The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. It introduced audiences in Europe, including the UK, to leading blues performers of the day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson, most of whom had never previously performed outside the US. The tours attracted substantial media coverage, including TV shows, and contributed to the growth of the audience for blues music in Europe.
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '62
01- Rockin' The House (Memphis Slim)
02- I Wanna See My Baby (T-Bone Walker)
03- I'm In Love (T-Bone Walker)
04- I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby (Sonny Terry)
05- Stewball (Memphis Slim)
06- Let's Make It (John Lee Hooker)
07- Shake It Baby (John Lee Hooker)
08- Night Time Is The Right Time (John Lee Hooker)
09- Ah 'w Baby (Shakey Jake)
10- Love My Baby (Shakey Jake Harris)
11- Crying At The Station (Brownie McGhee)
12- Wee Baby Blues (Memphis Slim)
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '63 (Part 1)
01- The Blues Is Everywhere (Memphis Slim) *
02- John Henry (Memphis Slim) *
03- Wish Me Well (Memphis Slim)
04- Memphis Boogie (Memphis Slim) (previously unreleased) *
05- My Captain (Muddy Waters) (previously unreleased) *
06- Catfish Blues (Muddy Waters) *
07- Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters) *
08- My Home Is In The Delta (Muddy Waters) *
09- 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) *
12- I Don't Know (Sonny Boy Williamson)
13- I'm Gettin' Tired (Sonny Boy Williamson) *
14- Goin' Down Slow (Otis Spann)
15- Sunny Boy's Harmonica Blues (Sonny Boy Williamson)* bonus tracks
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '63 (Part 2)
01- Goin' Down Slow-Alternate Take (Otis Spann) *
02- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (Willie Dixon)
03- Grant Spivey (Victoria Spivey)
04- T.B. Blues (Victoria Spivey) *
05- Big Roll Blues (Big Joe Williams) *
06- Back In The Bottom Blues (Big Joe Williams) *
07- I Have No Friends (Big Joe Williams)
08- Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) *
09- Careless Love (Lonnie Johnson) *
10- C.C. Rider (Lonnie Johnson) (previously unreleased) *
11- It's Too Late To Cry (Lonnie Johnson)
12- Matt's Guitar Boogie (Matt 'Guitar' Murphy)
13- Bye Bye Blues (Memphis Slim)* bonus tracks
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '64
01- I'm Trying To Make London My Home (Sonny Boy Williamson)
02- Dissatisfied (Sonny Boy Williamson)
03- Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (Sunnyland Slim)
04- Ain't It A Pity (Lightnin' Hopkins)
05- Baby Please Don't Go (Lightnin' Hopkins)
06- I'm A Tearing Little Daddy (Sleepy John Estes)
07- I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton (John Henry Barbee)
08- No Title Boogie (Hubert Sumlin)
09- Slip-In Mules (Sugar Pie DeSanto)
10- Dust My Broom (Howlin' Wolf)
11- I Got To Cut Out (Sonny Boy Williamson) *
12- Weak Brain And Narrow Mind (Willie Dixon) *
13- Big Legged Woman (Willie Dixon) *
14- Your Best Friend's Gone (Sleepy John Estes) *
15- Baby What You Want Me To Do (Sugar Pie DeSanto) ** bonus tracks
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '65
01- Highway 61 (Mississippi Fred McDowell)
02- Slow Down Woman (J.B. Lenoir / Big Walter "Shakey" Horton)
03- Blues Harp Shuffle (Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton) *
04- Christine (Big Walter "Shakey" Horton)
05- Come On Back Home (Roosevelt Sykes)
06- Five Long Years (Eddie Boyd)
07- The Big Question (Eddie Boyd)
08- Rosa Lee (Jimmie Lee Robinson)
09- King Of The World (John Lee Hooker)
10- Della Mae (John Lee Hooker)
11- First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy Guy)
12- Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton) (alternate take previously unreleased)
13- My Black Name Is Ringing (Doctor Ross)
14- Della Mae-Alternate Take (John Lee Hooker) *
15- Hound Dog-Alternate Take (Big Mama Thornton) *
16- South Side Jump (Buddy Guy) *
17- If I Get Lucky (J.B. Lenoir) *
18- Got A Letter This Morning (Mississippi Fred McDowell) *
19- Sail On (Roosevelt Sykes)
20- Farewell Baby (Doctor Ross) ** bonus tracks
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '66
01. Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie 4:48
02. Otis Rush - All Your Love 4:04
03. Sleepy John Estes - I Keep On Drinking 4:32
04. Otis Rush - You Shouldn't Do It 2:49
05. Otis Rush - My Own Fault 5:55
06. Junior Wells - Checkin' On My Baby 2:37
07. Junior Wells - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson 4:24
08. Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues 4:15
09. Robert Pete Williams - Louise 4:26
10. Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop, and Fly 4:39
11. Big Joe Turner - Roll'em Pete 2:29
