Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and the other legendary women who made blues music a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.

Cast

Vinie Burrows

Self - Narrator (voice)

Koko Taylor

Self

Danny Barker

Self

Mae Barnes

Self

Doll Thomas

Self

Chris Albertson

Self

Sammy Price

Self

Ida Goodson

Self

Blue Lu Barker

Self

Alberta Hunter

Self