A soulful documentary film chronicles the passing of the torch between first-generation blues performers from the Mississippi Delta and young, white, middle-class kids who followed the music to Chicago's ghettos. The Chicago blues transcended racial boundaries as young white musicians apprenticed themselves to legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.
Born in Chicago
A group of young musicians from Chicago's white community ventured to the city's southside music clubs in 1960 to learn from the blues pioneers.