BBC Four Blues season / Blues Collection

[gareth_r]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/collections/p01m79bn/...

I'm not sure whether this should be in the Music forum or in TV ...

As well as showing the current Blues season on Four, the BBC have put some old programmes up on the web site:


Arena: Blues Night: Sonny Boy Williamson Sings
First Broadcast: 1985 15 mins
Rare footage of the harmonica blues player Sonny Boy Williamson. (1985)

Arena: Blues Night: B.B. King Speaks
First Broadcast: 1985 30 mins
John Walters talks to B.B. King about his extraordinary life. (1985)

Arena: Blues Night: Chicago Blues
First Broadcast: 1985 45 mins
Performances by Muddy Waters, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy. (1985)

Arena: Blues Night: Blind John Davis
First Broadcast: 1985 15 mins
Studs Terkel and pianist Blind John Davis meet in Chicago to discuss the blues. (1985)

Arena: Blues Night: Blues Medley
First Broadcast: 1985 20 mins
Blues medley featuring Fred McDowell, Lead Belly and Billie Holiday. (1985)

Arena: Blues Night: Big Bill Blues
First Broadcast: 1995 25 mins
Big Bill Broonzy sings and plays the blues in a Belgian nightclub. (1985)

Sounding Out: B.B. King
First Broadcast: 1972 25 mins
B.B. King is filmed in Piccadilly recording his 'B.B. King in London' album. (1972)

The Devil's Music: Series 2: Episode 1
First Broadcast: 1979 25 mins
Alexis Korner delves into the world of American Blues music. (1979)

The Devil's Music: Series 2: Episode 2
First Broadcast: 1979 25 mins
Alexis Korner delves further into the soulful world of traditional Blues music. (1979)

The Devil's Music: Series 2: Episode 3
First Broadcast: 1979 25 mins
Alexis Korner discovers that Blues music expresses a deep symbolic message. (1979)

The Devil's Music: Series 2: Episode 4
First Broadcast: 1979 25 mins
Alexis Korner looks at contemporary Chicago Blues music. (1979)



Current:

Blues America: Woke up this Morning
First Broadcast: 2013 1 hour
How the early blues musicians used the latest media to bring their music to the public.

The Man Who Brought The Blues To Britain: Big Bill Broonzy
First Broadcast: 2013 1 hour
Biography of the bluesman Big Bill Broonzy, who would inspire a generation of musicians.

Seasick Steve: Bringing It All Back Home Seasick Steve: Bringing It All Back Home
First Broadcast: 2009 30 mins
Bluesman Seasick Steve takes a trip back to his old stomping grounds in the Deep South.

Blues at the BBC
First Broadcast: 2009 1 hour
Collection of performances by British and American blues artists from the BBC archives.



Coming soon:

The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy
First Broadcast: 2013
Thursday 05th December, 01:00 on BBC Four

BBC Four Sessions: Bonnie Raitt
First Broadcast: 2013
Friday 06th December, 20:00 on BBC Four

Blues America: Bright Lights, Big City
First Broadcast: 2013
Friday 06th December, 21:00 on BBC Four

Later... with Jools Holland: 02/05/2009
First Broadcast: 2009
Friday 06th December, 22:00 on BBC Four

In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John Fahey
First Broadcast: 2013
Friday 06th December, 23:00 on BBC Four

Seasick Steve: Bringing It All Back Home
First Broadcast: 2009
Monday 09th December, 03:00 on BBC Four

EDIT:
The Godmother of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
BBC Four Sat 7 Dec 2013 00:00
BBC Four Sat 7 Dec 2013 03:00
BBC Four Mon 9 Dec 2013 02:15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xf8k7/broadcast...

Edited by gareth_r on Thursday 5th December 11:28

[Fishtigua]

I still have the VHS tape of the 1985 Blues Night that I recorded. Almost wore the thing to death. Some great icons on there.

[2volvos]

BBC4 music programmes are brilliant.

To quote Not the Nine O'Clock News, well done the BBC, another winner! And...I am writing to complain about the license fee. It's far too low. I'd willingly sell my house and all its contents to help the BBC!

[gareth_r]

Another programme coming up:
The Godmother of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
BBC Four Sat 7 Dec 2013 00:00
BBC Four Sat 7 Dec 2013 03:00
BBC Four Mon 9 Dec 2013 02:15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xf8k7/broadcast...

[George7]

Excellent, I'll have to check these out. BBC4 music programs are indeed brilliant.