A Celebration of Blues & Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert

I've been looking forward to this ever since I saw Carla Thomas on the front page of The Sunday New York Times the morning after this show 25 years ago. She was standing between Lee Atwater and President Bush who both had on electric guitars and all three were beaming.This is an astounding show. Every single artist brought their best stuff and they all blew the roof off the place. This is flat out fun and the performances are mind blowing. If you've ever liked any of these artists, you will love this concert. This is high on my list of the great shows of all time. Play it loud.

This is the perfect show for music lovers who did not think to record the event as it happened. With musical icons dropping like flies it is nice to have these events recorded and put on file to be enjoyed by music lovers for all time. This was a great event. Regardless of your political leanings, the music is great.

This is a great mix of Blues/Soul/R&B artists. Now, 35 years after the concert, you can be there with these legendary composers and performers, even though a number of them are no longer with us. For me, the stand-out performance is the opportunity to see Willie Dixon on stage singing his own classic Chicago blues songs. Other artists performing multiple songs include Bo Diddley, Delbert McClinton, Jimmie Vaughn and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Anyone who is a fan of classic R&B, Texas, Memphis, or Chicago Blues should consider this a must-have DVD, and it gets my highest recommendation. .

I bought this as a gift for my father-in-law, HUGE Stevie Ray Vaughan fan. He loved the DVD and said it was hard to find in stores. He mentioned throwing a guitar down and spinning it on the stage while playing it or something?!He loved it!

This historical concert is a testament of not only the performers but also of Lee Atwater who was Reagan and Bush 41's main advisor as well as the chairman of the Republican National Committee. In the beginning of the film, Atwater (who passed away in 1991 of a brain tumor) states that this inaugural gala event wasn't about politics. He was right. It was about blues,old school R&B and soul music. Some of the many things that made this country so great. Besides a blistering performance by SRV, you'll witness KoKo Taylor, Willie Dixon, the Iceman Albert Collins, Bo Diddley among others. Even Ron

I bought this mainly for the Stevie Ray Vaughan parts, But once I got watching it the entire show is really Good. Sound and picture quality is outstanding. Would highly recommend to any blues or rhythm and blues fan.

OK, I've seen a lot of big time "jams with stars" ochestrations at award shows on TV, and stage, but man, this is the joint. The spontaneous, creative, burn your soul energy is palpable. From the flawless vocal duet of Billy Preston, and Carla Thomas, to the downright miraculously adroit, and creative Stevie Ray Vaughan who seem to have a conduit to heaven in his hands. Dr. John, Willie Dixon, and all the others celebrate the soulfull part of all music lovers heart.........THEY'RE SOUL!!!

ok, but they cut out a lot of the Atwater and President Bush stuff