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Blues Documentary "Electrified" Directed by Phil Ranstrom to Premiere during Sundance Film Festival

Special screening features live performance by Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Hubert Sumlin



Chicago (January 16, 2008) – Sundance will be “Electrified” on Friday January 25th at the world premiere of the blues documentary film Electrified- The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues Directed by Phil Ranstrom at Harry O’s in Park City, Utah. The evening begins at 10:00 pm and features a screening of the film and a live performance by acclaimed blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and blues legend Hubert Sumlin. Actor Chevy Chase will be master of ceremonies.



During the intermission between the screening and the live performance, the film’s executive producer Les Walgreen will present a limited-edition “Electrified” guitar donated by Fender to online auction house Charity Buzz for an auction to benefit The Center for Environmental Education Online.



Electrified tells the definitive history of the Chicago blues. Narrated by actor Joe Mantegna, the
film chronicles how the urban neighborhood of Maxwell Street created a unique environment of commerce and cooperation that led first to the hard-driving sound of the urban blues, and ultimately to rock and roll.



Interviews with many of the legendary bluesmen who “studied at Chicago’s Maxwell Street school of music,” including Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmie Lee Robinson and the “father of rock and roll” Bo Diddley, complement the film’s historical narrative and create an exceptional history of this important era in American music.