American Folk Blues Festival ’64

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 (Wikipedia). Tracks 0:00 Sonny Boy Williamson II - I’m Trying to Make London My Home 4:30 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Dissatisfied 8:54 Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get to Drinkin’ 13:16 Sam ’’Lightnin’’ Hopkins - Ain’t It a Pity 20:04 Sam ’’Lightnin’’ Hopkins - Baby Please Don’t Go 22:58 Sleepy John Estes - I’m a Tearing Little Daddy 25:10 John Henry Barbee - Cotton Pickin’ Blues 29:21 Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie 33:25 Sugar