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '66 vol.1 (1966) [Vinyl-Rip]
A1. Roosevelt Sykes - Running The Boogie
A2. Otis Rush - All Your Love
A3. Little Brother Montgomery - I Keep Drinking
A4. Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachell - You Shouldn't Do It
A5. Big Joe Turner - Roll'em Pete
B1. Junior Wells - Sheckin' On My Baby
B2. Junior Wells - Vietnam-Blues
B3. Sippie Wallace - Suitcase Blues
B4. Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie
B5. Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop And Fly
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '66 vol.2 (1978) [Vinyl-Rip]
A1. Otis Rush - It Takes Time 2:33
A2. Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time 4:10
A3. Otis Rush - My Own Fault 5:43
A4. Little Brother Montgomery & Freddie Below - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3:32
A5. Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell - Yellow Jam Blues 3:28
B1. Junior Wells - Over Yonder Walls 2:53
B2. Sippie Wallace - Women Keep Your Mouth Shut 3:57
B3. Junior Wells - A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson 4:07
B4. Robert Pete Williams - Louise 4:20
B5. Big Joe Turner - Feeling Happy 3:57
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '67
01. Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues
02. Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne - The Sky Is Crying
03. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line
04. Son House - Got A Letter This Morning
05. Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Dillard Crume, Odie Payne - You Be So Fine
06. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
07. Skip James - Hard Luck Child
08. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I'm Gonna Move Across The River
09. Koko Taylor - What Kind Of Man Is This
10. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '69 (320kbps)
01- Juke Boy Bonner- Jumpin' With Juke Boy
02- Earl Hooker- Going Up And Down
03- Carey Bell- Rocking With Chromanica / I Feel Bad, Bad, Bad
04- Juke Boy Bonner- Running Shoes
05- John Jackson- Poor Boy
06- Clifton Chenier- Zydeco Et Pas Sale
07- Earl Hooker- Blue Shadows Fall
08- Magic Sam- Easy Baby
09- Magic Sam- Looking Good
10- Whistling Alex Moore- Across The Atlantic Ocean
11- John Jackson- John Jackson Breakdown
rec. October 3rd, 1969 at Royal Albert Hall, London
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '70
01-Chicago Blues All Stars - Introduction
02-Shakey Horton - Hard Hearted Woman
03-Shakey Horton - That Ain't It
04-Bukka White - Maggie Lee
05-Bukka White - World Boogie
06-Bukka White - Old Lady
07-Champion Jack Dupree - Going To Louisiana
08-Champion Jack Dupree - Blues Before Sunrise
09-Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' The Blues
10-Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Back Water Blues
11-Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Walk On
12-Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - When I Was Drinking
13-Lee Jackson - Juanita
14-Lafayette Leak - After Hours
15-Willie Dixon- Crazy For My Baby
16-Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
rec. November 16th, 1970 at Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt-Hoechst, Germany
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '72
01-Bukka White - I'm Gettin' Ready
02-Bukka White - Aberdeen Blues
03-Big Joe Williams - My Baby Is Gone
04-Big Joe Williams - My Boots & Shoes
05-Robert Pete Williams - Look Here Woman
06-Roosevelt Sykes - Drivin' Wheel
07-Roosevelt Sykes - Sweet Home Chicago
08-Memphis Slim - Lonesome Traveller
09-Memphis Slim - Boogin' And Bluesin'
10-Johnny Young, W.D.Kent, Billy Davenport - Instrumental Boogie
11-Big Mama Thornton - Tell Me Baby
12-Big Mama Thornton - Ball In Chain
13-T-Bone Walker - Shake It Baby
14-T-Bone Walker - Goin' Back To Church
15-Jimmy Rogers & Whispering Smith - Tricky Woman
16-Lightnin' Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues
17-Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Don't Ever Leave Me
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '80 [Vinyl-Rip]
01. Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman
02. Louisiana Red - I Wonder Who
03. Louisiana Red - Lonoesome Train
04. Louisiana Red - Tribute to Mama Spivey
05. Willie Mabon & Co. - Mabon's Boogie
06. Willie Mabon & Co. - I Don't Know
07. Washboard Doc & Co. - Shake, Rattle & Roll
08. Eunice Davis & Sunnyland Slim - Rock Little Daddy
09. Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash, Lousiana Red - Flip, Flap and Fly
10. Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Co. - Gamblin' Woman
11. Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Co. - I Got a Little Thing They Call It Swing
12. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - One Day I Get Lucky
13. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - Nineteen Years Old
14. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - What My Mama Told Me
15. Sunnyland Slim & Co. - Everytime I Get to Drink
16. Sunnyland Slim & Co. - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie
17. Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom
18. Eddie Taylor - There'll Be a Day
19. Louisiana Red & Co. - Labour Blues
20. Louisiana Red - Thirty Dirty Women
rec. April 20/22th, and May 5/7th, 1980 in Saarbrucken, Mannheim, Hamburg, and Dusseldorf, Germany
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '80
01. Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman [3:12]
02. Louisiana Red - I Wonder Who [2:26]
03. Louisiana Red - Lonoesome Train [3:09]
04. Willie Mabon & Co. - Mabon's Boogie [3:47]
05. Willie Mabon & Co. - I Don't Know [5:01]
06. Washboard Doc & Co. - Shake, Rattle & Roll [4:57]
07. Eunice Davis & Sunnyland Slim - Rock Little Daddy [3:09]
08. Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash, Lousiana Red - Flip, Flap and Fly [5:24]
09. Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Co. - Gamblin' Woman [3:36]
10. Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Co. - I Got a Little Thing They Call It Swing [3:09]
11. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - One Day I Get Lucky [4:22]
12. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - Nineteen Years Old [5:15]
13. Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Co. - What My Mama Told Me [4:22]
14. Sunnyland Slim & Co. - Everytime I Get to Drink [3:57]
15. Sunnyland Slim & Co. - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie [5:20]
16. Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom [4:44]
17. Eddie Taylor - There'll Be a Day [4:15]
18. Louisiana Red & Co. - Labour Blues [4:54]
rec. April 20/22th, and May 5/7th, 1980 in Saarbrucken, Mannheim, Hamburg, and Dusseldorf, Germany
VA - American Folk Blues Festival '82 [Vinyl-Rip]
A1. Chicago's Young Blues Generation - Breaking Up Somebody's Home 6:53
A2. Chicago's Young Blues Generation - Oh Lawdy Lord 5:25
A3. Phil Wiggins & Carey Bell & Billy Branch - Tribute To Big Walter 7:28
A4. James Son Thomas - Catfish Blues 3:27
B1. Chicago's Young Blues Generation - Sweet Little Angel 4:55
B2. Archie Edwards - The Road Is Rough And Rocky 3:28
B3. Chicago's Young Blues Generation - Easy To Love 8:18
B4. Phil Wiggins & John Cephas - Last Fear Deal 4:27
rec. 06.11.1982 at "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle" Frankfurt/Oder, East Germany
VA - American Folk Blues Festival - Live '82
01- James "Son" Thomas - Beefsteak Blues
02- James "Son" Thomas - Catfish Blues
03- John Cephas - Announcement by John Cephas
04- Archie Edwards - How Long Blues
05- Archie Edwards - That Won't Do
06- Archie Edwards - Take Me Back Baby
07- Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Bid Boss Man
08- Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Burn Your Bridges
09- Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch - Detroit, Michigan
10- Carey Bell, Billy Branch, Phil Wiggins - Tribute To Little Walter
11- Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Running And Hiding
12- James 'Son' Thomas - Good Morning Little School Girl
13- James 'Son' Thomas, J.W. Williams, Moses Rutues Jr. - Stormy Monday Blues
14- Carey Bell & Chicago's Young Blues Generation - Goin' On Main Street
15- Carey Bell, Billy Branch, Phil Wiggins - Blues Harp By Three
16- Margie Evans - That Dirty Black Rat
17- Margie Evans - Sometimes I'll Be Gone
18- Margie Evans - Bye Bye Baby
VA - American Folk Blues Festival - Live '83
01. James 'Sparky' Rucker - Rock Me Baby [04:03]
02. James 'Sparky' Rucker - Heres Rattler Here [02:06]
03. James 'Sparky' Rucker - Crossroads [04:10]
04. Larry Johnson - Midnight Hour [04:03]
05. Larry Johnson - That's The Wrong Woman [02:20]
06. Louisiana Red - Red's tribute To Muddy Waters [07:05]
07. Louisiana Red - Boy From Black Bayou [06:25]
08. Carey Bell - She Is Worse [03:40]
09. Lonny Pitchford - One String Boogie [02:59]
10. Lonny Pitchford - My Baby Walked Away [02:59]
11. Lonny Pitchford - C.C. Rider [03:39]
12. Carey Bell - When I Lay Down To Rest [05:56]
13. Louisiana Red - Who's Louisiana Red [03:24]
14. Louisiana Red - Reagan Is For The Rich Man [02:51]
15. Lovie Lee Band - Flip, Flop And Fly [02:06]
16. Eddie L. Watson - Mind To Ramble [02:35]
17. Jimmy Rogers - Iko Iko [01:42]
18. Blues Queen Sylvia - I Love You [06:51]
19. Blues Queen Sylvia - Baby What Do I Do [05:23]
Recorded October 30, 1985 at Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt/Main, FRG and November 11, 1983 at Music Hall, Wurzburg, Germany.
