Little Steven, a.k.a. Steven Van Zandt, has announced that he’ll be releasing a new concert film, Summer of Sorcery Live! at the Beacon Theatre, on July 9th via Wicked Cool Records/UMe.
Filmed on November 6th, 2019, at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd, the two-and-a-half-hour film captures Van Zandt performing tracks from his latest album Summer of Sorcery with his band the Disciples of Soul. The set also includes a surprise appearance by Peter Wolf, who joined Van Zandt for renditions...
Filmed on November 6th, 2019, at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in front of a sold-out crowd, the two-and-a-half-hour film captures Van Zandt performing tracks from his latest album Summer of Sorcery with his band the Disciples of Soul. The set also includes a surprise appearance by Peter Wolf, who joined Van Zandt for renditions...
- 5/20/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
During the blues revival and rediscovery of the Sixties, few dominated like Paul Butterfield, the hard-puffing, hard-living harmonica player and band leader. Assertive and experimental Butterfield Blues Band albums like 1966’s East-West, featuring equally manic and inspired guitarist Mike Bloomfield, were essential college-dorm listening. And during the following decade, Butterfield’s mighty harmonica powered a version of “Mystery Train” at the Band’s Last Waltz concert and movie.
These days, over three decades after his death, Butterfield is largely known only to blues cognoscenti — a situation that could hopefully be...
These days, over three decades after his death, Butterfield is largely known only to blues cognoscenti — a situation that could hopefully be...
- 10/17/2018
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan, Jack White and the late B.B. King are among the scores of musicians featured in the new documentary, Born in Chicago, which chronicles the remarkable transformation and evolution of the blues that took place in the city during the 1950s and 1960s.
Directed by John Anderson — who helmed the concert portion of Brian Wilson's Smile — the film recently launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise money to secure the rights for the music and archival footage used in the documentary. Born in Chicago is otherwise finished, and has...
Directed by John Anderson — who helmed the concert portion of Brian Wilson's Smile — the film recently launched a PledgeMusic campaign to raise money to secure the rights for the music and archival footage used in the documentary. Born in Chicago is otherwise finished, and has...
- 7/23/2015
- Rollingstone.com
July 11
8:00 p.m.
Buttercup Park
4901 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, Il 60640
Hosted by: Chicago Filmmakers
As part of Chicago Filmmakers’ Summer Fun! series of movies for the whole family to be enjoyed in the great outdoors, Born in Chicago chronicles the rise of the “blues-rock explosion” when a bunch of eager white teenagers sought to learn the blues from the masters themselves. This upbeat, inspirational documentary is directed by John Anderson and will screen outdoors at Buttercup Park.
Here’s the official description, then watch the documentary trailer below:
Born In Chicago is the untold history of the Chicago blues evolution of the early sixties. Featuring the stories of of white middle-class aspiring musicians who cut their teeth in the city’s tough blues neighborhoods, were taken under the wing of the Chicago greats, and went on to spark the “blues-rock explosion.” Featuring blues masters Marshall Chess, Elvin Bishop, Michael Bloomfield,...
8:00 p.m.
Buttercup Park
4901 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, Il 60640
Hosted by: Chicago Filmmakers
As part of Chicago Filmmakers’ Summer Fun! series of movies for the whole family to be enjoyed in the great outdoors, Born in Chicago chronicles the rise of the “blues-rock explosion” when a bunch of eager white teenagers sought to learn the blues from the masters themselves. This upbeat, inspirational documentary is directed by John Anderson and will screen outdoors at Buttercup Park.
Here’s the official description, then watch the documentary trailer below:
Born In Chicago is the untold history of the Chicago blues evolution of the early sixties. Featuring the stories of of white middle-class aspiring musicians who cut their teeth in the city’s tough blues neighborhoods, were taken under the wing of the Chicago greats, and went on to spark the “blues-rock explosion.” Featuring blues masters Marshall Chess, Elvin Bishop, Michael Bloomfield,...
- 7/9/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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