The Top 25 Music DVDs of All Time

19. Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads (Shout Factory)

Ever since Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, the blues has prided itself on killer origin stories, and the genre itself has one of the best. It's told in this documentary by music critic Robert Palmer and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, who explore dive bars, barber shops and back porches in Memphis and Mississippi, tracing the music of artists like Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside and Big Jack Johnson back to its anthropological and spiritual roots. The secret to the movement's evolution? Turns out it's connected to the history of the Mississippi Delta's soil quality. Who knew?