Sidemen coming of age leads to an ancient Hawaiian

leads to an ancient Hawaiian secret that's been lost for generations

leading to bloody vengeance and redemption

With his dreams of becoming a broadway actor falling further out of reach and a paycut threatening to displace him

Tortured and terrorized

and the transportation of millions of immigrants all called for a better system of identifying coastlines

Sidemen coming of age leads to an ancient HawaiianSIDEMEN Long Road To Glory is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sidemen. The film captures some of the last interviews and their final live performances together, before their deaths in 2011.