Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites - BBC4 1st May 2009

90 mins documentary on the blues, with lots of input from Keith Richards.

Documentary telling the story of what happened to blues music on its journey from the southern states of America to the heart of British pop and rock culture, providing an in-depth look at what this music really meant to a generation of kids desperate for an antidote to their experiences of living in post-war suburban Britain.

Narrated by Nigel Planer and structured in three parts, the first, Born Under a Bad Sign, focuses on the arrival of American blues in Britain in the late 50s and the first performances here by such legends as Muddy Waters, Sonnie Terry and Brownie McGhee.

Part two, Sittin' on Top of the World, charts the birth of the first British blues boom in the early 60s, spearheaded by the Rolling Stones and groups such as the Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, the Animals and the Pretty Things.

The final section, Crossroads, looks at the next, more hardcore British blues boom of the mid-to-late 60s, with guitarists Eric Clapton and Peter Green and the international dominance of their respective bands, Cream and Fleetwood Mac.

Featuring archive performances and interviews with Keith Richards, Paul Jones, Chris Dreja, Bill Wyman, Phil May, John Mayall, Jack Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, Ian Anderson, Tony McPhee, Mike Vernon, Tom McGuinness, Mick Abrahams, Dick Taylor, Val Wilmer, Chris Barber, Pete Brown, Bob Brunning, Dave Kelly and Phil Ryan.

AVI Format



Part 1 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 2 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 3 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 4 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 5 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 6 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 7 - [rapidshare.com]
Part 8 - [rapidshare.com]

Enjoy!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2009-05-04 14:52 by strettonbull.

Thanks Chris .

Thanks a lot for this one.

thank you very much!

Can someone post this in mp3.????..I cant do rar files....

These are avi-files (video). If you have problems with win-rar, please try 7zip. It' s freeware.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Although I say it myself - this really is a great documentary - probably the best I've seen on the blues (and I've seen a few :-) ) - Now made better with Urban's artwork.

can these be viewed on a Mac? I have Zipeg for Rar files, do I need other viewing software? I have the current Mac OS...
thanks for any help! and thanks for posting...

>>can these be viewed on a Mac? <<

Absolutely. Can be viewed using the standard Mac video player, QuickTime.

When you have downloaded all eight parts, just put them in one file and click on the first one (Blues_Britannia_-_Can_Blue_Men_Play_the_Whites.part1.rar).

Merci Bien!

Thanks a lot strettonbull and Urbansteel

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot for this - it's great

Don't know how you managed to record it, but it's very appreciated

Cheers

I have seen it.
I can only say that this documentary is brilliant.

It really tells the story behind the blues in brittain and there is a lot of great footage of the old-school blues giants.

Footage of Bill and Keith is marvelous.

Make sure that YOU see this documentary, a great lesson learned.

Regards UW

'Doo doo doo Heartbreaker'

I'm very late, but it's never too late to tell you
how much this BBC Documentary is a must have!

The best thing i've seen since a long time!

Do you think ,i could find one day some subtitles
because of my english which is sometimes very poor!

Keith's accent is for me a nightmare!

Thanks



HMN