1962
 

tour schedule 1962 03.10.     day of arrival ? 04.10.     Baden-Baden, Großer Kursaal, SWF, Jazz-Session 05.10.     Bern, Casino 06.10.     Frankfurt, Kongresssaal 07.10.     Berlin, Titania-Palast 08.10.     day off ? 09.10.     Kaiserslautern, Fruchthalle 10.10.     München, Kongresssaal des Deutschen Museums 11.10.     Heilbronn, Harmonie-Saal, Treffpunkt Jazz des SDR 12.10.     Nürnberg, Messehaus 13.10.     Wiesbaden, Jazz House 14.10.     Basel, Mustermesse 15.10.     Zürich, Kongresshaus 16.10.     Wien, Konzerthaus 17.10.     Bremen, 'Glocke' 18.10.     Hamburg, University, Auditorium maximum 18.10.     Hamburg, after concert: Studio session Deutsche Grammophon 19.10.     day off ? 20.10.     Paris, Olympia, 6 p.m. and 12 p.m. (rec. Frémeaux & Associés 3CD FA 5614) 21.10.     Manchester, Free Trade Hall, 6 p.m. and 8-15 p.m. source: German BLUES Circle Info nr. 13 September 1977, p. 2/13

participating artists: Helen Humes, voc Memphis Slim, voc, p T-Bone Walker, voc, g Shakey Jake, voc, g John Lee Hooker, voc, g Sonny Terry, voc, hca Brownie McGhee, voc, g Willie Dixon, voc, b Armand "Jump" Jackson, dr Davor Kajfeš, p (Yugoslavian pianist, not advertised)   Members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo welcome (parts of the) 1962 AFBF ensemble at Frankfurt Rhine-Main airport, most likely October 3, 1962; (top to bottom): T-Bone Walker, Helen Humes, Shakey Jake Harris, unknown (?) female, Armand 'Jump' Jackson, Willie Dixon, two members of the Benno Walldorf Blues Combo: Willy 'Ata' Berk (?), dr & Benno Walldorf, soprano sax source: Michael Rauhut: Ein Klang, zwei Welten - Blues im geteilten Deutschland, 1945 bis 1990.- Bielefeld (transcript Verlag) 2017, p. 110; photographer: Renate Dabrowski/IJAE   1962 AFBF ensemble (2nd photo, l to r): Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Shakey Jake, Willie Dixon, Helen Humes, Sonny Terry, John Lee Hooker, Brownie McGhee (drummer Armand "Jump" Jackson covered by Sonny Terry) source of 1st photo: Blues Unlimited 142 (1982), p. 45; photographer: Heinz Wolf source of 2nd photo: Blues Forum 4 (1981), p. 6; photographer: Heinz Wolf   1962 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson Shakey Jake, T-Bone Walker, Helen Humes, Willie Dixon, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Shakey Jake (front right, sitting) source: Michael Rauhut & Reinhard Lorenz (ed.): Ich hab den Blues schon etwas länger - Spuren einer Musik in Deutschland.- Berlin (Christoph Links Verlag) 2008, p. 227; photographer: Rolf Ambor

American Folk Blues Festival Philips LP B 681 555 L (Germany 1962) has been issued before start of the 1962 tour to introduce the participating artists Big Bill Broonzy - Trouble In Mind Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman - Hey Slim Helen Humes - Million Dollar Secret - I'm Gonna Let Him Ride Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Sweet Lovin' Kind Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile Blues Shakey Jake - Good Times John Lee Hooker - I Need Some Money Odetta - Prettiest Train Willie Dixon - Nerveous Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams & Sonny Terry - Wimmin From Coast To Coast front cover artwork: "Feld mit 8 Gruppen" by Max Bill (1956) notes (in German) by Joachim E. Berendt Philips B 681 555 L (Germany 1962) (Philips Twen Serie 11)

The Original American Folk Blues Festival Brunswick LP 009 012/109 012 (Germany 1962) Decca LP DL 4392 (mono) / DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962) Polydor LP 2482 041 (NL 1963) Circulo Musical LP 037 (Columbia 19??) Polydor LP 46.397 (Germany 1963) Polydor LP 237 597 (Germany 196?) Polydor Privilège LP 2310 296 (Fr 196?) Polydor Privilège LP 658 017 (Fr 196?) Polydor LP SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny" Polydor Special LP 236 216 (UK 10/1967) / 236 716 (NL 1967) Excello LP LPS-8029 (US 1974) L+R LP 42.017 (Germany 1981) L+R CD LR CD-2017 (Germany 1990) Polydor CD 825 502-2 (Germany 1991) Evidence CD ECD 26200 (US 1995) Brunswick/Decca/Polydor/L+R/Evidence/Bellaphon/Oldays track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock   @ youtube T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby   @ youtube T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love   @ youtube Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby   @ youtube Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball   @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby   @ youtube John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby   @ youtube John Lee Hooker - The Right Time   @ youtube Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17)   @ youtube Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) [= Call Me If You Need Me]   @ youtube Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station   @ youtube Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby   @ youtube Excello LPS-8029 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track]   @ youtube Polydor 825 502-2 track sequence: Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love John Lee Hooker - Need Your Love So Bad [bonus track] Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Stewball John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker - The Right Time Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby rec. October 18, 1962 live in Hamburg, Germany originally recorded and released by Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Brunswick 009 012 (mono) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Brunswick 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1962)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt = Decca DL 4392 (mono) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" notes (in English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt = Decca DL 74392 (stereo) (US 1962) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" = Circulo Musical 037 (Columbia 1962?) = Circulo Musical 248 (Venezuela 1962) = Polydor 2482 041 (NL 1963) Golden Crown series "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" = Polydor 2482 041 (Belgium 19??) "American Folk Blues Festival"   = Polydor 46.397 (Germany 1963) = Polydor 237 597 (Germany 196?) = Polydor Privilège 2310296 (Fr 196?) = Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?) = Polydor Privilège 658 017 (Fr 196?) = Polydor 917 003 (cassette) (France 19??) = Polydor SLPM-1172 (Jp 1964) "Blues Hootenanny" notes (in German and English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos and Werner Burkhardt Polydor 109 012 (stereo) (Germany 1966)     on covers: "American Folk Blues Festival", on labels: "The Original American Folk Blues Festival"   = Polydor Special 236 216 (UK 10/1967) issued in the Netherlands as Polydor Special 236 716 (with a sticker on the back, covering the original catalog number) notes (in English) by Werner Burkhardt   (=) Excello LPS-8029 (US 1974) / 8029 SO-1 (US late 1980s) "The Original American Folk Blues Festival" notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 42.017 (Germany 1981) = L+R/Edigsa 12L0271 (Spain 1981) = Optimism/L+R CD-2017 (US 198?) (=) Polydor 825 502-2 (Germany 1991) 5 CD box set 24-pp. booklet by Bill Dahl   (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"   CD 1 "'sixty-two" notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights" Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened! notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42017 (Germany 1998) 3 CD set   (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"   CD 1 "American Folk Blues Festival '62" (=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63" L+R Records discography Excello Records discography Shakey Jake discography

The Original American Folk Blues Festival Ritmo Y "Blues" Para Bailar Brunswick EP 10 725 EPB (Spain 1963) Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby - Let's Make It 7 inch 45 rpm EP Brunswick 10 725 EPB (Spain 1963)

American Folk Blues Festival Brunswick EP 10.644 (Fr 1963) / Polydor 27 777 (Fr 19??) John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby (4:00) - Hey Baby (2:09) - I'm Nervous (3:26) - I Wanna See My Baby (3:10) photography by Jean-Pierre Leloir 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Brunswick 10.644 (Fr 1963) 7 inch 45 rpm EP = Polydor 27 777 (Fr 19??)

The Original American Folk Blues Festival Decca EP 7-34228 (US 1964) John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07) Shakey Jake - Hey, Baby (2:17) Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Baby Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP Decca 7-34228 (US 1962) 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP = Decca 7-34228 (US 1964)

John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby (4:00) - Let's Make It (4:32) 7 inch 45 rpm single   Brunswick NB 12 993 (Germany 1964) = Polydor NH 52930 (UK 196?) = Polydor 421 175 (Fr 1968) = Polydor 2001 363 (Belgium 1980) = Polydor 2121 207 (Fr 19??)

American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany 19??) Rare Records LP R.R. 2 (UK 19??) Tony's LP 392 (UK 19??) Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker - I Love My Baby [= "Call Me If You Need Me"]   @ youtube (live footage!) Shakey Jake with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim - Hey Baby # (3:25)   @ youtube (live footage!) Memphis Slim with T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon - Blues Is Everywhere - Boogie Woogie (We're Gonna Rock) T-Bone Walker with Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Jump Jackson - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker - Nervous Helen Humes with Willie Dixon - Baby Won't You Please Come Home Helen Humes with Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim - Kansas City Helen Humes, Shakey Jake, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Jump Jackson - Blues Ain't Nothing (Helen Humes) - Blues Was Money (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) - Blues So Bad (Willie Dixon) - I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker) - Blues So Bad + impro (Wille Dixon) - Fast Blues (impro) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I'm A Stranger - Hootin' Blues Shakey Jake tracks rec. October 4, 1962 in Baden-Baden, Germany; Shakey Jake, voc, hca; # Memphis Slim, p; T-Bone Walker, g; # Willie Dixon, b; Jump Jackson, dr Helen Humes tracks rec. October 20, 1962 at the Olympia in Paris, France Secret Records LP 12-8 (Germany 19??) = Rare Records R.R. 2 (UK 19??) "American Blues Festival - 1962 - Jam Session" = Tony's LP 392 (UK 19??) Shakey Jake discography

Hip-O Records CD B0001030-02 (US 2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume One Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) Memphis Slim - The Blues Is Everywhere (1962) #   @ youtube T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) #   @ youtube Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - My Younger Days (1963) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down To The River (1965) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin' (1964) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) # rec. October 4, 1962 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); T-Bone Walker, voc, g; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Jump Jackson, dr notes by Ray Manzarek, Richard Havers & Rob Hip-O CD B0001030-02 (US 2003)

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Skip James - All Night Long (1967) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963) Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) #   @ youtube Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963) # rec. October 4, 1962 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); Willie Dixon, voc, b; Memphis Slim, MC, voc, p; T-Bone Walker, g; Jump Jackson, dr notes by Rob Bowman Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004)

Hip-O Records DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volume One T-Bone Walker (& Shaky Jake Harris, voc) - Call Me When You Need Me (1962)   @ youtube Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' Blues (1962)   @ youtube Memphis Slim - The Blues is Everywhere (1962)   @ youtube Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues (1965) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Walter "Shakey" Horton (1965) Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) Big Joe Williams - Mean Stepfather (1963) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down to the River (1965) Willie Dixon - Weak Brain and Narrow Mind (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Otis Spann - Spann's Blues (1963) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) Finale: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Blues (1963) bonus track: Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk." prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott 20-pp. booklet with historical notes by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003)

