Casting et équipe

Dick WatermanSelf - Son House's manager

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Taj MahalSelf

B.B. KingSelf

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Marcia BallSelf

Ike TurnerSelf

Salif KeitaSelf

Ray CharlesSelf

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Ali Farka TouréSelf

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Rosco GordonSelf (archive footage)

John Lee HookerSelf (archive footage)

Roy HawkinsSelf (archive footage)

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Sam CarrSelf

Toumani DiabateSelf

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Corey HarrisSelf

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Son HouseSelf (archive footage)

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Willie KingSelf

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Habib KoitéSelf

Lead BellySelf (archive footage)

Keb' Mo'Self

Martin ScorseseSelf

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Johnny ShinesSelf (archive footage)

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Otha TurnerSelf

Muddy WatersSelf (archive footage)

Chris Thomas KingBlind Willie Johnson

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Keith B. BrownSkip James

JH

James HughesH.C. Speirs

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David F. HughesArt Laibely (as David Hughes)

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Shayne TingleSound engineer

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Joy BrashearsSecretary

T Bone BurnettSelf (as T-Bone Burnett)

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James Blood UlmerSelf (as James 'Blood' Ulmer)

BeckSelf

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David BarnesSelf

Nick CaveSelf

Eagle-Eye CherrySelf

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Shemekia CopelandSelf

Laurence FishburneSelf - Narrator

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Skip JamesSelf (archive footage)

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Garland JeffreysSelf

J.B. LenoirSelf (archive footage)

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John MayallSelf (archive footage)

Bonnie RaittSelf

Lou ReedSelf

Vernon ReidSelf

Marc RibotSelf

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Seaberg RonnogSelf

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Steve SeabergSelf

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Richard ShurmanSelf

Lucinda WilliamsSelf

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Cassandra WilsonSelf

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Alvin Youngblood HartSelf

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Marshall ChessSelf

Chuck DSelf

Elizabeth CottenSelf (archive footage)

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Rufus ThomasSelf (archive footage)

Howlin' WolfSelf (archive footage)