The Blues (2003) | Full Cast

Charles Burnett

DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood

DIRECTOR

Mike Figgis

DIRECTOR

Marc Levin

DIRECTOR

Richard Pearce

DIRECTOR

Martin Scorsese

DIRECTOR

Wim Wenders

DIRECTOR

B.B. King

Self

Ike Turner

Self

Pinetop Perkins

Self

Dick Waterman

Self

Chris Thomas King

Blind Willie Johnson

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Uncle Buddy

Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Jr.

Keith B. Brown

Skip James

Carl Lumbly

Self - Narrator

James Hughes

H.C. Speirs

Ivy Cassel

Walking man

David F. Hughes

Art Laibely

Shayne Tingle

Sound engineer

Frances Horton White

Peaches

Susan McWilliams

Love Grace

Joy Brashears

Secretary

Tommie Tc Carter

Honeyboy

Goodman. Wille

Self

Colleen White

Bobbie Grace

Vasti Jackson

Guitar Player

Nathaniel Lee Sr.

W.C. Handy

Ted Davis

Walter

Ilona W. Wilkes

Bar Owner

Jay R. Unger

Reverend Taylor

Clint Eastwood

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self

Laurence Fishburne

Self - Narrator

Common

Self

Tom Jones

Self

Nick Cave

Self

Bonnie Raitt

Self

Lulu

Self

Eric Clapton

Self

Ray Charles

Self

Mick Fleetwood

Self

Elvis Costello

Self

Beck

Self

Eric Burdon

Self

Lou Reed

Self

Van Morrison

Self

Keb' Mo'

Self

T Bone Burnett

Self

Dr. John

Self

Steve Winwood

Self

Vernon Reid

Self

Jeff Beck

Self

Chuck D

Self

Taj Mahal

Self

Eagle Eye Cherry

Self

Cassandra Wilson

Self

Los Lobos

Themselves

John Mayall

Self

Lucinda Williams

Self

Albert Lee

Self

Georgie Fame

Self

Dave Brubeck

Self

Peter Green

Self

Lonnie Donegan

Self

KoKo Taylor

Self

Jack Elliott

Self

Hubert Sumlin

Self

Ali Farka Touré

Self

Shemekia Copeland

Self

Rahzel

Self - Human Beat-box

George Melly

Self

Bert Jansch

Self

Chris Barber

Self

Bobby Rush

Self

Sam Phillips

Self

Salif Keïta

Self

Chris Farlowe

Self

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Themselves

Rufus Thomas

Self

Joe Mulherin

Self

Jim Dickinson

Self

Jay McShann

Self

Humphrey Lyttelton

Self

Pete Jolly

Self

Garland Jeffreys

Self

Phil Upchurch

Self - Electric Mud guitarist

Little Milton

Self

Jon Cleary

Self

Cato Walker III

Self

Don Kern

Self (WDIA Production Manager)

Toumani Diabaté

Self

Marc Ribot

Self

Marcia Ball

Self

Ian Jennings

Self

Pete Johnson

ACTOR

Sam Carr

Self

Bob Koester

Self - owner, Delmark Records

Davy Graham

Self

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Self

Corey Harris

Self

Henry Gray

Self

Rosco Gordon

Self

Calvin Newborn

Self

Otha Turner

Self

Willie King

Self

Seaberg Ronnog

Self

Steve Seaberg

Self

Johnny Juice Rosado

Self

Ahmir

Self

Mark Mondesir

Self

Morris Jennings

Self - Electric Mud drummer

Jamar Chess

Self - Marshall Chess's son

Pete King

Self

Richard Shurman

Self

Sam Lay

Self

Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor

Self

Marshall Chess

Self

Sharde Thomas

Self

Chris Spindel

Self (WDIA editor)

Magic Slim

Self

James Blood Ulmer

Self

Jesse Price

Self

Phil Chess

Self - co-founder of Chess Records

Christine Spindel

Self (WDIA Program Director)

Habib Koité

Self

Bernice Turner Pratcher

Self

Christine Tobin

Self

David Barnes

Self

Mya

Self

Rob Stone

Self (uncredited)