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Historic
performances by the aristocracy of American Blues, unseen for forty
years and never before released, comprise the latest addition to
Experience Hendrix/Reelin’ In The Years Productions/Hip-O
Records’ The American Folk-Blues Festival DVD series. The
British Tours 1963-1966, to be released May 8, offers 18 complete
performances from some of the most iconic Blues artists of all time
including Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightinin’ Hopkins, Muddy
Waters, Junior Wells, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lonnie Johnson, Big Joe
Williams, Howlin’ Wolf, Big Joe Turner, plus Gospel great
Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
These performances were recorded live and
broadcast nationally in Britain and are known to have had a dramatic
impact on the rise of the British Blues movement and such bands
as the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Fleetwood
Mac, Savoy Brown, and many others. With superb camera work, fully
restored visuals and pristine audio, painstakingly transferred and
mastered by legendary recording engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix,
Led Zeppelin, Woodstock), The American Folk-Blues Festival: The
British Tours 1963-1966 is a document of the work of some of the
greatest Blues artist of all time, at the very peak of their powers.
Zeppelin’s Robert Plant recalled, “I
was at these shows in shabby provincial England in the mid-Sixties.
Those eerie voices from another world lit up my life leaving me
breathless, spooked, and inspired for a lifetime.” Bill Wyman
of the Rolling Stones commented, “Things would have been a
whole lot different in Britain without the American Folk-Blues Festivals;
they proved a rich legacy for musicians throughout Europe.”
With extensive notes by U.K. author and music
historian Mike Rowe who witnessed many of these performances first
hand, the set is remarkable time capsule that captures the artists
and music at its very best. Blues aficionados will be delighted
to note that musicians backing these headliners include are such
notables as Otis Spann, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Willie
Dixon, Hubert Sumlin, Sunnyland Slim, Clifton James, Bill Stepney,
Otis Rush, Little Brother Montgomery, Jack Myers, Fred Below, Cousin
Joe Pleasant.
Tracklist:
Sonny Boy Williamson - “Keep It To Yourself” (1963); Muddy
Waters - “Got My Mojo Working” (1963); Lonnie Johnson
- “Too Late To Cry” (1963); Sonny Boy Williamson - “Bye
Bye Bird” (1964); Sonny Boy Williamson - “Getting Out
of Town (1964); Lightnin’ Hopkins - “Come Go With Me”
(1964); Lightnin’ Hopkins - “Lightnin’s Blues”
(1964); Sugar Pie Desanto - “Baby What You Want Me To Do”
(1964); Howlin’ Wolf - “Smokestack Lightning” (1964);
Howlin’ Wolf - “Don’t Laugh At Me” (1964);
Big Joe Turner - “Oh Well, Oh Well” (1966); Junior Wells
- “What’d I Say” (1966); Muddy Waters - “You
Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had” (1964); Muddy
Waters - “Blow Wind Blow” (1964); Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- “Didn’t It Rain” (1964); and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- “Trouble In
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