Richard Pearce	...	(Director)
Robert Gordon	...	(Writer)
Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor	...	Himself
The Coasters	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Jim Dickinson	...	Himself
Fats Domino	...	Himself (archive footage)
Rosco Gordon	...	Himself
Don Kern	...	Himself (WDIA Production Manager)
B.B. King	...	Himself
Little Richard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Little Milton	...	Himself
Joe Mulherin	...	Himself
Calvin Newborn	...	Himself
Sam Phillips	...	Himself
Bobby Rush	...	Himself
Chris Spindel	...	Himself (WDIA editor)
Christine Spindel	...	Herself (WDIA Program Director)

Summary: Director Richard Pearce traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues.