ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive Born In Chicago clip from the music documentary from co-directors Bob Sarles and John Anderson. The movie will release on all major digital platforms on August 1.
“In the late 1950s the dynamic Chicago blues scene was at a crossroads. The music’s patriarchs – Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf – were still vital and playing regularly at the many blues clubs on the city’s south side,” reads the documentary’s synopsis. “But the scene had peaked, as young African Americans were discovering the sounds of Motown, Stax and the soul of James Brown. The new generation saw the blues of their parents and grandparents as antiquated, a remnant of an era best left to the past.”
“At the same time white adolescents in the suburbs of Chicago and other cities, were listening to black radio stations late at night and were just discovering this mysterious and forbidden music. In the early sixties young white musicians from Chicago’s suburbs began to venture to Chicago’s South side to see in person the music they had been hearing on the radio. Soon, these musicians, among them Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg, and Harvey Mandel, befriended their musical heroes and soon became accepted among the musicians playing at Chicago’s black blues clubs. Born In Chicago, a new feature documentary, tells this fascinating story through the voices of those who were there and extensive use of rarely seen archival footage.”
You can check out the exclusive Born In Chicago clip on YouTube below (watch more clips):
Who made Born In Chicago?
Born In Chicago is co-directed by Bob Sarles and John Anderson and written by respected music historian Joel Selvin. The film is narrated by Dan Aykroyd and executive produced by Jim Belushi and Elliot Roberts. It features archival footage and interviews with Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Steve Miller, Harvey Mandel, Charlie Musselwhite, Barry Goldberg, Hubert Sumlin, Corky Seigel, and more.
