The Blues The Road to Memphis (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 119 min | Documentary, Music

The Blues

The Road to Memphis (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 119 min | Documentary, Music

Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues.

Director

Richard Pearce

Writer

Robert Gordon

Producer

Robert Kenner

Cinematographer

Richard Pearce (photography)

Editor

Charlton McMillan

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 30, 2003

Release date

Sep 30, 2003 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor Self Self See fewer	The Blues (2003)
The Coasters Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Death Proof (2007)
Jim Dickinson Self Self See fewer	Black Snake Moan (2006)
Fats Domino Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Rosco Gordon Self Self See fewer	The Express (2008)
Don Kern Self (WDIA Production Manager) Self (WDIA Production Manager) See fewer	Our Beautiful Secret (2013)
B.B. King Self Self See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Little Richard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Predator (1987)
Little Milton Self Self See fewer	Ride Along (2014)
Joe Mulherin Self Self See fewer	It Could Happen to You (1994)
Calvin Newborn Self Self See fewer	Hustle & Flow (2005)
Sam Phillips Self Self See fewer	Boss Level (2020)
Bobby Rush Self Self See fewer	Black Snake Moan (2006)
Chris Spindel Self (WDIA editor) Self (WDIA editor) See fewer	The Blues (2003)
Christine Spindel Self (WDIA Program Director) Self (WDIA Program Director) See fewer	The Blues (2003)
Hubert Sumlin Self Self See fewer	Blues Alive: Recorded Live at the Capitol Theatre (1983)
Rufus Thomas Self Self See fewer	War Dogs (2016)
Ike Turner Self Self See fewer	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Cato Walker III Self Self See fewer	B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)
Nat D. Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Howlin' Wolf Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)