insights into the background and history of blues music as narrator of the story of the Mississippi blues.