Hip-O Records DVD B0000751-09 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volume Two Sonny Boy Williamson II - Bye Bye Bird (1964)@ youtube (full album) Sonny Boy Williamson II - My Younger Days (1964) Sunnyland Slim - Come On Home Baby (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) #   @ youtube Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) Memphis Slim - Everyday I Have The Blues (1963) T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) #   @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Tall Heavy Mama (1966) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1963) Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Murphy's Boogie (1963) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1962) #   @ youtube Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin (1964) Big Mama Thornton - Down Home Shakedown (1965) bonus tracks: Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) Magic Sam - Magic Sam's Boogie (1969) - photo gallery "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk" (SWF), Baden-Baden; DVD-release prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott # rec. October 4, 1962 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); T-Bone Walker, MC, voc, g; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Jump Jackson, dr 24-pp. booklet with an essay by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000751-09 (US 2004)

Hip-O Records DVD JHAM0263DVD (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)@ youtube (full album) Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965) Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965) Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965) Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966) Skip James - All Night Long (1967 Skip James - Crow Jane (1967) Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You Baby (1967) Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Gonna Move Across The River (1967) Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962) #   @ youtube Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968) "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk" (SWF), Baden-Baden; DVD-release prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott # rec. October 4, 1962 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); Helen Humes, voc; T-Bone Walker, MC, voc, g; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Jump Jackson, dr Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0002937-09 (US 2004)

Frémeaux & Associés CD FA 5614 (Fr 2015) American Folk Blues Festival 1962 Live in Paris disc 1 : First Concert, 6.00 PM, Part 1 - festival introduction - Memphis Slim (1:08) - I'm In the Mood - John Lee Hooker (4:10) - Let's Make It Baby - John Lee Hooker (4:36) - I Don't Want To Lose You - John Lee Hooker (5:01) - Money - John Lee Hooker (3:22) - The Right Time - John Lee Hooker (4:29) - Memphis Slim introduction - John Lee Hooker (0:42) - band introduction - Memphis Slim (2:10) - Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:52) - Hey Baby - Shakey Jake, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:57) - Call Me When You Need Me (aka "Love My Baby") - Shakey Jake, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:14) - Jake's Blues - Shakey Jake, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:11) - Talkin About The Blues - Willie Dixon (2:15) - Nervous - Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:53) - I Just Want To Make Love To You - Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Armand "Jump" Jackson (4:50) - Baby Please Don't Go - Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:14) - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (4:09) disc 2: First Concert, 6.00 PM, Part 2 - introduction - Hugues Panassié, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1:39) - I'm A Stranger Here - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (4:42) - Talkin' Harmonica Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (3:23) - Born And Livin' With The Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (4:31) - Baby, I Got My Eye On You - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (3:29) - John Henry - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (7:07) - Woman You Must Be Crazy - T-Bone Walker, Davor Kajfeš, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (5:36) - My Old Time Used To Be - T-Bone Walker, Davor Kajfeš, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (4:26) - Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker, Davor Kajfeš, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (4:09) - You Don't Love Me - T-Bone Walker, Davor Kajfeš, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (6:18) - T-Bone talks to the booers (1:47) - Money Honey - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:40) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:06) - Kansas City - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:23) - Saint Louis Blues - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:34) - Million Dollar Secret - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:50) - Bye Bye Baby - all artists (10:19) disc 3: Second Concert, 12.00 PM - John Lee Hooker introduction - Memphis Slim (0:55) - Everyday - John Lee Hooker (6:50) - Let's Make It Baby - John Lee Hooker (4:11) - The Right Time - John Lee Hooker (5:34) - It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker (7:20) - Money - John Lee Hooker (4:01) - band introduction - Memphis Slim (2:51) - Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:51) - Moanin' - T-Bone Walker, Davor Kajfeš, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:40) - Money Honey - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:43) - Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (3:34) - Kansas City - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (2:35) - Married Man Blues - Helen Humes, Davor Kajfeš, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Armand "Jump" Jackson (4:39) - Bye Bye Baby (finale) - all artists (10:33) rec. at Olympia Theater in Paris, France; largely broadcasted on the French radio programme «Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz» of radio station "Europe 1"; prod. by Daniel Filipacchi, Frank Ténot, Fritz Rau & Horst Lippmann Disc 1 and 2 rec. October 20, 1962, 6.00 PM Disc 3 rec. October 20, 1962, 12.00 PM 3 CD set notes by Christian Casoni Frémeaux & Associés FA 5614 (Fr 2015) ("La Collection des Grands Concerts Parisiens" series)

 
1963
 

tour schedule 1963 24.09.     arrival at Frankfurt a.M. airport 28.09.     Baden-Baden (rec. Spivey LP 1012, track B2) 29.09.     (15:00) Conservatoire de Liège 29.09.     Baden-Baden, Kurhaus (SWF, 1st part for broadcast; 2nd part for TV) 30.09.     Konstanz 01.10.     Strasbourg, Palais des Fêtes 02.10.     Volkshaus Zürich, Gr. Saal 03.10.     Heilbronn, Harmoniesaal 04.10.     Frankfurt a.M., Jahrhunderthalle (TV) 05.10.     Paris, Salle Pleyel (?) 06.10.     Bruxelles 07.10.     Wien 08.10.     München, Deutsches Museum 09.10.     Hannover 10.10.     Essen, Grugahalle 11.10.     Oberhausen (rec. Red Lightnin') 12.10.     Berlin, Sportpalast ("Berliner Festwochen") 13.10.     Oldenburg (afternoon?) 13.10.     Bremen, Glocke (evening?) (rec. Fontana) 14.10.     Hamburg, Audimax 15.10.     ? 16.10.     Copenhagen (Storyville Studio) 17.10.     Copenhagen, Montmartre Jazz Club (?) "American Negro Blues Festival" 18.10.     6:30 & 8:50 p.m. Croydon, Fairfield Hall 20.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Hall 22.10.     Manchester (two shows; Studio Six, Granada Studios, 40 min. film for Granada TV film "I Hear The Blues") 01.11.     Copenhagen (Storyville Studio) 02.-03.11.     ? 04.11.     Copenhagen, Basin Street Club (aka "Folk Club of Denmark" or "Las Vegas") 05.11.     Hvidovre (suburb of Copenhagen), Denmark (?) 05.11.     Stockholm, China-Teatern 06.11.     Paris 07.-10.11.     ? "Folk Blues USA" Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, and Bill Stepney only! 11.11.-18.11.     ? 19.11.     Genf, Reformation 20.11.     Lausanne, Théâtre de Beaulieu 21.11.     Bale/Basel, Stadtkasino 22.11.     Wiesbaden, Jazzhaus (afternoon ?; rec.) 22.11.     20:00 Frankfurt a.M., Volksbildungsheim (Concert was aborted in consequence of JFK assassination on November 22 at 12:30 p.m. CST = 6:30 p.m. GMT) prob. same date: 22.11.     Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) Studio, TV

participating artists:

Victoria Spivey, voc, ukulele
Memphis Slim, voc, p
Otis Spann, voc, p
Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca
Muddy Waters, voc, g
Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Lonnie Johnson, voc, g
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, g
Willie Dixon, voc, b
Bill Stepney, dr
Len Kunstadt, management
Joachim E. Berendt, MC

Finale of the American Folk Blues Festival 1963 at Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, October 8, 1963
(l to r) Lonnie Johnson, Willie Dixon (hidden), Victoria Spivey, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann (hidden),
Big Joe Williams, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy (hidden), Muddy Waters, Bill Stepney
source: Blues Forum Nr. 10 (2. Quartal 1983), p. 22/23: photographer: Karl Schneider

American Folk Blues Festival '63 Fontana 681510 TL / 885403 ZY (Germany 1963) Fontana 5204 / 858 100 FPY (UK) / Polydor 2310 296 (Fr) Exodus EX/EXS 30 (US 1966) L+R 42.023 (Germany 1980) Evidence ECD 26200 (US 1995) L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726024 (Germany 2002) Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends   @ youtube Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know   @ youtube Sonnyboy Williamson - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry Otis Spann - Had My Fun (3:53)   @ youtube Muddy Waters - Five Long Years   @ youtube Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues   @ youtube rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"   incl. photos by Rolf Ambor or = Fontana 885403 ZL (mono) = Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival" notes by Anonymous = Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival" notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 885403 MY (mono) = Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?) notes by Jean Tronchot = Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??) = Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968) = Polydor 2310 296 (Fr) = Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label] notes by Willy Leiser = L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981) = Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?) 5 CD box set notes by Bill Dahl     (=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"     CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2" notes by Jerry Gordon (=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights" Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened! = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998) 3 CD set   (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"     CD 2: "1963" (=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63" a few more re-releases @ discogs. com Fontana Records discography L+R Records discography

American Folk Blues Festival 63-64 Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) - Five Long Years - Muddy Waters (AFBF 1963) - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963) - Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matthew Murphy (AFBF 1963) - I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1963) - I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1964) - Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim (AFBF 1964) - No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin (AFBF 1964) - Dust My Broom - Howlin Wolf (AFBF 1964) rec. October 13, 1963 in Bremen, Germany (=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"

Lost Blues Tapes   Vol. 1 ACT CD 9204-2 (UK 1992) John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (alt tk) (3:16) (AFBF 1965) Big Mama Thornton -Hound Dog (outtake & alt tk) (3:32) (AFBF 1965) Muddy Waters - Captain, Captain (3:32) (AFBF 1963) Sonny Boy Williamson II - I Got To Cut Out (3:06) (AFBF 1964) Big Walter Horton - Blues Harp Shuffle (3:26) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Strong Brain - Broad Mind (2:48) (AFBF 1964) Willie Dixon - Big Leg Women (2:44) (AFBF 1964) Sugar Pie deSanto - You Keep Me Running (3:04) (AFBF 1964) Buddy Guy - South Side Jump (2:55) (AFBF 1965) J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (3:05) (AFBF 1965) Fred McDowell -Got A Letter This Morning (3:10) (AFBF 1965) Roosevelt Sykes -Sail On (3:00) (AFBF 1965) Memphis Slim - Memphis Boogie (3:16) (AFBF 1963) Hammie Nixon with Sleepy John Estes - Your Best Friend's Gone (3:20) (AFBF 1964) Doctor Ross - Farewell Baby (5:11) (AFBF 1965) John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (outtake) (1:09) (AFBF 1965) rec. October 13, 1963 in Bremen, Germany ACT CD 9204-2 (UK 1992)

