sat 12 dec 2020 16:00 hour
The earliest blues recordings
The American Folk Blues Festival
On 21 October 1966, The American Folk Blues Festival performed for the first time in The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, there are no recordings of this. In this episode, a reconstruction with two of the performers who performed there as well.
Sippie Wallace. Woman be wise
Trouble everywhere I roam
Lonesome hours blues
Special delivery blues
Murder gonna be my crime
Caldonia blues
Roosevelt Sykes. Big Ben
Boot that thing
Springfield blues
Henry Ford blues
I’m a dangerous man
True thing
Sippie Wallace. Gambler’s dream
You know how
Shorty George blues
Bedroom blues
I’m a mighty tight woman
Up the country blues
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