Archive for the tag 'Muddy Waters'

film, music

at last

Based on the start of Chess Records in Chicago, Cadillac Records is coming out this week, Dec. 5. Since posting on this movie last year, I’d forgotten about it, so good to see it coming so soon.
No clue how good the story will be, but I’m going for the sake of the soundtrack and the [...]

music

knowing one another for awhile

More from Buddy Guy on the occasion of his new release, Skin Deep (reviewed here):
on Muddy Waters:

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biz, film, music

when rock and roll dreams come through

2120 S Michigan Avenue (The Rolling Stones)

Don’t know what the movie will be like, but the soundtrack ought to kill: Sony BMG is doing a feature film on the guys behind Chess Records, with Matt Dillon set to play Leonard Chess. This label launched people like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry, to name [...]