| 23 March 2004 | Snapper | SMADVD031 |
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| The Soul of A Man feature-length documentary, part of the Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues series, also issued as part of promotional video set.
SONG: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Devil Got My Woman (Live) The documentary features The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covering Devil Got My Woman (LYRICS) originally by Skip James (RELEASE / LYRICS) which has not been released elsewhere. The soundtrack album also features an exclusive recording of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion covering Special Rider Blues originally by Skip James (RELEASE / LYRICS). VIEW: The Soul of A Man (CD, UK) SYNOPSIS: “Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club; Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas) looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favourite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence, rare archibal footage, present-day documentary secenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James Blood Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T Bone Burnett.” – from UK DVD packaging DIRECTOR: Wim Winders RUN TIME: 127 minutes BARCODE: 6 36551 50317 4 MATRIX: “SMADVD031 LAYER 1 SNAPPER MUSIC **29338 DVD9 |SMDVD031 LAYER 0 | SNAPPER MUSIC | **29337 | DVD9” |
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