A Rare Collection Of Performances By America’s Premiere Bluesmen At The Peak Of Their Artistry.
Reelin’ In The Years Productions, in association with Experience Hendrix, bring you the American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volumes One & Two. The AFBF was an annual event that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across western Europe every fall from 1962 through 1966. Recorded live in a small TV studio in Germany, these historic and unseen performances have been lost for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, each DVD contains 18 complete performances from the greatest blues musicians of all time. Captured during their heyday in an era of scant video documentation, these DVDs are truly one of the most unique and precious visual documents of the blues.
The American Folk Blues Festivals featured a dazzling array of talent that included such greats as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson playing alongside other legends such as T-Bone Walker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Memphis Slim and Big Mama Thornton to create the most significant group of blues artists ever assembled!
16 Tracks.
Highlights of Volume Two include:
These unbelievable performances by the legendary Howlin’ Wolf backed by Willie Dixon on bass from 1964.
Blues innovator T-Bone Walker’s earliest known performance on film from the 1962 festival.
Grand finale harmonica-jam from 1965 featuring John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton and an all-star cast trading solos on “Down Home Shakedown”.
Newly discovered photo archive. Foreword by Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones).
Two bonus tracks from Magic Sam in 1969 “All Your Love” and “Magic Sam’s Boogie”.
Includes a 24-page booklet with an essay by Rob Bowman.
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (PCM Stereo)
Songs: Bye Bye Bird, My Younger Days (Sonny Boy Williamson), Come On Home Baby (Sunnyland Slim), Nervous (Willie Dixon), Mojo Hand (Lightnin' Hopkins), Black Snake Blues (Victoria Spivey), Everyday I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim), Don't Throw Your Love on Me so Strong (T-Bone Walker), Tall Heavy Mama (Roosevelt Sykes), Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues (Willie Dixon), Murphy's Boogie (Matt "Guitar" Murphy), Stranger Blues (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee), Shake for Me, I'll Be Back Someday, Love Me Darlin (Howlin' Wolf), Down Home Shakedown (Big Mama Thornton)