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[Edward Wesolowski <edwes AT idisplay.com>]

...just a heads up and some thoughts:
Have any INW'ers been watching the "Blues" series on PBS?
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/aboutfilms/aboutfilms.html
I like this, real good production values, real good content. These type of 
music/blues history/documentary programs are usually pretty chump, so I was 
more than pleasantly surprised to see this one; very nicely done. I 
personally like focus on Delta Blues, (which, to me is the "blues")  from 
Charlie Patton to Chicago, I mean Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie 
Johnson, Skip James, etc. Bonnie Raitt made a couple of appearance. 
Cassandra Wilson, interesting clip too.
Besides the appearances (archival & recent of many notables, the 
productions themselves are worth it.

some highlights: Martin Scorsese directed the first episode, "Feel Like 
Going Home."

Wim Wenders, directred the second, "The Soul of a Man." I became a minor 
Wenders fan after seeing "Paris Texas." Ry Cooder did the sound track. btw, 
I heard an interview once w/Ry Cooder, said he got the idea for the "Paris 
Texas" sound track from a slide thing that Blind Willie Johnson did, a sort 
of "music of the spheres" Willie Johnson instrumental. I found it on a 
reissue CD. I see what Ry Cooder was talking about.

And Clint Eastwood, he directed the "Piano Blues" film. Whether you're an 
Eastwood fan or not, his interest in Jazz sure seems 180 degrees from Dirty 
Harry! Eastwood produced a documentary on Thelonius Monk called "Straight 
No Chaser." He also directed "Bird" about Charlie Bird.

I was surprised by the series, nicely, interestingly done documentary. 
Worth seeing, especially for blues fans.
Ed Wesolowski