VA - American Folk Blues Festival - Live '85
1. James 'Sparky' Rucker – Walkin' Blues [3:46]
2. Blind Joe Hill – Fanny Mae [3:27]
3. Cash McCall, The Young Blues Thrillers – I Can't Quit You Baby [6:21]
4. James "Son" Thomas – Smokey Mountain Blues [3:06]
5. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson – Hold It Right There [4:50]
6. The Young Blues Thrillers – From Boogie To Funk [5:17]
7. The Young Blues Thrillers – Gettin' Closer [8:26]
8. The Young Blues Thrillers – Young Blues Thrillers' Theme [1:35]
9. Margie Evans – Two Lovers In One [4:28]
Recorded October 22, 1985 at Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt/Main, FRG and October 23, 1985 at Capitol, Mannheim, Germany.
VA - Look Out, Sam! 1969 [AFB Festival '63-'66-Vinyl Rip]
01 - Otis Rush Blues Band - It Takes Time
02 - Magic Sam's Blues Band - All Your Love
03 - J.B. Lenoir's Afro-American Blues Band - Down in Mississippi
04 - Junior Wells Blues Band - Vietnam Blues
05 - Magic Sam's Blues Band - Look Out, Sam!
06 - Joe Turner with Otis Rush's Blues Band - Come On, Baby
07 - Magic Sam's Blues Band - Sometimes
08 - Junior Wells Blues Band - Over Yonder Walls
09 - Magic Sam's Blues Band - Call Me If You Need Me
10 - Junior Wells Blues Band - Shake My Hand
11 - Magic Sam's Blues Band - Torchering My Soul
12 - J. B. Lenoir and Company - I Feel So Good
rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin, GDR (American Folk Blues Festival 1966)
Otis Rush, voc, g; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Big Joe Turner, voc; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Rush, g; Jack Myers, b; Freddie Below, dr
rec. October 30, 1963 resp. ||| rec. February 11, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, voc, g; Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker, p, org; Mac Thompson, b; Bob Richey, dr
rec. October 7 (or 8?), 1965 in a studio in Hamburg, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival 1965) May 5, 1965 in Chicago, IL; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Freddie Below, dr; Willie Dixon, additional voc
VA - Up the Country! (1969) [AFB Festival '63-'66-Vinyl Rip]
01. Robert Pete Williams - Don't the Moon Look Lonesome
02. Yank Rachell - Yellow Jam Blues
03. Sippie Wallace - Up the Country
04. Sleepy John Estes - Tan Little Daddy
05. Magic Sam Blues Band - Back Door Friend
06. Roosevelt Sykes - Boot That Thing
07. Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is the Right Time
08. Sippie Wallace - Woman Be Wise
09. Magic Sam Blues Band - Feeling Good
10. Big Joe Turner - Chains of Love
11. Big Joe Turner - Well Oh Well
rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival '64); Sleepy John Estes, voc, g; Hammie Nixon, hca
rec. October 16, 1966 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast, East-Berlin; Yank Rachell, voc, mand; Sleepy John Estes, g
rec. October 30, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, voc, g; Big Moose Walker, org; Mack Thompson, b; Bob Richey, dr
rec. February 11, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Magic Sam, voc, g; Big Moose Walker, org; Mack Thompson, b; Bob Richey, dr
