Dans le revival blues des 60's, 2 allemands considérant que les européens méconnaissaient le genre, organise un festival annuel itinérant; c'est l'American Folk Blues Festival qui réunira en France, Allemagne, Grande Bretagne, Suisse, Autriche les plus grands noms du genre.
Pour ceux qui ne savent pas quoi choisir dans les multiples compil '...sing the blues', '...best of the blues' etc... Je vous recommande vivement ces albums live qui ont été enregistré entre 62 et 67... Il existe aussi depuis peu une édition DVD
La Set List: (pour les intéressés > mp)
Tracks:
Disc1:
--1: Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
--2: I Wanna See My Baby - T-Bone Walker
--3: I'm In Love - T-Bone Walker
--4: I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
--5: Stewball - Memphis Slim
--6: Let's Make It - John Lee Hooker
--7: Shake It Baby - John Lee Hooker
--8: Night Time Is The Right Time - John Lee Hooker
--9: Ah'w Baby - Shakey Jake
--10: Love My Baby - Shakey Jake
--11: Crying At The Station - Brownie McGhee
--12: Wee Baby Blues - Memphis Slim
Disc 2:
--1: Blues Is Everywhere, The - Memphis Slim (previously unreleased)
--2: John Henry - Memphis Slim (previously unreleased)
--3: Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
--4: Memphis Boogie - Memphis Slim (previously unreleased)
--5: My Captain - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased)
--6: Catfish Blues - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased)
--7: Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased)
--8: My Home Is In The Delta - Muddy Waters (previously unreleased)
--9: Five Long Years - Muddy Waters
--10: That's All I Want, Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson (previously unreleased)
--11: Don't Misuse Me - Sonny Boy Williamson (previously unreleased)
--12: I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson
--13: I'm Gettin' Tired - Sonny Boy Williamson (previously unreleased)
--14: Goin' Down Slow - Otis Spann/Sonny Boy Williamson
--15: Sonny Boy's Harmonica Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
Disc 3:
--1: Goin' Down Slow - Otis Spann (previously unreleased, alternate take)
--2: Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon
--3: Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon
--4: Grant Spivey - Victoria Spivey
--5: T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey (previously unreleased)
--6: Big Roll Blues - Big Joe Williams (previously unreleased)
--7: Back In The Bottom Blues - Big Joe Williams (previously unreleased)
--8: I Have No Friends - Big Joe Williams
--9: Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams (previously unreleased)
--10: Careless Love - Lonnie Johnson (previously unreleased)
--11: C.C. Rider - Lonnie Johnson (previously unreleased)
--12: It's Too Late To Cry - Lonnie Johnson
--13: Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matt "Guitar" Murphy
--14: Bye Bye Blues - Memphis Slim & Friends
Disc 4:
--1: I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
--2: Dissatisfied - Sonny Boy Williamson
--3: Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim
--4: Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins
--5: Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins
--6: I'm A Tearing Little Daddy - Sleepy John Estes
--7: I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton - John Henry Barbee
--8: No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin
--9: Slip-In Mules - Sugar Pie DeSanto
--10: Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf
--11: I Got To Cut Out - Sonny Boy Williamson (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--12: Weak Brain And Narrow Mind - Willie Dixon (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--13: Big Legged Woman - Willie Dixon (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--14: Your Best Friend's Gone - Sleepy John Estes (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--15: Baby What You Want Me To Do - Sugar Pie DeSanto (previously unreleased, bonus track)
Disc 5:
--1: Highway 61 - Mississippi Fred McDowell
--2: Slow Down Woman - J.B. Lenoir/Big Walter "Shakey" Horton
--3: Blues Harp Shuffle - Big Walter "Shakey" Horton (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--4: Christine - Big Walter "Shakey" Horton
--5: Come On Back Home - Roosevelt Sykes
--6: Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
--7: Big Question, The - Eddie Boyd
--8: Rosa Lee - Jimmie Lee Robinson
--9: King Of The World - John Lee Hooker
--10: Della Mae - John Lee Hooker
--11: First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
--12: Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
--13: My Black Name Is Ringing - Doctor Ross
--14: Della Mae - John Lee Hooker (previously unreleased, alternate take, bonus track)
--15: Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (previously unreleased, alternate take, bonus track)
--16: South Side Jump - Buddy Guy (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--17: If I Get Lucky - J.B. Lenoir (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--18: Got A Letter This Morning - Mississippi Fred McDowell (previously unreleased, bonus track)
--19: Sail On - Roosevelt Sykes (previously unreleased, bonus track)