Saturday, September 14, 2024

Saturday Sounds - Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival

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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