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Online Mini- Series: SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY

An intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen.

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Online Mini- Series: SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY
Online Mini- Series: SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY

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May 11, 2020, 7:00 PM

2020 Spring “Quarantine Quartet” Mini-Serie

About The Event

SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY Monday, May 11, 2020 @ 7PM Guest Speakers recorded via Zoom: Scott Rosenbaum, Director and Scott Sharrard, lead guitarist for the Gregg Allman Band, moderated by Tom Needham, Host of The Sounds of Film at WUSB  SPECIAL EXTRA! Recorded concert with Scott Sharrard from our “sold out” screening of the film at the Long Island Museum.

SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen. The film captures some of the last interviews and their final live performances together before their deaths in 2011. The historic live shows are accompanied by performances and personal insights from many of the blues and rock stars these legendary sidemen inspired including; Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks, Shemekia Copeland, Robby Krieger, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Perry, Joe Bonamassa and Johnny Winter.

Running Time: 80 minutes

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