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)@ youtube (full album) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Skip James - All Night Long (1967) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) #   @ youtube Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963) #   @ youtube Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963) ##   @ youtube # rec. September 29, 1963 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Memphis Slim, MC, p; Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Billy Stepney, dr ## rec. September 29, 1963 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); Otis Spann, voc, p; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Lonnie Johnson, voc; Victoria Spivey, voc; Muddy Waters, voc; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Matt Murphy, g; Bill Stepney, dr foreword by Bill Wyman notes by Ray Manzarek, Richard Havers & Rob Bowman Hip-O CD B0001030-02 (US 2004)

Hip-O Records DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume One T-Bone Walker - Call Me When You Need Me (1962) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' Blues (1962) Memphis Slim - The Blues is Everywhere (1962) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues (1965) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Walter "Shakey" Horton (1965) Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) Big Joe Williams - Mean Stepfather (1963) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down to the River (1965) Willie Dixon - Weak Brain and Narrow Mind (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Otis Spann - Spann's Blues (1963) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) Finale: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Blues (1963) bonus track: Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk." prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott 20 page booklet with historical notes by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003)

Hip-O Records DVD B0000751-09 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Two Sonny Boy Williamson II - Bye Bye Bird (1964)@ youtube (full album) Sonny Boy Williamson II - My Younger Days (1964) Sunnyland Slim - Come On Home Baby (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) #   @ youtube Memphis Slim - Everyday I Have The Blues (1963) #   @ youtube T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) Roosevelt Sykes - Tall Heavy Mama (1966) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1963) #   @ youtube Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Murphy's Boogie (1963) #   @ youtube Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1962) Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin (1964) Big Mama Thornton - Down Home Shakedown (1965) bonus tracks: Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) Magic Sam - Magic Sam's Boogie (1969) - photo gallery "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk" (SWF), Baden-Baden; DVD-release prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott # rec. September 29, 1963 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk (SWF); T-Bone Walker, MC, voc, g; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Matt Murphy, g; Sonny Terry, hca; Brownie McGhee, g; Willie Dixon, voc, b; Billy Stepney, dr 24-pp. booklet with an essay by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000751-09 (US 2004)

Hip-O Records DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007) The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966   (Volume Four) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) #   @ youtube@ dailymotion (full DVD) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) # Lonnie Johnson - Too Late To Cry (1963) # Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1963) # Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird (1964) # Sonny Boy Williamson - Getting Out Of Town (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go With Me (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Blues (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Baby What You Want Me To Do (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Rock Me Baby (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Don't Laugh At Me (1964) Big Joe Turner - Oh Well, Oh Well (1966) Junior Wells - What'd Say (1966) bonus tracks: Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (1964) °° Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Trouble In Mind (1964) °° # rec. October 22, 1963 in Manchester °° rec. May 7, 1964 at the disused Wilbraham Road railway station in Manchester, UK (calling it "Chorltonville"), Blues & Gospel Train tv special (Granada TV) essay by Mike Rowe Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007) (US 2007)

 
1964
 

tour schedule 1964 27.09.     Frankfurt / Arrival 28.09.     Baden-Baden, Südwestfunk 29.09.     Baden-Baden, Südwestfunk 30,09.     Baden-Baden, Südwestfunk 01.10.     Baden-Baden, Kursaal ? 02.10.     Strasbourg, Palais des Fetes 03.10.     Copenhagen 04.10.     Malmö 05.10.     Stockholm, Koncerthus 06.10.     (off) 07.10.     Oslo 08.10.     Copenhagen, Storyville Studio 09.10.     Copenhagen; flight (?) to Hamburg 09.10.     Hamburg, Musikhalle, rec. Fontana 885411 10.10.     Düsseldorf 11.10.     Köln 12.10.     München, Zirkus Krone 13.10.     Genf 14.10.     Zürich 15.10.     Heilbronn, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, 'Harmoniesaal' 16.10.     Frankfurt, Kongresshalle 17.10.     Berlin, Sportpalast 18.10.     Paris, Salle Pleyel 19.10.     flight from Copenhagen (Paul Oliver's claim; rather from Paris?) 19.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Hall 6.45 & 9.00 p.m. ("American Negro Blues Festival") 20.10.     Bristol, Colston Hall 6.?? & 8.45 p.m. 21.10.     Bradford, St. George's Hall 6.30 & 8.40 p.m. 22.10.     Manchester, Free Trade Hall 6.30 & 8.40 p.m. 23.10.     Birmingham, Town Hall 6.30 & 8.45 p.m. 24.10.     ? 25.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Hall 6.45 & 9.00 p.m. 26.10.     return flight? from London? subsequent "Big City Blues Tour" Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim, Clifton James 26.10.     Warsaw, Poland, National Philharmonie 27.10.     Warsaw, "Jazz Jamboree" Polish Radio Jazz Archives 19 28.10.     ? } 29.10.     ? } 30.10.     ? } Dresden? 31.10.     ? } 01.11.     East Berlin, Amiga Studios, rec. Amiga 850043 02.11.     ? } 03.11.     ? } Potsdam? 04.11.     ? } Dresden? 05.11.     ? } 06.11.     Bremen, Studio Radio Bremen 07.11.     ? until 17.11.     ? 18.11.     Wiesbaden, Jazzhaus 19.11.     ? 20.11.     Schaffhausen, Switzerland until 23.11.     Courtrai/Kortrijk, Belgium 24.11.     Antwerp, Belgium, Billard Palace sources: - German BLUES Circle Info nr. 15 November 1977, p. 7/15 - German BLUES Circle Info nr. 21 Mai 1978, p. 6/21 - Paul Oliver: Festival Blues: The American Folk Blues Festival 1964.- Jazz Monthly, December 1964, pp. 4-6 - http://www2.hu-berlin.de/fpm/popscrip/themen/pst08/Rauhut.htm

participating artists:

Howlin' Wolf, voc, g, hca
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g & Hammie Nixon, hca, jug
John Henry Barbee, voc, g
Sonny Boy Williamson II, voc, hca
Sunnyland Slim, voc, p
Mae Mercer / Sugar Pie DeSanto, voc
Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g
Hubert Sumlin, voc, g
Willie Dixon, voc, b
Clifton James, dr

(=) Bellaphon CD (1996)
"Blues Classics"

 
1965
 

tour schedule 1965 27.09.     TV - Südwestfunk 28.09.     TV - Südwestfunk 29.09.     TV - Südwestfunk 30.09.     Baden-Baden (Jazz Session SWF) 01.10.     Bern 02.10.     Lausanne 03.10.     Zürich 04.10.     Luzern 05.10.     Basel 06.10.     Mannheim (Treffpunkt Jazz des Süddeutschen Rundfunks) 07.10.     Bremen (Radiokonzert; rec. Fontana 885 422 TY) 08.10.     Kopenhagen 09.10.     Stockholm 10.10.     Berlin 11.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Hall 12.10.     Brüssel, La salle de la Madeleine ("Jazz Club") 13.10.     TV - Amsterdam 14.10.     Den Haag 15.10.     Manchester, Free Trade Hall 16.10.     Newcastle, City Hall 17.10.     Glasgow, Concert Hall 18.10.     Belfast, Ulster Hall 19 10.     Dublin [most likely did not happen!] 21.10.     Bradford, St. George's Hall 22.10.     Birmingham, Town Hall 23.10.     Bristol, Colston Hall 24.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Hall 25.10.     Düsseldorf 26.10.     Iserlohn 27.10.     München 28.10.     Frankfurt a.M. 29.10.     Strasbourg 30.10.     Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 31.10.     Barcelona 02.11.     Genf sources: - Paul Vernon @ facebook (courtesy "Alan Balfour, Nico Fournier, Folk Roots and others")

participating artists:

Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca
Big Walter Horton, voc, hca
J.B. Lenoir, voc, g
Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p
Eddie Boyd, voc, p, org
Buddy Guy, voc, g
Doctor Ross, voc, g, hca
John Lee Hooker, voc, g
Mississippi Fred McDowell, voc, g
Lonesome Jimmy Lee, b
Fred Below, dr

 
1966
 

tour schedule 1966 28.09.     London, UK, Royal Albert Hall 29.09.     Manchester, UK, Free Trade Hall 30.09.     Manchester, UK (Granada TV Centre) 02.10.     Paris, France, Théatre des Champs Elysées 03.10.     Baden-Baden, Germany, Kurhaus 05.10.     Mainz, Germany, Liedertafel (rec. SWF TV / Hip-O DVDs) 06.10.     Zürich, Switzerland, Volkshaus 07.10.     Geneva, Switzerland, Victoria Hall 08.10.     Basel, Switzerland, Stadtcasino 09.10.     Prag, Czechoslovakia, Festival 10.10.     Lucerne, Switzerland 11.10.     Vienna, Austria, Konzerthaus 12.10.     Munich, Germany, Theater an der Brienner Straße 13.10.     Frankfurt, Germany, Kongresshalle 14.10.     Hamburg, Germany, Musikhalle 15.10.     West-Berlin, Germany, Kongresshalle 16.10.     East-Berlin, GDR, Friedrichstadtpalast (rec. Fontana / Amiga LPs) 17.10.     Hannover, Germany, Niedersachsenhalle 18.10.     Kiel, Germany, Stadthalle 19.10.     Essen, Germany, Saalbau 20.10.     Lille, France, University 21.10.     Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Concertgebouw 23.10.     Copenhagen, Denmark, Tivoli 24.10.     Stockholm, Sweden, Konserthuset 25.10.     Helsinki, Finland, Kulturhaus subsequent "Alabama Blues" Tour J.B. Lenoir (who wasn't with the 1966 AFBF tour), Junior Wells, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers & Fred Below 31.10.     Strasbourg, France, 20:30 01.11.     Marburg, Audimax 10./11.     other dates? 26.11.     Antwerp, Belgium 27.11.     La Louvière, Belgium 28.11.     Bruxelles, Belgium (last venue!) sources: - Billboard of October 1, 1966 - Serge Tonneau: Alabama Blues.- Rhythm & Blues Panorama # 43 (1966), pp. 39-40 - Peter B. Lowry ("On-the-Spot"): Alabama Blues.- Blues Unlimited 40 (January 1967), p. 15

participating artists:

Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p
Otis Rush, voc, g
Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p
Sleepy John Estes, voc, g
Yank Rachell, voc, mand
Big Joe Turner, voc
Junior Wells, voc, hca
Sippie Wallace, voc
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
Jack Myers, b
Fred Below, dr

1966 AFBF ensemble (l to r): Sippie Wallace, Roosevelt Sykes, Jack Myers, Junior Wells, Fred Below,
Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Big Joe Turner, Little Brother Montgomery, Robert Pete Williams, Otis Rush
source: American Folk Blues Festival '68 program, p. 2; photographer: Rolf Ambor

 

Arrival of the 1966 AFBF ensemble (partially) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands, October 21, 1966;
(l to r): Roosevelt Sykes, Sippie Wallace, Sleepy John Estes, Robert Pete Williams, Yank Rachell, Otis Rush, Little Brother Montgomery
source: Facebook posts; photographer: Peter van Zoest ("Collectie ANP 1963-1968")

