Director
Charles Burnett
DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood
Mike Figgis
Marc Levin
Richard Pearce
Martin Scorsese
Wim Wenders
Stars (in credits order)
B.B. King
Self
Ike Turner
Pinetop Perkins
Dick Waterman
Chris Thomas King
Blind Willie Johnson
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Uncle Buddy
Nathaniel Lee Jr.
Jr.
Keith B. Brown
Skip James
Carl Lumbly
Self - Narrator
James Hughes
H.C. Speirs
Ivy Cassel
Walking man
David F. Hughes
Art Laibely
Shayne Tingle
Sound engineer
Frances Horton White
Peaches
Susan McWilliams
Love Grace
Joy Brashears
Secretary
Tommie Tc Carter
Honeyboy
Goodman. Wille
Colleen White
Bobbie Grace
Vasti Jackson
Guitar Player
Nathaniel Lee Sr.
W.C. Handy
Ted Davis
Walter
Ilona W. Wilkes
Bar Owner
Jay R. Unger
Reverend Taylor
Laurence Fishburne
Common
Tom Jones
Lulu
Nick Cave
Elvis Costello
Mick Fleetwood
Ray Charles
Eric Clapton
Keb' Mo'
Bonnie Raitt
Beck
Lou Reed
T Bone Burnett
Van Morrison
Dr. John
Jeff Beck
Eric Burdon
Steve Winwood
Chuck D
Taj Mahal
Dave Brubeck
Eagle Eye Cherry
Cassandra Wilson
Los Lobos
Themselves
Lucinda Williams
Lonnie Donegan
Georgie Fame
KoKo Taylor
Jack Elliott
Peter Green
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Vernon Reid
John Mayall
Salif Keïta
Chris Farlowe
George Melly
Sam Phillips
Rufus Thomas
Garland Jeffreys
Marcia Ball
Bert Jansch
Albert Lee
Little Milton
Jay McShann
Davy Graham
Jon Cleary
Ali Farka Touré
Humphrey Lyttelton
Rahzel
Self - Human Beat-box
Hubert Sumlin
Bobby Rush
Shemekia Copeland
Marc Ribot
Pete Jolly
Marshall Chess
Magic Slim
Pete Johnson
ACTOR
James Blood Ulmer
Ian Jennings
Johnny Juice Rosado
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Bob Koester
Self - owner, Delmark Records
Otha Turner
Sam Carr
Henry Gray
Cato Walker III
Phil Upchurch
Self - Electric Mud guitarist
Jesse Price
Christine Tobin
Joe Mulherin
Sam Lay
Corey Harris
Chris Spindel
Self (WDIA editor)
Jim Dickinson
Chris Barber
Rosco Gordon
Seaberg Ronnog
Don Kern
Self (WDIA Production Manager)
Mark Mondesir
Jamar Chess
Self - Marshall Chess's son
Christine Spindel
Self (WDIA Program Director)
Calvin Newborn
Habib Koité
Pete King
Ahmir
Phil Chess
Self - co-founder of Chess Records
Richard Shurman
Morris Jennings
Self - Electric Mud drummer
Willie King
David Barnes
Bernice Turner Pratcher
Steve Seaberg
Toumani Diabaté
Sharde Thomas
Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor
Mya
Rob Stone
Selfuncredited