"The Blues"

I really enjoyed this series overall, but on the "Red, White & Blues" piece, I was absolutely dismayed and disgusted to see Tom Jones (and hear him sing) portrayed as ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the blues movement. Why no George Harrison (this being the British related blues) and why so little of Keith Richards (among many other British blues artists omitted)? There was plenty of Clapton, Beck, Mayall and a few others that were and are truly blues-oriented guys. Mr. Figgis ruined this one with Jones. What a turn off. I give all the others in this series a 10/10 and a 5 for Figgis version and only that much because he did include, although way less than he should have, a small sampling of the blues excellence that came out of Great Britain beginning in the '60's. 美国公共电视台（PBS）为了庆祝“蓝调年”，以连续七天，每天将近两小时(含制作说明与相关纪录片)的大手笔，播出由导演马丁·斯科塞斯担任总监制的七部纪录片，统称为《布鲁斯——百年蓝调音乐之旅》。
　　Blues音乐是居住在美国的黑人在艰难困苦的生活中创造出的音乐风格。它发源于密西西比河的三角洲地带，起源于20世纪初，早期为人们劳作时的劳动号子。Blues最初主要是人声的叙述，后来才加上了乐器的伴奏，它对爵士乐、摇滚乐、乡村乐和西方音乐都有相当大的贡献。
　　Directed by
　　Charles Burnett (episode "Warming by the Devil's Fire")
　　Clint Eastwood (episode "Piano Blues")
　　Mike Figgis (episode "Red, White and Blues")
　　Marc Levin (episode "Godfathers and Sons")
　　Richard Pearce (episode "The Road to Memphis")
　　Martin Scorsese (episode "Feel Like Going Home")
　　Wim Wenders (episode "The Soul of a Man")　

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