 

American Folk Blues Festival '66 Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966) = Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966) = Fontana TL 5389 (mono) / STL 5389 (stereo) (UK 1966) = Fontana 681.533 TL/IL (Fr 1966?) = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990) = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2069 (US 1990) (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) Fontana 885 431 BY / L+R 42.069 Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify Otis Rush - All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify Otis Rush - My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40)   @ Spotify Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify Robert Pete Williams - Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr || Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand \\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Robert Pete Williams, voc, g // Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos Fontana 885 431 TY (Germany 1966) = Fontana 885 431 BY/MY (Fr 1966) = Fontana TL 5389 (mono) / STL 5389 (stereo) (UK 1966) = Fontana 681.533 TL/IL (Fr 1966?) = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42069 (Germany 1990) = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2069 (US 1990) 4-CD-Box (45 Tracks, 165:59) original 1966 notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos   (=) Bellaphon CDLR 726322 (Germany 1998) American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 1 Vol. 1: Amiga 855114 Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie   @ youtube   @ Spotify Otis Rush - All Your Love ||   @ youtube   @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep On Drinking   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sleepy John Estes - You Shouldn't Do It   @ youtube   @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete // ^   @ youtube   @ Spotify Junior Wells - Sheckin' [sic] On My Baby \\   @ youtube @ Spotify - Vietnam Blues \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly // *   @ youtube   @ Spotify °° not on Fontana 885 431 BY rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr || Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand \\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Robert Pete Williams, voc, g // Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 855114 (GDR 1968) notes (1968) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series) = Amiga 855114 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release = Amiga CD 82876-63060-2 (Germany 2004) American Folk Blues Festival '66   Vol. 2 Vol. 2: Amiga 850126/855126 Otis Rush - It Takes Time || °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Otis Rush - My Own Fault || [actually "Sweet Little Angel"]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Little Brother Montgomery - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sleepy John Estes, g (Yank Rachell, voc, mand!) - Yellow Jam Blues °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Junior Wells - Over Yonders Walls \\ °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Sippie Wallace - Women Keep Your Mouth Shut °°   @ youtube   @ Spotify Junior Wells - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson \\ @ youtube (2:40)   @ Spotify Robert Pete Williams - Louise   @ youtube   @ Spotify Big Joe Turner - Feeling Happy // * °° °° not on Fontana 885 431 BY rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966); prod. by Siegfried E. Loch Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr || Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Little Brother Montgomery, voc, p; Freddie Below, dr Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Yank Rachell, voc, mand \\ Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Sippie Wallace, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr Robert Pete Williams, voc, g // Big Joe Turner, voc; * Little Brother Montgomery, ^ Roosevelt Sykes, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel Amiga 850126 (GDR 1969) notes (1969) by Karlheinz Drechsel = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1979) (Amiga Jazz series) = Amiga 855126 (GDR 1981-86?) blue label re-release = Amiga CD 82876-63061-2 (Germany 2004) Lippmann + Rau (L+R) Records discography Fontana Records discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Otis Rush discography Little Brother Montgomery discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Sleepy John Estes discography Yank Rachell discography Robert Pete Williams discography

 

Hip-O Records DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume One Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) #   @ youtube Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) #   @ youtube Memphis Slim - The Blues Is Everywhere (1962) T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) #   @ youtube Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - My Younger Days (1963) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down To The River (1965) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin' (1964) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk" (SWF), Baden-Baden (Folge 48); DVD-release prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott # rec. October 5, 1966 at the Liedertafel in Mainz, Germany by Horst Lippmann (American Folk Blues Festival '66); Sippie Wallace, voc; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; originally unissued, released on Hip-O Records DVD B0000750-09 (US 2003) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume One"

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Skip James - All Night Long (1967) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963) Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966) #   @ youtube Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963) # rec. October 16, 1966 in East Berlin, GDR; Big Joe Turner, voc; Roosevelt Sykes, MC; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Meyers, b; Fred Below, dr

 

Hip-O Records DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007) The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966   (Volume Four) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) #   @ youtube@ dailymotion (full DVD) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) # Lonnie Johnson - Too Late To Cry (1963) # Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1963) # Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird (1964) # Sonny Boy Williamson - Getting Out Of Town (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go With Me (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Blues (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Baby What You Want Me To Do (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Rock Me Baby (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Don't Laugh At Me (1964) Big Joe Turner - Oh Well, Oh Well (1966) * Junior Wells - What'd Say (1966) * bonus tracks: Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (1964) °° Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Trouble In Mind (1964) °° tracks from 1966 session, not published on DVD: Otis Rush - Instrumental *   @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Tall Heavy Mama [?] *   @ facebook # rec. October 22, 1963 in Manchester, UK °° rec. May 7, 1964 at the disused Wilbraham Road railway station in Manchester, UK (calling it "Chorltonville"), Blues & Gospel Train tv special (Granada TV) * rec. most likely October 30, 1966 at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, UK essay by Mike Rowe Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007) (US 2007)

 
1967
 

tour schedule 1967   "Born Down South The Blues Went North" 06.10.     Stockholm, Konzerthuset 07.10.     Frankfurt a.M., Kongresshalle 08.10.     Lünen, Hilpert-Theater 09.10.     Cologne, WDR TV (rel. Tropical DVD) 10.10.     Cologne 11.10.     Copenhagen, Tivoli 11.10.     Copenhagen, TV Studio (rel. Hip-O Records DVD) 12.10.     Helsinki, Kulturpalast 13.10.     Lund, University 14.10.     20:15 Scheveningen, The Hague, Circustheater 14.10.     24:00 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw 15.10.     Berlin, Kongress-Halle (rec. Fontana 885 433 TY) 16.10.     Bruxelles (TV session) 17.10.     Hilversum (KRO-TV) 18.10.     Strasbourg, Palais des Fetes 19.10.     Zürich, Kongresshaus 20.10.     Genf, Victoriasaal 21.10.     Paris, Salle Pleyel 22.10.     Leicester, De Montfort Hall (first date in England) 23.10.     Newcastle, Cityhall 24.10.     Bristol, Colston Hall 25.10.     Birmingham, Town Hall 26.10.     London, Hammersmith Odeon tournee continued as "Big City Blues" 27.10.     England, where ? 28.10.     Birmingham, Town Hall (again?) 29.10.- 02.11.     where ? 03.11.     Lübbecke 04.-??.11.     where ? two dates from different sources that don't seem to fit with other sources: 13.10.     Bremen, Glocke 14.10.     Cologne (TV Show)

participating artists:

Bukka White, voc, g
Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g
Little Walter, voc, hca
Sonny Terry, voc, hca
Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo
Son House, voc, g
Skip James, voc, g
Koko Taylor, voc
Dillard Crume, b, MC
Odie Payne, dr

1967 American Folk Blues Festival ensemble
(l to r): Georges Adins (attendant), Hound Dog Taylor, Brownie McGhee, Odie Payne (drums), Dillard Crume (bass, MC),
Koko Taylor, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Son House, Skip James (?), 'Bukka' White
source: American Folk Blues Festival '68 program, p. 3; photographer's name not given (?)

 

1967 American Folk Blues Festival ensemble (part of it): Koko Taylor, Sonny Terry, Odie Payne, Little Walter
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 144; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 

American Folk Blues Festival '67 Fontana LP 885 433 TY (Germany 1968) = Optimism LR CD-2070 (US 1980) (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues Hound Dog Taylor - The Sky Is Crying   @ youtube Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line Son House - Got A Letter This Morning Little Walter - You Be So Fine Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle Skip James - Hard Luck Child Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I'm Gonna Move Across The River Koko Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On rec. October 15, 1967 at Kongress-Halle, Berlin, Germany Bukka White, voc, g Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo Son House, voc, g Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Skip James, voc, g notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (translated by Nigel Whittaker) Fontana 885 433 TY (Germany 1968) notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = Optimism/L+R LR CD-2070 (US 1990) notes (8-pp. booklet) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42070 (Germany 1998) 4 CD set notes by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos   (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726222 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969"   Fontana Records discography L+R Records discography Bukka White discography Hound Dog Taylor discography Son House discography Little Walter discography Skip James discography

Hip-O CD B0003224-02 (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) # Skip James - All Night Long (1967) # Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963) Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) # Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) #   @ youtube Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) # Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) # Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963) # rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo Skip James, voc, g Bukka White, voc, g Son House, voc, g Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr

Hip-O Records DVD JHAM0263DVD (US 2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Volume Three Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)@ youtube (full album) Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965) Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965) Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965) Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966) Skip James - All Night Long   @ youtube - Crow Jane   @ youtube Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired   @ youtube Son House - Death Letter Blues   @ youtube Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You Baby   @ youtube Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle   @ youtube Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues   @ youtube - Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire)   @ youtube - Gonna Move Across The River   @ youtube Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman (1962) Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1968) rec. October 11, 1967 at DRTV studio in Copenhagen, Denmark Bukka White, voc, g Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Son House, voc, g Skip James, voc, g Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo MC: Dillard Crume photographer: Jan Persson

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969 The Video 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1967 Little Walter - My Babe   @ youtube Koko Taylor - Will My Man Be Home Tonight - Wang Dang Doodle Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues   @ youtube Little Walter - Untitled (actually "Little Walter's Jump")   @ youtube Skip James - Hard Times Killing Floor Interview with Bruce Jackson Son House - Death Letter Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Born With The Blues Interview with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line Interview with Horst Lippmann Little Walter - Mean Old World   @ youtube Hound Dog Taylor - Shake Your Money Maker Koko Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This - Ad libitum Blues rec. October 9, 1967 at WDR TV in Cologne, Germany Little Walter, voc, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Koko Taylor, voc; Little Walter, hca; Hound Dog Taylor, g; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr Bukka White, voc, g Skip James, voc, g Son House, voc, g Sonny Terry, voc, hca; Brownie McGhee, voc, g, kazoo Hound Dog Taylor, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Dillard Crume, b; Odie Payne, dr presentation: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos; director: Hanno Brühl The Video 2: American Folk Blues Festival 1968 The Video 3: American Folk Blues Festival 1969

Hip-O Records DVD JHAM0263DVD (US 2004) "The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 Vol. 3"

 

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) "Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969"

