In The Belly of the Blues
About this event
Named for his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame memoir, Terry Abrahamson’s “In the Belly of the Blues” is a rocking, hilarious and totally interactive journey through 50 years of backstage and onstage adventures with the gods of Rock & Roll. Electrified by rare photos, videos, songs and stories, Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones, Howlin’ Wolf, Bob Dylan, Johnny Winter, Prince, BB King, John Lee Hooker, the Chambers Brothers and dozens of other musical icons come alive through the eyes of a Grammy winner who’s memories span from the coffee houses of 1960’s Chicago to two a.m. songwriting sessions with Muddy Waters by candlelight in a Boston bar to a wild ride with John Belushi to the sound stages and studios of Hollywood and back into The Belly of the Blues. Also notable in this program is Terry’s celebration of the whimsy, imagination and swagger that came to define the Blues as the first voice to rise from the cotton fields in defiance of White Supremacy, and the role of those elements in the ongoing quest for social justice in America.