Fess, the "Originator of Funk", like many black musicians, never got his due. The film paints a vibrant picture of his New Orleans' life with unseen final interviews of late musical greats like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint.
In this episode(S3:ep7), Hugh Laurie(House MD) embarked on his very own pilgrimage of blues starting from New Orleans, Chicago, New York and all the way to Long Island, where he saluted his life-long musical hero Professor Longhair by giving a concert at the Queen Mary.