 
1968
 

tour schedule 1968 arrivel & 1st concert obviously has been postponed from originally 2nd (as printed on poster) to 7th October (notice the overprint on ticket) 07.10.     arrival; 20:00 Frankfurt a.M., Kongresshalle, Messegelände 08.10.     Stockholm 09.10.     Gothenburg/Göteborg or Lund 10.10.     Copenhagen, Tivoli Koncerthal 11.10.     20:30 Veendam (near Groningen), Sorghvliethal 12.10.     20:00 Scheveningen, The Hague, Circustheater 12.10.     24:00 Amsterdam 13.10.     Bruxelles or Berlin 14.10.     Cologne, WDR, Studio L (German TV) 15.10.     Lünen, Hilpert-Theater 16.10.     Zürich 17.10.     Barcelona, Palacio de la Musica 18.10.     Genf 19.10.     Lyon 20.10.     Paris 22.10.     London, BBC TV 23.10.     Glasgow 24.10.     London, Hammersmith Odeon 26.10.     Manchester, Free Trade Hall 27.10.     Leicester, De Montfort Hall 28.10.     Birmingham, Town Hall 29.10.     Bristol, Colston Hall 30.10.     Croydon, Fairfield Halls 01.11.     Sheffield, City Hall 03.11.     Newcastle, City Hall 05.11.     flight back ? 30.11.     Muddy Waters at Hull University

participating artists:

Jimmy Reed, voc, g
John Lee Hooker, voc, g
T-Bone Walker, voc, p, g
Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Curtis Jones, voc, p
Eddie Taylor, voc, g
Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, voc, hca
Jerome Arnold, b
Jessie 'J.C.' Lewis (aka Jesse Green), dr
presentation: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos; director: Bob Rooyens

Gerard Herzhaft 2015: "Apparently, AFBF 1968 was recorded for a planned LP as usual. But following a disagreement - to say the least - between Lippman-Rau and Al Smith who MC'd the show that featured a lot of 'his' Bluesway artists, the tapes were taken by Smith for issuing it on Bluesway in the USA. Unfortunately, nothing ever happened. I'm pretty sure that those tapes were still laying in some vaults when Al Smith died [February 7, 1974]. Where are they now?"

more info (radio program Søndag 68.10.20. from Tivolis Koncerthal, København, 68.10.10)
more info

Jerome Arnold, T-Bone Walker, Jessie "J.C." Lewis (aka Jesse Green), John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor in Köln/Cologne, Germany, "October 15" [actually October 14], 1968
source: Gerard Herzhaft: Nouvelle Encyclopedie du Blues.- Paris (Jacques Grancher) 1984, unpaginated photo p. between pp. 80 & 81; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969 The Video 1: American Folk Blues Festival 1967 The Video 2: American Folk Blues Festival 1968 John Lee Hooker - Serves Me Right To Suffer Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Maudy Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Boom Boom Big Joe Williams - Cryin' Shame Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Interview with auditorium, Karl Gert zur Heide & Al Smith Big Walter Horton - Juke Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man   @ youtube Curtis Jones - Cherie Interview with Werner Burkhardt & Fritz Rau Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker - I Wonder Why Eddie Taylor Band feat. T-Bone Walker, p feat. J.L. Hooker - Shake It Baby The Video 3: American Folk Blues Festival 1969 Tropical DVD 68.364 (Germany 2008) "Legends of the American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968 & 1969"

 
1969
 

tour schedule 1969 03.10.     day of arrival ? 03.10.     London, UK (Royal Albert Hall) (Scout Sc-6 = CBS S 63912) 04.10.     London (BBC TV) or Aarhus, Denmark ? 05.10.     Oslo, Norway or Copenhagen, Denmark ? 06.10.     Stockholm, Sweden ? 07.10.     Oslo, Norway ? 08.10.     Copenhagen, Denmark ? 09.10.     Helsinki, Finland or Stockholm, Sweden 10.10.     Lund, Sweden 11.10.     Hamburg, Germany (Musikhalle, Großer Saal) 12.10.     Göteborg/Gothenburg, Sweden (2 concerts?) 13.10.     ? 14.10.     Frankfurt, Germany (Messelhalle ?) 15.10.     Wien, Austria (Konzerthaus) 16.10.     Stuttgart, Germany (Liederhalle ?) 17.10.     Lünen, Germany (Heinz-Hilpert-Theater) 18.10.     Bruxelles, Belgium (prob. German TV Südwestfunk Baden-Baden ? #) 19.10.     Paris, France (Salle Pleyel) 20.10.     Berlin, Germany (Philharmonie) 21.10.     Strasbourg, France 22.10.     Zürich, Switzerland ? 23.10.     Stuttgart, Germany (Alex Moore LP Arhoolie F1048) 23.10.     München, Germany (Deutsches Museum) 24.10.     Lyon, France 25.10.     Genf, Switzerland (prob. German TV Südwestfunk Baden-Baden ? #) 25.10.     return flight ? # A tour-documentary on 16mm film by Hanno Brühl, filmed on tour in Germany (duration: 56:10) The Famous Lippmann + Rau Festivals Vol. 3: "Legends of The American Folk Blues Festival" 1. American Folk Blues Festival 1967, 53:56 2. American Folk Blues Festival 1968, 55:37 3. American Folk Blues Festival 1969, 53:50 Tropical Music 2009 ("tour dates" on p. 39 of 56 pages booklet) 1. Magic Sam - All My Love 2. Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You 3. Juke Boy Bonner - Going Back To The Country 4. Clifton & Cleveland Chenier - You Got Me Walking On The Floor 5. John Jackson - You Ain't No Woman 6. Earl Hooker - Off The Hook 7. John Jackson - John Henry 8. Earl Hooker backstage - Rocket 88 9. Alex Moore - Whistling Alex Moore Blues 10. Clifton & Cleveland Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale 11. Magic Sam - All My Love Part. 2 12. Carey Bell - Love Ain't A Play Thing source: dates originally (& kindly) provided by Fritz Marschall via Klaus Kilian

participating artists:

'Whistling' Alex Moore, voc, p, whistling
Earl Hooker, voc, g
Clifton Chenier, voc, accordion
Cleveland Chenier, washb
Magic Sam, voc, g
Carey Bell, voc, hca
John Jackson, voc, g
Juke Boy Bonner, voc, g, hca
Mac Thompson, b
Robert St. Julien, dr

 
1970
 

tour schedule 1970 25.10.     arrival 26.10.     Lünen, Germany, Hilpert-Theater 27.10.     Köln, Germany, Sartory-Festsaal ("Jazzwoche") 28.10.     Hamburg, Germany 29.10.     Hammersmith, UK 30.10.     Bornemouth, UK 31.10.     Manchester, UK 01.11.     Leicester, UK 02.11.     Helsinki, Finland 03.11.     Stockholm, Sweden, Konserthus 04.11.     Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden 05.11.     Lund, Norway 06.11.     Aarhus, Denmark 07.11.     Copenhagen, Denmark (last T.V. appearance of Sister Rosetta Tharpe) 08.11.     Berlin, Germany, Philharmonie "Berliner Jazztage 1970"   Sister Rosetta Tharpe radio broadcast @ youtube 09.11.     Paris, France 10.11.     Lyon, France 11.11.     Basel, Switzerland 12.11.     Zürich, Switzerland (last tour appearance of Sister Rosetta Tharpe) 13.11.     Genf, Switzerland 14.11.     München, Germany, Zirkus Krone 15.11.     19:30 Uhr, Wien, Austria, Gr. Saal des Konzerthauses 16.11.     Frankfurt a.M., Germany, Jahrhunderthalle (rec. Scout Sc-7) 17.11.     Bristol, UK, Colston Hall 18.11.     Chatham, UK, Central Hall 19.11.     Hemel Hampstead, UK, Pavillon 20.11.     Darlington, UK, Civic Theatre 21.11.     Boston, UK, Glyderdome 22.11.     Sunderland, UK, Empire Theatre 23.11.     Southport, UK, Floral Hall 24.11.     Birmingham, UK, Town Hall 25.11.     Croydon, UK, Fairfield Hall 26.11.     flight back "Big City Blues" 27.11.-02.12.     ? 03.12.     Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Halle 04.12.-???     ? ??.??.     Uppsala, Sweden, Universitets Aula     Festival posters with & without Sister Rosetta Tharpe's name on it

participating artists:

Champion Jack Dupree, voc, p
Shakey Horton, voc, hca
Sonny Terry, voc, hca
Brownie McGhee, voc, g
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (fell ill, probably with a stroke, during a date with the Festival in Zürich, Switzerland, and had to leave the tour to return to Philadelphia to be hospitalized)
Lee Jackson, voc, g
Lafayette Leake, voc, p
'Bukka' White, voc, g
Willie Dixon, voc, b
Clifton James, dr

 
1972
 

tour schedule Spring 1972 02.03.     arrival 03.03.     Paris, Salle Pleyel 08.03.     Frankfurt a.M., Jahrhunderthalle 11./12.03.     Meilhaus Studio in Munich, Germany (Robert Pete Williams rec. Blues Beacon) until 14.03.     Hamburg, Musikhalle, gr. Saal 16.03.     Lünen, Hilpert Theater (rec. DLP Atlantic 60036) 18.03.     Rotterdam 27.03.     Stockholm 28.03.     flight back tour schedule Fall 1972 09.10.     London, Rainbow Hall 10.10.     Stuttgart, Liederhalle (Beethovensaal) 14.10.     Frankfurt a.M., Jahrhunderthalle 25.10.     Berlin, Deutschlandhalle 26.10.     München, Circus-Krone-Bau (rec. DLP Atlantic 60036) until 30.10.     Paris, Salle Pleyel 31.10.     flight back     Spring 1972: March 8, March 14, and blank   Fall 1972: October 10, October 14, October 25, October 26, and blank

participating artists March concerts:

Memphis Slim, voc, p
Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca
Big Joe Williams, voc, g
Robert Pete Williams, voc, g
T-Bone Walker, voc, g, p
Paul Lenart, g
Hartley Severns, ts, bs, ss, vn
Phillip Morrison, b
Edward Tayler, ts
Vinton Johnson, dr

participating artists October concerts:
Jimmy Rogers, voc, g
Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p
Bukka White, voc, g
Johnny Young, voc, mand
Lightnin' Slim, voc, g
Whispering Smith, voc, hca
Jimmy Dawkins, voc, g
Big Voice Odom, voc
W.D.Kent, b
Willie Lyon, g (announced on poster, but didn't participate)
Jesse Williams, g
Billy Davenport, dr

 

