PLEASE, someone remaster this historical gem in colour and stereo.... You, too, would be putting your own name into history by playing an important part in keeping this era alive for future generations. C'mon, leave the world with your very own name attached to this history, forever.
Blues musicians who performed on the American Folk Blues Festival tours included Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Otis Rush, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Boyd, Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells, Big Joe Williams, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton, Bukka White, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf (with a band made up of Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon and drummer Clifton James), Champion Jack Dupree, Son House, Armand "Jump" Jackson, Skip James, Sleepy John Estes, Little Brother Montgomery, Victoria Spivey, J. B. Lenoir, Little Walter, Carey Bell, Louisiana Red, Lightnin' Hopkins, Joe Turner, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lee Jackson, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Roosevelt Sykes, Doctor Ross, Koko Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor, Archie Edwards, Helen Humes and Sugar Pie DeSanto.
The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe.
Wow...me too...! It was a Fever that never left me! and a year later I started playing the guitar and I have never stopped playing Blues even though I am now only 60 years old. Good Evening
The Odd Times when a young short Hairy Gnome wanted to come in to all Color Clubs to Enjoy Boogie Juke Musicians- never was denied but em were Cautious Of "Stony Eyes" cuz had to get High before during afterwards for em to Care to Share
Saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee at the Sydney Opera house back in the 70s, we were so blessed with talent back then I don't think I appreciated it. Now we're in a drought?
Can ANYONE link to a recording of Willie Dixon doing "Shake Your Money Maker"... PLEASE! I've wanted this since mine got chewed up in 1971. I'm running out of time...
