January 5, 2022

American Folk Blues Festival 1964

Fontana – TL5225
Fontana – TL5225

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1964
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 I'm Trying To Make London My Home: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:00)
A2 Dissatisfied: Sonny Boy Williamson (4:12)
A3 Everytime I Get To Drinkin': Sunnyland Slim (3:54)
A4 Ain't It A Pity: Sam Lightnin' Hopkins (6:05)
A5 Baby Please Don't Go: Sam Lightnin' Hopkins (2:28)
B1 I'm A Tearing Little Daddy: Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon (1:58)
B2 Cotton Pickin' Blues: John Henry Barbee (3:53)
B3 No Title Boogie: Hubert Sumlin (3:50)
B4 Slip In Mules: Sugar Pie Desanto (2:48)
B5 Dust My Broom: Howlin' Wolf (5:48)
[Credits]
Producer: Siegfried E. Loch, Liner Notes: Fritz Rau and Horst Lippmann, Designer: Michel + Kieser, Engineer: Peter Kramper
[Notes]
The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe.

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