American Folk Blues Festival '72 Atlantic DLP 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) L+R DLP 42.018 (Germany 1980) L+R LRC-2018 cassette (Germany 1980) Edigsa/L+R DLP 12A0272 (Sp 1981) Optimism/L+R CD LR CD-2018 (US 1991?) Bellaphon/L+R CD CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?) Bellaphon 4-CD CDLR 726123 (Germany 2002)   LP 1: Bukka White - I'm Gettin' Ready *   @ youtube - World Boogie (1:25) * °°   @ youtube - Aberdeen Blues *   @ youtube Big Joe Williams - My Baby Is Gone #   @ youtube - My Boots & Shoes #   @ youtube - Louise (1:28) # °°   @ youtube Robert Pete Williams - Look Here Woman #   @ youtube Roosevelt Sykes - Driving Wheel (2:50) *   @ youtube - Sweet Home Chicago (2:10) *   @ youtube - Boot That Thing (2:10) * °°   @ youtube Memphis Slim - Baby Please Come Home # °°   @ youtube - Lonesome Traveller #   @ youtube - Boogin' And Bluesin' #   @ youtube Johnny Young, W.D. Kent, Billy Davenport - Instrumental Boogie *   @ youtube LP 2: Big Mama Thornton - Tell Me Baby #   @ youtube - Ball In [sic] Chain #   @ youtube T-Bone Walker - Shake It Baby #   @ youtube - Goin' Back To Church #   @ youtube Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith - Chicago Bound (3:10) * °°   @ youtube - Tricky Woman *   @ youtube Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues *   @ youtube Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Don't Ever Leave Me *   @ youtube - Got My Mojo Workin' *   @ youtube °° not on CD # rec. March 16, 1972 at Hilpert Theatre, Lünen, Germany: Memphis Slim, voc, p; Big Mama Thornton, voc, hca; Big Joe Williams, voc, g; Robert Pete Williams, voc, g; T-Bone Walker, voc, g, p; Hartley Severns, ts, bs, ss, vn; Edward Taylor, ts; Paul Lenart, g; Phillip Morrison, b; Vinton Johnson, dr * rec. October 26, 1972 at Circus-Krone-Bau, München, Germany: Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; Bukka White, voc, g; Johnny Young, voc, mand; Lightnin' Slim, voc, g; Whispering Smith, voc, hca; Jimmy Dawkins, voc, g; Big Voice Odom, voc; Jesse Williams, g; W.D. Kent, b; Billy Davenport, dr photography by Rolf Ambor, Hans Harzheim, Norbert Hess gatefold DLP notes (German & English) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos   Atlantic 60036 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland 1973) "The 10th American Folk Blues Festival - 'Blues Giants - Rock Creators'" gatefold DLP notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos = L+R 42.018 (Germany 1980) "American Folk Blues Festival '72" = L+R LRC-2018 (cassette) (Germany 1980) = Edigsa/L+R 12A0272 (Sp 1981) notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Optimism/L+R LR CD-2018 (US 1991?) notes (English only) by Siegfried Schmidt-Joos (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42018 (Germany 1998?) 4 CD set (67 tracks, 292:31) notes by Horst Lippmann, Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Ulfert Goemann, Claus Groh   (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726123 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1970/1972/1980/1981" L+R Records discography Bukka White discography Big Joe Williams discography Robert Pete Williams discography Roosevelt Sykes discography Johnny Young discography Jimmy Rogers discography Whispering Smith discography Lightnin' Slim discography Jimmy Dawkins discography

 
1980
 

tour schedule 1980 15.04.     Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle 16.04.     Zürich, Volkshaus 17.04.     Stuttgart, Liederhalle 18.04.     Tübingen, Festsaal 19.04.     München, Deutsches Museum, Kongress-Saal 20.04.     Saarbrücken, Kongresshalle   @ youtube 21.04.     Mainz, Rheingoldhalle 22.04.     Mannheim, Mozartsaal 23.04.     Karlsruhe, Stadthalle 24.04.     Regensburg, Audimax 25.04.     Wien, Konzerthaus 26.04.     Linz, Brucknerhaus 27.04.     Nürnberg, Meistersingerhalle 28.04.     Kassel, Stadthalle 29.04.     Berlin, ICC 30.04.     Münster, Halle Münsterland 01.05. 07.05.     Düsseldorf, Philipshalle 05.05.     Hamburg, CCH 06.05.     Hannover, Kuppelsaal 07.05. [?]     Bremerhaven, Stadthalle 08.05.     Braunschweig, Stadthalle 09.05.     Kiel, Im Schloss source: Posters and tickets depicted below UK? France? The Netherlands/Belgium? Scandinavia?

participating artists:

Louisiana Red, voc, g, dobro
Willie Mabon, voc, p
Hubert Sumlin, voc, g
Eddie Taylor, voc, g
Joseph "Washboard Doc", washboard
Cab Lucky, g, voc
John "Flash" Whitner, voc, washtub b, humazoo
Eunice Davis, voc
Sunnyland Slim, voc, p
Carey Bell, voc, hca
Robert Stroger, b
Odie Payne, dr

1980 AFBF ensemble
(in the background:) Washboard Doc, Eunice Davis, Eddie Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Carey Bell, Cab Lucky
(in the foreground:) Sunnyland Slim, Willie Mabon, "Flash", Robert Stroger, Odie Payne
source: Back cover of L+R LP 42.013; photographer: Most likely Norbert Hess

American Folk Blues Festival '80 L+R DLP 42.013 (Germany 1980) Optimism CD LR CD-2013 (US 1991) Bellaphon / L+R CD CDLS 42013 (Germany 1998) Bellaphon / L+R CD CDLR 726123 (EU 2002) LP 1: Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman #   @ Spotify - I Wonder Who #   @ Spotify - Lonesome Train #   @ Spotify - Tribute To Mama Spivey # °°   @ youtube Willie Mabon - Mabon's Boogie *   @ Spotify - I Don't Know *   @ Spotify Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Shake, Rattle And Roll ||   @ Spotify Eunice Davis - Rock Little Daddy []   @ Spotify Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Flip, Flop And Fly || [Saarbrücken]   @ Spotify Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Gamblin' Woman //   @ Spotify - I Got A Little Thing They Call The Swing // [Saarbrücken]   @ Spotify LP 2: Carey Bell - One Day I Get Lucky \\   @ Spotify - Nineteen Years Old \\   @ Spotify - What My Mama Told Me \\   @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinking §   @ Spotify Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie §   @ Spotify Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom $ [Saarbrücken]   @ Spotify - There'll Be A Day $   @ Spotify Louisiana Red - Labour Blues ##   @ Spotify - Thirty Dirty Women # °°   @ youtube °° not on CD releases rec. April 20 in Saarbrücken, April 22 in Mannheim, May 5 in Hamburg and May 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany # Louisiana Red, voc, g * Willie Mabon, voc, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr || Joseph "Washboard Doc", washboard; Cab Lucky, g, voc; John "Flash" Whitner, washtub b, humazoo, voc; Louisiana Red, dobro [] Eunice Davis, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p // Hubert Sumlin, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Eddie Taylor, g \\ Carey Bell, voc, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr § Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr $ Eddie Taylor, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr ## Louisiana Red, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr photos by Ulla Reimer, Gerd Scheffler and Norbert Hess gatefold DLP notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.013 (Germany 1980) (=) Optimism LR CD-2013 (US 1991) Optimism LRC-2013 (cassette) notes by Ulfert Goeman (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42013 (Germany 1998) 4 CD set (67 tracks, 292:31) notes by Horst Lippmann, Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Ulfert Goemann, Claus Groh   (=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 726123 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1970/1972/1980/1981" L+R Records discography Willie Mabon discography Hubert Sumlin discography

 

American Folk Blues Festival '80 Youtube Video (audio only!) Louisiana Red - Introduction - New York Blues (0:30) - I Wonder Who (3:50) - I'm In Trouble (6:10) - Smoke Marijuana (10:00) Willie Mabon - Introduction (12:10) - Hey Girl (13:35) - Little Red Rooster (18:50) - I'm Mad (26:20) - Moanin' Blues (31:05) - Shake That Thing (38:00) - Mabon's Boogie (42:40) Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash with Louisiana Red - Introduction (45:00) - Goin' Louisiana (46:30) - Driftin' Blues (50:20) - Pretty Mama (53:30)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Flip, Flop & Fly (omitted, on L+R 42.013) Eunice Davis with Sunnyland Slim & Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Introduction (56:30) - Girlish Days (57:40)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Detroit Mama (1:02:00)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Rock Little Daddy (1:05:40) Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Eddie Taylor - Introduction (1:08:45) - Gamblin' Woman (1:09:20)   @ youtube (live footage!) - My Baby's Fine (1:12:55) - Little Girl (1:16:35)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Got A Little Thing They Call It Swing (omitted, on L+R 42.013) Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Eddie Taylor with Robert Stroger & Odie Payne - Introduction (1:21:30) - One Day I Get Lucky (1:22:25) - Hoochie Coochie Man (1:28:20) - What My Mama Told Me (1:33:00) The combined Blues Bands of Sunnyland Slim & Eddie Taylor - Introduction (1:38:10) - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie (1:38:35) - Got To Get To My Baby (1:43:15) - My Baby Drinks Wine (actually "She's Got A Thing Goin' On") (1:46:10) The combined Blues Bands of Sunnyland Slim & Eddie Taylor - Announcement (1:50:10) - Dust My Broom (omitted, on L+R 42.013) - My Baby Is Going Away ("When My Baby Walked Away"?) (1:50:35) - Big Boss Man (1:54:30) Robert Stroger & Odie Payne - Introduction (1:58:20) - How Do You Do (2:00:00) - Odie Payne's Blues Drum Special (2:03:35) Louisiana Red & Sunnyland Slim's Band - Introduction (2:23:40) - Everyday I Have The Blues (2:24:10) - Sweet Home Chicago (2:25:40) rec. April 20, 1980 at Kongresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany

American Folk Blues Festival '80 Youtube Videos (live footage!) - One Day (Carey Bell) - Little Red Rooster (Willie Mabon) - I'm Mad (Willie Mabon) - Tell Me Pretty Woman (Washboard Doc) - Didn't Know Better (Eunice Davis) - Ain't Got A Dime To My Name (Eunice Davis) - Gamblin' Woman (Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Carey Bell) - I've Been So Nice To You (Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, Carey Bell) - What Do The Poor Boy Do (Carey Bell) - New York City (Lousiana Red) - Ma Spivey (Louisiana Red) - Please Mr. Carter (Louisiana Red) - She's Got A Thing Going On (Sunnyland Slim) - Finale (Complete line-up) Ein Film von Hans-Jürgen Kliebenstein; Running time: 58 min. approx. Willie Mabon - I'm Mad   @ youtube Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash with Louisiana Red - Pretty Mama   @ youtube Eunice Davis with Sunnyland Slim & Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Girlish Days   @ youtube - Detroit Mama   @ youtube Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Eddie Taylor - Gamblin' Woman   @ youtube - Little Girl   @ youtube Carey Bell - One Day I Get Lucky   @ youtube rec. ?? at ??, Germany

 
1981
 

tour schedule 1981 5.3.     Berlin 6.3.     Münster 7.3.     Hannover 8.3.     Hamburg 9.3.     Düsseldorf 10.3.     Kamen, Konzertaula (rec. L+R 42.022) 11.3.     Frankfurt a.M. 12.3.     Stuttgart 13.3.     Zürich, Switzerland 14.3.     München 15.3.     Wien, Austria 16.3.     Erlangen 17.3.     Siegen, Siegerlandhalle (rec. L+R 42.022) 18.3.     Würzburg 19.3.     Freiburg Advertisement on back cover of Blues Forum Nr. 2/1981

participating artists:

