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Sure, the few blues heavyweights included are a joy to watch. B.B. King's guitar tone, Buddy Guy's ferocious energy and Solomon Burke's gospelized shout have all survived with their unique power intact. It's how musical director Steve Jordan booked the rest of the show that makes Lightning in a Bottle bumpy.
The performances are fairly uneventful until Public Enemy's Chuck D. rewrites John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" as an antiwar/anti-Bush anthem. As the band behind him grinds on like Ghost World's Blues-hammer, the crowd stares slack-jawed in disbelief. As bad as the song is, it's a moment of welcome relief from the overly respectful performances that come before it.See the full content of this document
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Lightning in a Bottle
"This ain't a funeral!" yells the irrepressible Ruth Brown at the end of Lightning in a Bottle, a new film documenting a blues...
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