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• The Blues | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This DVD presents a selection of performances filmed between 1929 and 1962. The most legendary of these films is St. Louis Blues starring the Empress of the Blues - Bessie Smith. Two other great female singers from the 1920's also appear on this DVD - Ida Cox and Mamie Smith. Both were enormously successful as recording and performing artists.One rather curious item is the Big Bill Broonzy field recordings. Shot with one camera, often times not even capturing a complete number, the technical limitations can't disguise the power of his singing and playing.The program concludes with a great short film featuring the magnificent blues harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson.This program provides us with a vivid picture of the various styles of the blues over the years and gives us precious glimpses of some of it's finest practitioners.