John Cephas, voc, g
Phil Wiggins, voc, hca
Sunnyland Slim, voc, p
Margie Evans, voc
Carey Bell, voc, hca
Lurrie Bell, voc, g
Louisiana Red, voc, g
Hubert Sumlin, voc, g
Bob Stroger, b
Odie Payne, dr

 
1982
 

tour schedule 1982 5.11.     Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Halle 6.11.     Frankfurt/Oder, GDR, Philip-Emanuel-Bach-Saal 7.11.     Wien, Austria, Konzerthaus 8.11.     Belin (West), Hochschule der Künste 9.11.     Hannover 10.11.     Hamburg, Markthalle 11.11.     Kamen, Konzertaula 13.11.     Kleve, Stadthalle 14.11.     Köln, Sartory Säle 15.11.     Frankfurt a.M., Palmengarten (rec. L+R 42.052) 16.11.     München, Zirkus Krone 17.11.     Gießen, Kongreßhalle 18.11.     Frankfurt a.M., Palmengarten 19.11.     Würzburg, Music Hall 21.11.     Zürich, Switzerland, Volkshaus 22.11.     Stuttgart, Beethovensaal 23.11.     Heidelberg, Stadthalle 24.11.     Siegen, Siegerlandhalle (rec. L+R 42.052; T.V. Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR) 25.11.     Helsinki, Finland, House of Culture 26.11.     Stockholm, Sweden, Draken source: Inner gatefold of L+R 50.001

participating artists:

James "Son" Thomas, voc, g
Archie Edwards, voc, g
John Cephas, voc, g
Phil Wiggins, voc, hca
Lurrie Bell, voc, g
Billy Branch, voc, hca
Carey Bell, voc, hca
Margie Evans, voc
Elisha Murray, g
J.W. Williams, b, voc
Mose Rutues Jr., dr

James 'Son' Thomas
- Cairo Blues
Archie Edwards
- The Road Is Rough And Rocky
Bowling Green & John Cephas
- Bye Bye Baby
Carey Bell & Billy Brach
- Tribute To Big Walter

Lurrie Bell & Billy Brach
- The Train I Ride
Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band
- Goin' On Main Street
Margie Evans, Cash McCall et al.
- Mistreated Woman

tracks from other L+R LPs, unissued tracks, and demo recordings

gatefold LP

L+R 50.001 (Germany 1982)

LP 1:
James "Son" Thomas
- Beefsteak Blues ^   @ youtube
- Catfish Blues ^   @ youtube
Archie Edwards
- How Long Blues ^   @ youtube
- That Won't Do ^   @ youtube
- Take Me Back Baby ^   @ youtube
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Big Boss Man ^   @ youtube

Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Burn Your Bridges   @ youtube
- Worried Man Blues °°
Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Detroit, Michigan   @ youtube
- Tribute To Little Walter   @ youtube


LP 2:
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Running And Hiding   @ youtube
James "Son" Thomas
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl   @ youtube
- Standing At The Crossroads (4:50) °° [L+R 42.048, P-Vine PCD-2179]   @ youtube
- Stormy Monday Blues   @ youtube
Carey Bell
- Goin' On Main Street   @ youtube

Carey Bell
- Blues Harp By Three ^   @ youtube
Margie Evans
- That Dirty Black Rat   @ youtube
- Sometimes I'll Be Gone   @ youtube
- Bye Bye Baby ^   @ youtube

°° not on CDLS 42052

rec. November 15, 1982 at Palmengarten, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
^ rec. November 24, 1982 at Siegerlandhalle, Siegen, Germany
photos by Axel Küstner

gatefold DLP
notes by Siegfried A. Christmann

L+R 42.052 (Germany 1983)

notes by Siegfried A. Christmann & Horst Lippmann

(=) Bellaphon/L+R CDLS 42052 (Germany 1991)

3-CD-Box

(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726024 (Germany 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home (6:53)
Margie Evans & Carey Bell
- Oh Lawdy Lord (5:25) [= It Hurts Me Too]
Harmonica Phil Wiggins, Carey Bell, Billy Branch
- Tribute To Little Walter (7:28)   @ youtube
James 'Son' Thomas
- Catfish Blues (3:27)

Chicago's Young Blues Generation & J. W. Williams
- Sweet Little Angel (4:55)
Archie Edwards
- The Road Is Rough And Rocky (3:28)
Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell
- Easy To Love (8:18)
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Last Fair Deal (4:27)   @ youtube

rec. November 6, 1982 at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt/Oder, GDR; prod by Horst Jurczok of Berliner Rundfunk, Redaktion: Jürgen Lahrtz
photos by Otto Sill

notes by Herbert Flügge

Amiga 8 56 016 (GDR 1982)

- Never Make Your Move Too Soon *
- Did You Ever Love A Woman #
- Eyesight To The Blind #

- Sweet Little Angel *
- My Kind Of Woman []
- Reconsider Baby *

# rec. November 6, 1982 at Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Konzerthalle in Frankfurt/ Oder, GDR; prod by Walter Bartel of Berliner Rundfunk for DT 64 Youth Concert, directed by Reinhard Wolter
* rec. November 15, 1982 at Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, FRG
[] rec. November 27, 1982 at Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Lurrie Bell, el g, voc; Billy Branch, hca, voc; Elisha Murray, el g; J. W. Williams, el b, voc; Mose Rutues, dr

notes by Horst Lippmann

L+R 42.053 (Germany 1983)

L+R CD 42.053 (Germany 199?)

 
1983
 

tour schedule 1983 27.10.     Mannheim, Capitol 28.10.     Stuttgart, Liederhalle 29.10.     Tübingen, Mensa Morgenstelle 30.10.     Frankfurt a.M., Volksbildungsheim (rec. L+R 42.063) 31.10.     Basel, Stadtcasino 01.11.     Zürich, Volkshaus 02.11.     Mainz, Elzer Hof 03.11.     Bochum, Zeche (rec. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)) 04.11.     Hannover, Leine Domizil 05.11.     Hamburg, Markthalle 06.11.     Berlin (West), Quartier Latin 07.11.     Berlin (West), Quartier Latin 09.11.     Kiel, Räucherei 10.11.     Hannover, Leine Domizil 11.11.     Würzburg, Music Hall 12.11.     München, Zirkus Krone 13.11.     Nürnberg, Klein Meistersingerhalle 14.11.     Dresden (GDR), Kulturpalast 15.11.     Kamen, Aula 16.11.     Kleve, Stadthalle 17.11.     Münster, Jovel Cinema 18.11.     Amsterdam, Paradiso source: L+R 50.002

participating artists:

James 'Sparky' Rucker, voc, g
Larry Johnson, voc, g
Louisiana Red, voc, g
Lonnie Pitchford, voc, g, b
Carey Bell, voc, hca
Lovie Lee, voc, p
Jimmy Rogers, voc, g
Queen Sylvia Embry, voc, b
Charles 'Honey Boy' Otis, voc, dr

1983 AFBF ensemble; Munich, Germany, Circus Krone, November 12, 1983
(l to r): Jimmy Rogers, Lonnie Pitchford, Lovie Lee, Queen Sylvia, Sparky Rucker,
Louisiana Red, Charles 'Honey Boy' Otis; (front): Larry Johnson, Carey Bell
source: Blues Forum 12 (1983), p. 27; photographer: Norbert Hess

 
1985
 

tour schedule 1985 12.10.     Oberlahnstein, SWF Hörfunk 13.10.     Stuttgart, Theaterhaus 14.10.     München, Circus Krone-Bau 15.10.     Erlangen, Stadthalle 17.10.     Bochum, Zeche 18.10.     Kleve, Stadthalle 19.10.     Hamburg, Markthalle 20.10.     Osnabrück, Stadthalle 21.10.     Hannover, Ballroom Blitz 22.10.     Frankfurt, Volksbildungsheim (rec. L+R 42.065) 23.10.     Mannheim, Capitol (rec. L+R 42.065) 24.10.     Köln, Alter Wartesaal, Hbf 25.10.     Berlin (West), Quartier Latin 27.10.     Berlin (GDR), Metropoltheater 28.10.     Karlsruhe, Konzerthaus 29.10.     Freiburg, Paulussaal 30.10.     Zürich, Volkshaus 31.10.     Basel-Muttenz, Kongresszentrum Hotel Mittenza

participating artists:

James Sparky Rucker, voc, g
Cash Mc Call, voc, g
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, voc, as
Blind Joe Hill, voc, g, hca, dr
The Young Blues Thrillers:
- Rickey Grundy, voc, p
- Al Keith, b, voc, announcement
- Lance Lee, dr
James "Son" Thomas, voc, g
Margie Evans, voc

 

L+R 50.003 (Germany 1985) = Bellaphon CDLR 711426 (Germany 2008) American Folk Blues Festival '85 James Sparky Rucker - Babylon Blues [L+R 42.062]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Here Rattler Here [L+R 42.063]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Cash Mc Call - No More Doggin' [L+R 42.058]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Mr. Cleanhead's Blues [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Kidney Stew [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Blind Joe Hill - Big Boss Man # [unissued track from L+R 42.059 session]   @ youtube   @ Spotify - I'm Travellin' # [L+R 42.059]   @ youtube   @ Spotify The Young Blues Thrillers - Blues Thriller's Funk [unissued track from demo recording]   @ youtube   @ Spotify James "Son" Thomas - Standing At The Crossroads [L+R 42.048]   @ youtube   @ Spotify Margie Evans - Chilly Waters [L+R 42.060]   @ youtube   @ Spotify "from other L+R LPs, unissued tracks, and demo recordings" # rec. March 27, 1983 at In House Recording, North Hollywood, CA; Blind Joe Hill, voc, hca, g, dr; prod. by Horst Lippmann and Margie Evans Sparky Rucker and James "Son" Thomas photos by Axel Küstner, all others by courtesy of the artists gatefold LP with a 4-pp. booklet by Horst Lippmann L+R 50.003 (Germany 1985) notes (1985) by Horst Lippmann = Bellaphon CDLR 711426 (Germany 2008) Blind Joe Hill discography James "Son" Thomas discography

L+R 42.065 (Germany 1986) The American Folk Blues Festival Live '85 James "Sparky" Rucker - Walkin' Blues   @ Spotify Blind Joe Hill - Fanny Mae   @ Spotify Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - I Can't Quit You Baby   @ Spotify James "Son" Thomas - Smokey Mountain Blues   @ Spotify Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Young Blues Thrillers - Hold It Right There   @ Spotify Young Blues Thrillers - From Boogie To Funk   @ Spotify - Gettin' Closer   @ Spotify - Young Blues Thrillers' Theme   @ Spotify Margie Evans, Cash McCall & Young Blues Thrillers - Two Lovers In One   @ Spotify rec. October 22, 1985, Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt a. M., and October. 23, 1985, Capitol, Mannheim notes by Horst Lippmann L+R LR 42.065 (Germany 1986) notes by Horst Lippmann = Optimism LR CD-2065 (US 1990?) notes by Horst Lippmann = L+R CDLR 42065 (Germany 1992) 4 CD set; notes by Siegfried A. Christmann (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726024 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985"

