This 27-minute documentary offers a really loving and enjoyable portrait of legendary bluesman B.B. King. King talks about how he got started, points out that he plays the blues with feeling from the heart, describes the blues as life lived in the past, present, and future, notes that he usually writes the lyrics first when he comes up with a song, and discusses how the music he was doing was quite new when he first hit the scene. Composer Ira Newborn talks about how he wrote the score for the film Into the Night for King while director John Landis treats King with utmost respect and reverence. Moreover, King not only performs scorching hot live versions of "Into the Night," "In the Midnight Hour," and "The Thrill is Gone," but also lays down some blistering guitar licks. Keep 'em peeled for Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldlum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd, and Steve Martin as members of King's band, plus Forrest J. Ackerman can be glimpsed in the audience. Essential viewing for B.B. King fans.
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