Back to the Blues

Back to the Blues is a new feature documentary that will explore the legendary studio sessions that have been called the greatest gathering of blues musicians ever captured on tape. In 1966 some of the best blues artists of the day were brought together for three days of sessions in Toronto, to create a music special in the old CBC TV Studio 7. The line-up included Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Booker White, Jesse Fuller and Big Joe Williams - all near the peak of their musical powers. Close Up Films will use hours of re-discovered out-takes and archival materials, to recreate, examine, and celebrate the circumstances, dynamics, personalities, and music of these remarkable sessions.