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"The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad, thinkin' 'bout the woman he once was with."
Eugene "Lightning Boy" Martone (Ralph Macchio) is a talented young guitar player who wants to learn the ways of authentic blues. When he meets blues legend Willie "Blind Dog" Brown (Joe Seneca) he's off on a journey to the Mississippi Delta with the promise of learning it all. Little does Eugene know that Brown is actually trying to buy his way out of a deal he made the devil decades early by offering up young Eugene in his place.
Also appearing are Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Robert Judd, and Harry Carey Jr.
The strength of the film is some pretty good blues slide guitar but otherwise it's just sort of a mediocre sweet story.
Directed by Walter Hill.
Run time: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Rated R.
My personal rating: C+
Eugene "Lightning Boy" Martone (Ralph Macchio) is a talented young guitar player who wants to learn the ways of authentic blues. When he meets blues legend Willie "Blind Dog" Brown (Joe Seneca) he's off on a journey to the Mississippi Delta with the promise of learning it all. Little does Eugene know that Brown is actually trying to buy his way out of a deal he made the devil decades early by offering up young Eugene in his place.
Also appearing are Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Robert Judd, and Harry Carey Jr.
The strength of the film is some pretty good blues slide guitar but otherwise it's just sort of a mediocre sweet story.
Directed by Walter Hill.
Run time: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Rated R.
My personal rating: C+
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