Although for many, the musical highlight of 1969 was the Woodstock Peace and Music Featival, there were other notable musical events that year. This week's musical treat is a documentary about the 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival. It was a much, much smaller event than Woodstock, but there was a lot of good country, folk, and blues played over the weekend.
This is the full playlist from the documentary:
03:14 Rufus Thomas with The Bar-Kays
08:01 Bukka White
09:58 Nathan Beauregard
12:01 Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
14:00 Jo Ann Kelly & "Backwards" Sam Firk
17:20 Son Thomas
20:20 Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
22:07 Lum Guffin
23:21 Rev. Robert Wilkins & Family
26:09 John Fahey
28:56 Sid Selvidge with Moloch
30:53 John D. Loudermilk
35:43 Furry Lewis
42:35 Bukka White
43:53 Piano Red
47:05 Jefferson Street Jug Band with John Fahey and Robert Palmer
50:26 Insect Trust
52:25 Moloch
56:22 Johnny Winter
01:02:40 The Salem Harmonizers
01:05:34 Mississippi Fred McDowell
Highlights for me were Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Johnny Winter, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Enjoy.
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