Morgan Freeman On The Road To The Blues

While traveling on route 66 to the Delta, then driving down from Memphis, Tennessee, to Clarksdale, Mississippi, there’s no better guide than Morgan Freeman. The Oscar-winning actor was born there and still lives in the area. But even better, he opened his own Blues club, “Ground Zero,” where Blues legend Robert Johnson sealed a pact with the Devil 100 years ago. The roots of the Blues, is Memphis part of the Delta, the definition of a juke joint, the future of the Blues – we discuss all this with the legendary actor.