RELEASED 6.4.2009
BB King, Billie Holliday, Leadbelly and More
Over the past forty plus years British film director Tony Palmer has established himself as one of the country’s foremost director’s of documentary and factual based films. One of Tony Palmers first successes was the film All My Loving which was released in 1968. Some seven years later Tony had the idea, encouraged by John Lennon to document the history of popular music. The result was the groundbreaking and award winning series of films made for television under the title “All You Need Is Love” The full series of films was released in 2008 to great critical and commercial acclaim. Volume 4 addresses one of the most popular and enduring musical genres The Blues. This episode features BB King, Leadbelly and Billy Holliday.