This video explores the blues-- with all its poetic irony and sly humor, its eroticism and timeless power. It traces its roots from the beginning of the 20th century through the Mississippi Delta to Louisiana, Texas, Kansas City and Chicago. It includes music by: Son House, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Rushing, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Dinah Washington and many...

Simple, rhyming text reveals that "Blues Guy" visits everyone now and then, from rodeo clowns to scary bullies, and the best way to feel better is by helping someone else who feels sad.

Teaches essential blues techniques such as bending, vibrato, raking, and sweeping. Also covers the most important blues forms and styles, including 12-bar blues, 8-bar blues, slow blues, jazz blues, and minor blues.

Examines the roots of the blues in the southern part of the United States, and visits the living legends of blues who still live in the American Deep South.

One hundred years ago, the blues was discovered as a musical form. To celebrate, more than 50 musicians gathered in New York City for a benefit concert.

Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.