Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey
By Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren
Published: Harper Paperbacks, 11/01/2004
Pages : 288 Pages
ISBN: 0060525452
Format : epub
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues is both a complement to the PBS series, The Blues, and a stand-alone for the general reader — part history, part literary celebration - that includes a sweeping historical essay by Robert Santelli; illuminating archival material from Peter Guralnick; biographical essays by Christopher John Farley; captivating interviews with Executive Producer Martin Scorsese and series directors Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, Richard Pearce, and Wim Wenders; and numerous original personal essays from literary and music luminaries such as Elmore Leonard, David Halberstam, Lucinda Williams, Studs Turkel, Nick Cave, John Edgar Wideman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Hilton Als, and many others.