 

 

 

 

Evidence // L+R / Bellaphon compilations

 

American Folk Blues Festival '62 - '65 Evidence 5 CD set 26200 (US 1995)   Disc 1:   American Folk Blues Festival '62 - Rockin' The House (Memphis Slim) - I Wanna See My Baby (T-Bone Walker) - I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker) - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby (Sonny Terry) - Stewball (Memphis Slim) - Let's Make It (John Lee Hooker) - Shake It Baby (John Lee Hooker) - Night Time Is The Right Time (John Lee Hooker) - Ah 'w Baby (Shakey Jake) - Love My Baby (Shakey Jake Harris) - Crying At The Station (Brownie McGhee) - Wee Baby Blues (Memphis Slim)   Disc 2:   American Folk Blues Festival '63   Part 1 - The Blues Is Everywhere (Memphis Slim) * - John Henry (Memphis Slim) * - Wish Me Well (Memphis Slim) - Memphis Boogie (Memphis Slim) (previously unreleased) * - My Captain (Muddy Waters) (previously unreleased) * - Catfish Blues (Muddy Waters) * - Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters) * - My Home Is In The Delta (Muddy Waters) * - Five Long Years (Muddy Waters) - That's All I Want Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson) (previously unreleased) * - Don't Misuse Me (Sonny Boy Williamson) * - I Don't Know (Sonny Boy Williamson) - I'm Gettin' Tired (Sonny Boy Williamson) * - Goin' Down Slow (Otis Spann) - Sunny Boy's Harmonica Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson)   Disc 3:   American Folk Blues Festival '63   Part 2 - Goin' Down Slow-Alternate Take (Otis Spann) * - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (Willie Dixon) - Grant Spivey (Victoria Spivey) - T.B. Blues (Victoria Spivey) * - Big Roll Blues (Big Joe Williams) * - Back In The Bottom Blues (Big Joe Williams) * - I Have No Friends (Big Joe Williams) - Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) * - Careless Love (Lonnie Johnson) * - C.C. Rider (Lonnie Johnson) (previously unreleased) * - It's Too Late To Cry (Lonnie Johnson) - Matt's Guitar Boogie (Matt 'Guitar' Murphy) - Bye Bye Blues (Memphis Slim)   Disc 4:   American Folk Blues Festival '64 - I'm Trying To Make London My Home (Sonny Boy Williamson) - Dissatisfied (Sonny Boy Williamson) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (Sunnyland Slim) - Ain't It A Pity (Lightnin' Hopkins) - Baby Please Don't Go (Lightnin' Hopkins) - I'm A Tearing Little Daddy (Sleepy John Estes) - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton (John Henry Barbee) - No Title Boogie (Hubert Sumlin) - Slip-In Mules (Sugar Pie DeSanto) - Dust My Broom (Howlin' Wolf) - I Got To Cut Out (Sonny Boy Williamson) * - Weak Brain And Narrow Mind (Willie Dixon) * - Big Legged Woman (Willie Dixon) * - Your Best Friend's Gone (Sleepy John Estes) * - Baby What You Want Me To Do (Sugar Pie DeSanto) *   Disc 5:   American Folk Blues Festival '65 - Highway 61 (Mississippi Fred McDowell) - Slow Down Woman (J.B. Lenoir / Big Walter "Shakey" Horton) - Blues Harp Shuffle (Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton) * - Christine (Big Walter "Shakey" Horton) - Come On Back Home (Roosevelt Sykes) - Five Long Years (Eddie Boyd) - The Big Question (Eddie Boyd) - Rosa Lee (Jimmie Lee Robinson) - King Of The World (John Lee Hooker) - Della Mae (John Lee Hooker) - First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy Guy) - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton) (alternate take previously unreleased) - My Black Name Is Ringing (Doctor Ross) - Della Mae-Alternate Take (John Lee Hooker) * - Hound Dog-Alternate Take (Big Mama Thornton) * - South Side Jump (Buddy Guy) * - If I Get Lucky (J.B. Lenoir) * - Got A Letter This Morning (Mississippi Fred McDowell) * - Sail On (Roosevelt Sykes) - Farewell Baby (Doctor Ross) * * bonus tracks

American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65: Highlights Evidence CD 26087 (US 1997) - Highway 61 (Mississippi Fred McDowell) - Baby Please Don't Go (Lightnin' Hopkins) - Della Mae (John Lee Hooker) - Wish Me Well (Memphis Slim) - Five Long Years (Muddy Waters) - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton) - Dust My Broom (Howlin' Wolf) - I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker) - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (Sunnyland Slim) - First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy) - Slip-In Mules (Sugar Pie DeSanto) - Love My Baby (Shakey Jake) - Five Long Years (Eddie Boyd) - Dissatisfied (Sonny Boy Williamson) - Goin' Down Slow (Otis Spann) - Crying At The Station (Brownie McGhee) - Slow Down Woman (J.B.Lenoir)

The Very Best of American Folk Blues Festival '63-'85 Bellaphon CDLR 664128 (EU 2013) Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch (Chicago's Young Blues Generation) - The Train I Ride Margie Evans - Chilly Waters Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line John Lee Hooker - Della Mae Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale James "Sparky" Rucker - Crossroads Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin' Lightin Slim, Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues Blind Joe Hill (One-Man-Blues-Band) - Big Boss Man John Jackson - Poor Boy Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman Bukka White - World Boogie Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Last Fair Deal Muddy Waters - Five Long Years John Lee Hooker - King Of The World Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney - Grant Spivey James "Sparky" Rucker - Babylon Blues Margie Evans, Sunnyland Slim & Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band - Hound Dog

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1985 American Folk Blues Festival 1962/1963/1964 (Bellaphon CDLR 726321) 3-CD-Box, 34 Tracks, 133:54 American Folk Blues Festival 1965/1966/1967/1969 (Bellaphon CDLR 726222) 4-CD-Box, 45 Tracks, 165:59 American Folk Blues Festival 1970/1972/1980/1981 (Bellaphon CDLR 726123) 4-CD-Box, 67 Tracks, 292:31 American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985 (Bellaphon CDLR 726024) 3-CD-Box, 45 Tracks, 195:12

 

Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O CDs / DVDs

year	artists/titles / annotations
2003	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) Memphis Slim - The Blues Is Everywhere (1962) T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - My Younger Days (1963) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down To The River (1965) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin' (1964) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) foreword by Bill Wyman notes by Ray Manzarek, Richard Havers & Rob Bowman Hip-O CD B0001030-02
2003	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 T-Bone Walker - Call Me When You Need Me (1962) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' Blues (1962) Memphis Slim - The Blues is Everywhere (1962) Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (1966) Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry (1963) Sippie Wallace - Women Be Wise (1966) John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues (1965) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965) Walter "Shakey" Horton (1965) Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1966) Big Joe Williams - Mean Stepfather (1963) Mississippi Fred McDowell - Going Down to the River (1965) Willie Dixon - Weak Brain and Narrow Mind (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Nine Below Zero (1963) Otis Spann - Spann's Blues (1963) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) Finale: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon - Bye Bye Blues (1963) bonus track: Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) "All material originally produced and broadcast as part of the series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk." prod. by David Peck & Jon Kanis, Janie Hendrix & John McDermott 20-pp. booklet with historical notes by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000750-09
2004	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Skip James - All Night Long (1967) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial (1963) Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly (1966) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Bukka White - Got Sick And Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About You (1967) Koko Taylor & Little Walter - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You / Off The Hook (1969) Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) entire ensemble - Bye Bye Blues (1963) notes by Rob Bowman Hip-O CD B0003224-02
2004	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Two Sonny Boy Williamson II - Bye Bye Bird (1964)@ youtube (full album) Sonny Boy Williamson II - My Younger Days (1964) Sunnyland Slim - Come On Home Baby (1964) Willie Dixon - Nervous (1962) Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (1964) Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1963) Memphis Slim - Everyday I Have The Blues (1963) T-Bone Walker - Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong (1962) Roosevelt Sykes - Tall Heavy Mama (1966) Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (1963) Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Murphy's Boogie (1963) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1962) Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me (1964) Howlin' Wolf - I'll Be Back Someday (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Love Me Darlin (1964) Big Mama Thornton - Down Home Shakedown (1965) bonus tracks: Magic Sam - All Your Love (1969) Magic Sam - Magic Sam's Boogie (1969) - photo gallery 24-pp. booklet with an essay by Rob Bowman Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0000751-09
2004	The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969   Volume Three Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)@ youtube (full album) Roosevelt Sykes - Gulfport Boogie (1965) Buddy Guy - Out Of Sight (1965) Dr. Isaiah Ross - Feel So Good (1965) Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly (1966) Skip James - All Night Long (1967) Skip James - Crow Jane (1967) Bukka White - Got Sick & Tired (1967) Son House - Death Letter Blues (1967) Hound Dog Taylor - Wild About You (1967) Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Burnt Child (Afraid Of Fire) (1967) Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Gonna Move Across The River (1967) Helen Humes - The Blues Ain't Nothing' But A Women (1962) bonus tracks: Earl Hooker - Earl's Boogie (1969) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (1968) Muddy Waters - I Got My Mojo Working (1968) Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD B0002937-09
2007	The American Folk-Blues Festival - The British Tours 1963-1966   (Volume Four) Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep It To Yourself (1963)   @ youtube@ dailymotion (full DVD) Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1963) Lonnie Johnson - Too Late To Cry (1963) Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (1963) Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird (1964) Sonny Boy Williamson - Getting Out Of Town (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Come Go With Me (1964) Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Blues (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Baby What You Want Me To Do (1964) Sugar Pie DeSanto - Rock Me Baby (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1964) Howlin' Wolf - Don't Laugh At Me (1964) Big Joe Turner - Oh Well, Oh Well (1966) Junior Wells - What'd Say (1966) bonus tracks: Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (1964) °° Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain (1964) °° Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Trouble In Mind (1964) °° rec. October 22, 1963 at Studio Six, Granada Studios, Manchester, UK rec. October 22, 1964 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, UK rec. September 30, 1966 at Granada TV Centre in Manchester, UK °° rec. May 7, 1964 at the disused Wilbraham Road railway station in Manchester, UK (calling it "Chorltonville"), Blues & Gospel Train tv special (Granada TV) essay by Mike Rowe Reelin' in the Years / Hip-O DVD 0008353-09 (US 2007) = Mercury/Universal 1732540 (EU 2007)

 

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