Show 36: The American Folk Blues Festival in Europe
This show sits in the revival world where collectors, college audiences, and rediscovered players all crossed paths. It documents how the festival circuit helped preserve old voices while also reframing them for a new, mostly younger audience.
We closed out the half hour of American Folk Blues Festival her original recordings with two tracks by Victoria Spivey, it was TB Blues followed by a song about her father Spever Sugar Pie DeSanto, and, last, was sugar pie the Oakland legend Sugar Pie DeSanto, who still performs today 40 years later.
This show sits in the revival world where collectors, college audiences, and rediscovered players all crossed paths. It documents how the festival circuit helped preserve old voices while also reframing them for a new, mostly younger audience.
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baby, Please Come Home | Memphis Slim,Michel Denis | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Boot That Thing | Roosevelt Sykes | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Blues Before Sunrise | Champion Jack Dupree,Willie Dixon,Clifton James | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Walk On | Sonny Terry,Brownie McGhee,Champion Jack Dupree,Willie Dixon,Clifton James | 1 | - | |
| 5 | T. B. Blues | Victoria Spivey | 1 | - | |
| 7 | You Got Me Running | Sugar Pie DeSanto | 1 | Yes | - |
| 8 | Bye Bye Blues | Sonny Boy Williamson II,Willie Dixon,Muddy Waters,Memphis Slim,Otis Spann,Joe Williams | 2 | Yes | - |
| 9 | C.C. Rider (Live) | Lonnie Johnson | 2 | - | |
| 11 | Wish Me Well | Memphis Slim | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Going Down Slow (Had My Fun) [Live] | Otis Spann | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Sail On | Roosevelt Sykes | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Death Letter Blues | Son House | 2 | Yes | Story |
| 15 | I Don't Know | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 3 | Yes | - |
| 16 | Got a Letter This Morning | Mississippi Fred McDowell | 3 | - | |
| 17 | Baby Please Don't Go (Live) | Big Joe Williams | 3 | - | |
| 20 | Chicago Bound | Jimmy Rogers,Whispering Smith,W.D. Kent,Billy Davenport | 3 | - | |
| 21 | I'll Be Back Someday | Howlin' Wolf | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Only a Shadow | The Cleaners From Venus | 3 | Yes | - |
| 23 | Nervous | Willie Dixon | 4 | Yes | - |
| 24 | Wild About You | Hound Dog Taylor,Little Walter | 4 | - | |
| 25 | Five Long Years | Muddy Waters | 4 | - | |
| 26 | Wang Dang Doodle | Koko Taylor | 4 | Story | |
| 27 | Long Distance Call | Muddy Waters | 4 | Story | |
| 28 | Blue and Lonesome | Billy Boy Arnold | 4 | - | |
| 29 | Running Shoes | Juke Boy Bonner | 4 | - | |
| 30 | Easy Baby | Magic Sam,Mack Thompson,Robert St. Julien | 4 | - | |
| 31 | All Your Love | Magic Sam | 4 | Yes | Story |
| 32 | Louise | Big Joe Williams | 5 | Yes | - |
| Another Night To Cry - American Folk Blues Festival Version | Lonnie Johnson | - | |||
| Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - American Folk Blues Festival Version | T-Bone Walker | - | |||
| Going Down To The River - American Folk Blues Festival Version | Mississippi Fred McDowell | - | |||
| Rollin' And Tumblin' | Big Joe Williams | - |