All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians (1990)
Género : Documental, Música
Tiempo de ejecución : 29M
Director : Robert Gordon, Louis Guida
Sinopsis
Blues legends B.B. King and Rufus Thomas, plus Evelyn Young, Gatemouth Moore, Fred Ford, Honeymoon Garner, Booker T. Laury, and others play jam sessions & tell stories about Memphis' Beale Street. Filmed in Memphis in the late 80's, the award-winning documentary has been lovingly remastered and restored from the original 16mm film and audio tape. A personal look at a neighborhood where the music lasted "all day and all night". It's a must-see for any music fan.
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