🎬 Documentary

The Murder Ballad of James Jones

2014 4m Dir. Jesse Kreitzer

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In 1993, Chicago bluesman and Howlin' Wolf protégé James "Tail Dragger" Jones murdered fellow musician "Boston Blackie" during an on-stage performance. Twenty years later, James engraved his confession onto an acetate record.

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Year
2014
Runtime
4m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Jesse Kreitzer
Language
EN

Cast

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James Y. Jones
as Himself
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