Product ReviewsLightning in a Bottle (DVD, 2004)

Five Stars Not Enough!

Thank you Martin Scorsese, Antoine Fuqua and everyone else involved in this concert. We're very lucky to have this on dvd. If you don't already have a copy, after (not if) you buy it just make sure you play the interview with Antoine Fuqua, k? Here's the music:

1. Angelique Kidjo: Zelie
2. Mavis Staples: See That My Grave is Kept Clean
3. David "Honeyboy" Edwards: Gamblin' Man
4. Keb' Mo': Love in Vain
5. Odetta: Jim Crow Blues
6. Natalie Cole: St. Louis Blues
7. James "Blood" Ulmer & Alison Krauss: Sittin' on Top of the World
8. Ruth Brown, M. Staples & N. Cole: Men Are Like Streetcars
9. Buddy Guy: Can't be Satisfied
10. India.Arie: Strange Fruit
11. Macy Gray: Hound Dog
12. Larry Johnson: Hear the Angels Singing
13. John Fogerty: Midnight Special
14. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: Okie Dokie Stomp
15. Bonnie Raitt: Coming Home
16. Steve Tyler & Joe Perry: I'm a King Bee
17. Hubert Sumlin & David Johansen: Killing Floor
18. Shemekia Copeland & Robert Cray: I Pity The Fool
19. The Neville Brothers : Big Chief
20. Solomon Burke: Turn on Your Love Light
21. Solomon Burke: Down in the Valley
22. Buddy Guy: Red House
23. Angelique Kidjo: Voodoo Chile (max volume if you can)
24. Chuck D & The Fine Arts Militia: Boom Boom
25. B. B. King: Sweet Sixteen
26. B. B. King, B. Raitt & R. Cray: Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Bonus Track #1: Stop Messin' Around (Tyler & Perry)
Bonus Track #2: The Sky is Crying (Greg Allman & Warren Haynes)
Bonus Track #3: Minnesota Blues (Mos Def)
Bonus Track #4: First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy)
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Smokin' Blues

If you love the blues, hard rock, hazz, hip-hop, rap, country or rock, this should be in your library. Watching these incredible and often unsung icons of blues will give you a deeper comprehension of where modern American music got its roots. You will never understand the blues, or jazz, or for that matter, rap. These genres of music aren't intellectual forays into the mind. But by listening and hearing what the masters of the idiom have to say about their music, you may begin to comprehend what it's all about. Pain,joy, lust, sorrow, elation, bitter regret---many of the emotions we may never politely express---the blues, and the blues child, jazz, and its grandchild rap and hip-hop can express. Both raw and refined in the same measure, this movie gives a broad overview and intimate portrait of the artists and music called the blues. Particularly great are the snippets of interchange between artists who have come up together and champion each other. Hot music and you see why the old dogs don't need tricks, huge amps, fireworks, etc. It's all in the music.Read full review...

This is WELL WORTH the price

This concert is one of the BEST BLUES CONCERTS ever. B.B. King has the ability to bring out the most talented and gifted artists to perform with. He is invaluable to American music as a whole. The most spetacular of all the performances is Buddy Guy doing "Voodoo Chile" He is accompanied by Angelique Kidjo who sings and dances like the wind. She is extrodinary.
Bonie Raitt, John Fogerty, Bill Cosby, Macy Gray, Odetta, The Legendary Ruth Brown, and Robert Cray. WOW !!!!

Also, please check out B.B. King's DVD - A Night of Blistering Blues - This is just as good - and it comes with a CD.

Patti in DFWRead full review...

BET VIDEO I OWN

IAM A 65 YR OLD BLACK WOMEN WHO GREWUP IN SAN DIEGO AND THE CONNECTION WE HAD WITH BLACK AMERICA WAS MUSIC. LIGHTING IN A BOTTLE TAKES ME BACK TO A PLACE I THOUGHT ID NEVER SEE AGAIN. BBKING WAS THERE AS WAS EVERONE. THIS IS THE THIRD VIDEO I HAVEBOUGHT MINE KEEP WALKING AWAY,AND IF THIS ONE DOES ILL BUY ANOTHER. Read full review...

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Historic Charity Blues Concert

I recently saw the "Lightining in a Bottle" on cable and decided to buy the DVD. It was well worth the purchase. As an avid lover of blues and what I call hole-in-the-wall music it was nice to watch and experience a concert and documentary with so many veterans of blues, jazz, rock, and rap pay tribute to music that has had such an effect on so many musicians and careers. And as an added bonus I got to discover the one man who had a major influence on Jimi Hendrix....(buy the DVD, you'll be surprised!!)

This DVD is a must have for any true music lover.Read full review...

Lightning in a Bottle is HOT - an R&B fan's dream

I saw a part of this special on PBS and was so let down when it ended. I sat there feeling like I had an unexpected arousing awakening to hear the breadth of performances from across the years and styles. When I found it on eBay I was excited beyond belief and feverishly awaited the DVD's arrival.

I have shared several evenings with friends and family watching this dvd and it has delivered hours of rousing fun and stirring music and also some dancing. We've reminisced and enjoyed it beyond words. In fact, they are now borrowing it and sharing it with others.

Top notch. I'm so glad it is in my collection thanks to eBay!Read full review...

Lightning In A Bottle DVD

One of the best concert films ever made chronicling the history of the Blues with performances by Blues Legends including BB King and others. The late Natalie Cole performs a scorching rendition of St Louis Blues! Definitely the best nearly two hours you'll spend watching a DVD!Read full review...

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Must have for every blues fan

I like this DVD alot. All the blues heros are here(in person or not).
To me it just seems like the show was a little rushed and over rehersed.
That's why I gave it a 'good' instead of excellent. It's part documentry/
part show. Just make sure you have a good sound system so you can appreciate
the great music. Go ahead, buy this!Read full review...

A great value!

This DVD brings music legends together in a great venue! I truly enjoyed it!

Lightning in a bottle

It is amazing the amount of truly legendary performers that are at this venue. With all truthful and insightful interviews before and after their performances. Some of the best performances are when they were just warming up on stage or practicing the day before.Read full review...

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