Writers/editors include Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren and Christopher John Farley. It offers a survey of many different blues. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is also the title of a 2003 companion book to the series. The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. The previous year it was number 2 on the Billboard 's Top Blues Albums chart. Of the variouis Vaughan greatest-hits collections that appeared, The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (2002) and Stevie Ray Vaughan (2003, part of a series of blues CDs released in conjunction with the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues television series) were the most important in introducing the art of one of the all-time great blues guitarists to new listeners. In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes.
It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time. The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records.
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