Sidemen: Long Road to Glory (2016)

Sidemen: Long Road to Glory: Directed by Scott D. Rosenbaum. With Marc Maron, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith. 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.

“Personally, Iu0026#39;ve seen this documentary twice. For me, that says a lot. Iu0026#39;ve interviewed the Director, Scott Rosenbaum, who is a very humble man, and was very enthusiastic about this project, and the long term significance of it. Please remember, these 3 men were instrumental in starting and/or contributing to the genre known to be the blues of both Muddy Waters and Howlinu0026#39; Wolf. They were not only Sidemen, they conveyed a struggle, and a love of the blues (which is a condition and a feeling to begin with)that transcended anything we could possibly be involved with or repeated in this day and age.”