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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential blues volume two,
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This review is from: The American Folk Blues Festival Volume 2 - 1962-1966 [DVD] (DVD)
All those people telling you this is essential blues material are right on the spot; the best blues artists performing with gusto, energy and verve, electrifying today's viewer (yours truly) who was not even born when they made these mesmerizing trips to Europe...
Memphis Slim doing (alas, too short) "Everyday I Have the Blues", Victoria Spivey backed by Sonny Boy Williamson and Lonnie Johnson, Willie Dixon on his bass all over the place, Big Mama Thornton rocking the place on her harmonica (with the support to hot to mention), T-Bone Walker being blue and subtle (with the reliable cast of Slim-p, Dixon-b and Jump Jackson-dm), Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee doing "Stranger Blues" ... And, yes, the one and only Howlin' Wolf growling the best blues you can imagine... The only complaint is that the lovely booklet has the same text found in volume one's booklet, but at least the pictures are different (and equally sensational)... It's really incredible that European Tv stations gave greater attention to these giants than the television in their homeland, the land of the brave... Well; the line-ups: 1. - Sonny Boy Williamson: vocal, harmonica 2. - Williamson: vocal, harm., Sunnyland Slim-p, Hubert Sumlin-g, Willie Dixon-b, Clifton James-dm 3. - Sunnyland Slim-p, Hubert Sumlin-g, Willie Dixon-b, Clifton James-dm 4. - W. Dixon-Vocal,b, T-Bone Walker-g, Memphis Slim-p, Jump Jackson-dm 5.- Lightnin' Hopkins-Vo,g, W. Dixon-b, C. James-dm 6,- Victoria Spivey-vo, Lonnie Johnson-g, S. B. Williamson-harmonica, W. Dixon-b, Bill Stepney-dm 7.-M. Slim-vo,p, Matt Guitar Murphy-g, Dixon-b, Stepney-dm 8.-T-Bone Walker-Vo,g, M. Slim-p, Dixon-vo,b, Jump Jackson-dm 9,-Roosevelt Sykes-Vo,p, Jack Myers-b, Fred Below-dm 10.- W.Dixon-b,vo, M. Slim-p, Matt Guitar Murphy-g, Stepney-dm 11.- Matt G. Murphy-g, M. Slim-p, Dixon-b, Stepney-dm 12.-S. Terry-vo,harmonica, B. McGhee-vo,g 13., 14., 15.-Howlin' Wolf-vo,g, Hubert Sumlin-g, Sunnyland Slim-p, Dixon-b, Clifton James-dm 16.- Big Mama Thornton, Shakey Horton, J.B.Lenoir, Doctor Ross, John Lee Hooker-harmonicas, Buddy Guy-g, Lonesome Jimmy Lee-b, Fred Below-dm; Bonus tracks: Magic Sam-vo,g, Mack Thompson-b, Robert St.Julien-dm
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
simply brilliant,
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This review is from: The American Folk Blues Festival Volume 2 - 1962-1966 [DVD] (DVD)
A fantastic performance from howlin wolf ,T Bone walker, in stunning form ,memphis slim is sublime and to cap it off amazing rare live footage of magic sam.This is real blues by the greats any true blues fan must purchase this ,i cant recommend this more highly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An essential blues DVD,
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This review is from: The American Folk Blues Festival Volume 2 - 1962-1966 [DVD] (DVD)
At least as strong as the excellent first volume in the "American Folk Blues" series, this second disc opens with Aleck "Rice" Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II) doing a brief solo rendition of "Bye Bye Bird", followed by a tremendous band-backed "In My Younger Days" which features Howlin' Wolf's combo of Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon and drummer Clifton James.
Willie Dixon himself (purposely) stutters his way through the novelty(-ish) "Nervous", introduced by a very dignified Memphis Slim: "He is such a big man", says Slim, "he weighs four or five hundred pounds, something like that. Imagine a guy that big being nervous." And you can hear Dixon going "hey...!" in the background. Well, John "Memphis Slim" Chatman's own cool borders on arrogance as he tosses off a terrific "Nobody Loves Me" ("Everyday I Have The Blues") with the greatest of ease. Other highlights include...well, the rest of the disc, really. The black-and-white footage is excellent, and the sound is surprisingly good as well. It's a bit disappointing that the booklet merely duplicates the one from volume one in the series, but that's just about the only gripe I have. Being able to see Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins perform his classic "Mojo Hand" live with a small backing group is such a treat, as is grand old lady Victoria Spivey's spirited "Black Snake Blues", and T-Bone Walker's strikingly urbane "Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong". Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee do a fine "Stranger Blues" (AKA "I'm A Stranger Here"), but the absolute cream of the crop has to be three performances by the mighty Howlin' Wolf, "Shake For Me", "Love Me Darling" and "I'll Be Back Someday". And the two "bonus tracks" (there's really no good reason why they're presented as such) capture Magic Sam Maghett shortly before his untimely death in 1969, doing the instrumental "Magic Sam's Boogie" and the classic "All Your Love". No fan of classic Chicago blues should be without this wonderful collection.
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