Blues Beginning
The blues was born in the Mississippi Delta over a hundred years ago and is one of America's great gifts to the world of music. To tell the story of its genesis and early development, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman invites us to his club, Ground Zero in Clarksdale Mississippi. From there he traces the early history of the blues. It's an astonishing tale, as the simple but powerful songs played by dirt-poor African-Americans went on to inspire the likes of Dylan, Hendrix, Clapton and The Rolling Stones, and helped create modern rock music.