Product: Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 4.0
IS HOWLIN' WOLF STILL ALIVE???
As blues musician, I have or think I have almost any and maybe all DVD's, rare DVD's and Vinyl of Delta and Chicago blues. I enjoy the back stories etc as much as the usual obligatory reading or viewing... with that said, I enjoyed this movie but what I really enjoyed was the performance of Howlin' Wolf. In one DVD I own, Howlin Wolf had a back and forth argument with Son House which by itself is amazing, but it really gives one the unadulterated Wolf when he is not performing and a bit angry and this is no urburn legend regarding Howlin" Wolf .. I suggest this movie on this perfromance alone.. The remainder of the movie has its moments, some little bits that if you know about Muddy, you will pick up on the attention to detail. Sometimes you actually believe its Muddy your watching sometimes not. Willie Dixons is right on. Little Walter from what I have read was a spot on perfromance. Very cool to see them recording, its easy to imagine that it maybe was that way. The movie bogs down in my opinion after Chuck Berry brings in "Rock and Roll" had a nice moment when Muddy went to England set up by the Stones. All together its worth the price especially since there really isn't much to compare it to. There's so much more they could have done if some of the sub plots were left out but to each there own. Hell if you got an extra 20 bux's and your a blues lover, get this movie, You'll swear Howlin' Wolf came back from the dead.