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Freestyle Digital Media |
Release Date (Streaming):
July 9, 2024
Summary:
The Blues Society is a re-evaluation of the 1960s seen through the lens of the Memphis Country Blues Festival (1966-1969). It’s the story of Blues masters like Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins, who had attained fame in the 1920s but were living in obscurity by the 1960s. It’s also the story of a group of white artists from the North and the South who created a celebration of African American music in a highly segregated city. The Blues Society follows the festival from its start in 1966 as an impromptu happening, through a period of cross-pollinization with New York’s East Village scene, and up to the 1969 Festival, which mushroomed into a 3-day event and garnered substantial print and television coverage - including an appearance on Steve Allen’s national PBS show, Sounds of Summer.
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| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.thebluessocietyfilm.com |
| Production: | Cultural Animal |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
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