The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Adrien Brody

Leonard Chess

Jeffrey Wright

Muddy Waters

Gabrielle Union

Geneva Wade

Columbus Short

Little Walter

Cedric the Entertainer

Willie Dixon

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Revetta Chess

Eamonn Walker

Howlin' Wolf

Tammy Blanchard

Isabelle Allen

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