The video below, courtesy of blues label Fat Possum Records is of the fourth (and last) Memphis Country Blues Festival. Taking place from June 6 through 8, 1969 in what was then known as the Overton Park Shell, the film…
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“Stuck Inside A Mobile” . . : The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival
Tagged with: John Fahey, Johnny Winter, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Rufus Thomas
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Lawdy mama, light my fuse”: Johnny Winter 1944 – 2014
Johnny Winter passed away yesterday in Switzerland at the age of 70 while on tour in Europe. Johnny was one of my first guitar heroes. When I was about 11 or 12 years old, my brother joined Columbia Record Club (anyone…
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