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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.

Host Narration

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.

32Tracks
26Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags

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.

SeriesCommunity
Tagsfolk festivalblues revivalacoustic blueslive performance1960s
Genrestraditional bluesblueschicago bluesacoustic bluescountry blues
Tracklist
OrderTrackArtistSegmentBridgeStory
1Baby, Please Come HomeMemphis Slim,Michel Denis1-
2Boot That ThingRoosevelt Sykes1-
3Blues Before SunriseChampion Jack Dupree,Willie Dixon,Clifton James1-
4Walk OnSonny Terry,Brownie McGhee,Champion Jack Dupree,Willie Dixon,Clifton James1-
5T. B. BluesVictoria Spivey1-
7You Got Me RunningSugar Pie DeSanto1Yes-
8Bye Bye BluesSonny Boy Williamson II,Willie Dixon,Muddy Waters,Memphis Slim,Otis Spann,Joe Williams2Yes-
9C.C. Rider (Live)Lonnie Johnson2-
11Wish Me WellMemphis Slim2-
12Going Down Slow (Had My Fun) [Live]Otis Spann2-
13Sail OnRoosevelt Sykes2-
14Death Letter BluesSon House2YesStory
15I Don't KnowSonny Boy Williamson II3Yes-
16Got a Letter This MorningMississippi Fred McDowell3-
17Baby Please Don't Go (Live)Big Joe Williams3-
20Chicago BoundJimmy Rogers,Whispering Smith,W.D. Kent,Billy Davenport3-
21I'll Be Back SomedayHowlin' Wolf3-
22Only a ShadowThe Cleaners From Venus3Yes-
23NervousWillie Dixon4Yes-
24Wild About YouHound Dog Taylor,Little Walter4-
25Five Long YearsMuddy Waters4-
26Wang Dang DoodleKoko Taylor4Story
27Long Distance CallMuddy Waters4Story
28Blue and LonesomeBilly Boy Arnold4-
29Running ShoesJuke Boy Bonner4-
30Easy BabyMagic Sam,Mack Thompson,Robert St. Julien4-
31All Your LoveMagic Sam4YesStory
32LouiseBig Joe Williams5Yes-
Another Night To Cry - American Folk Blues Festival VersionLonnie Johnson-
Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - American Folk Blues Festival VersionT-Bone Walker-
Going Down To The River - American Folk Blues Festival VersionMississippi Fred McDowell-
Rollin' And Tumblin'Big Joe Williams-