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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0602498604120 Format: Color, Compilation, DVD-Video, Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Hip-O Records Languages: Manufacturer: Hip-O Records MPN: 000075009 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hip-O Records Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 26, 2003 Studio: Hip-O Records Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 2003 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Unearthed some 40 years after the fact, this has to be one of the finest blues collections ever assembled on video. Thanks to a couple of young promoters who brought the musicians to Europe--where they were treated with a good deal more respect and dignity than in America--we get an extraordinary lineup of bluesmen and women: Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace... the list goes on. Their concert performances (several in stagy but effective down-home settings) before a rather formal but appreciative German audience have them playing in some cool combinations (T-Bone Walker backing Memphis Slim, Otis Rush with Junior Wells), even introducing one another (Williamson on guitarist Lonnie Johnson, an elder statesman on the tour: "A very nice musician")--and all with great sound (mono, but still flawless) and visuals (in black and white). This is one for blues fans to treasure. --Sam Graham Description: Reelin' In The Years Productions, in association with Experience Hendrix, bring you the American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 Volumes One & Two. The AFBF was an annual event that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across western Europe every fall from 1962 through 1966. Recorded live in a small TV studio in Germany, these historic and unseen performances have been lost for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound, each DVD contains 18 complete performances from the greatest blues musicians of all time. Captured during their heyday in an era of scant video documentation, these DVDs are truly one of the most unique and precious visual documents of the blues. The American Folk Blues Festivals featured a dazzling array of talent that included such greats as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson playing alongside other legends such as T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Memphis Slim and Big Mama Thornton to create the most significant group of blues artists ever assembled! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - I love this collection!View the bonus track first! Earl Hooker was one of the truly great guitarist. Mississippi Fred McDowell one of my all time favorite slide players is here, but only one performance. Sonny Boy Williamson is in fine form with "Nine Below Zero". Lonnie Johnson, one of the best, is here too! Other of my all tme favorites John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters are here also. Lots of performances to study and enjoy! Rating: - GOTTA HAVE ITTook a while for me to order these. Wasn't sure I'd be getting authentic performances. But, from the start, I was mesmerized. Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson? Somebody smiling on me. This is a real treat. And if you don't have your copy, shame on you. Rating:  - American Folk Blues, Vol 1It was good in the sense that it was historically accurate, the black and white didn't enhance it, but it was still OK. I personally like more electric blues and much of this was acoustic. I probably should have known that, live and learn, overall I'd rate it as a good "watch and listen" Rating: - IF YOU LIKE THE BLUES..... BUY THIS!!! IT WILL REALLY GROW ON YOU!!!I'v been avoiding writing a review about these dvd's (American Folk & blues festival vol 1, Vol 2, vol 3,) for a while now, mainly because I get so emotional when I think about them. So I wont even try. But I will say this much....The ONLY place in the world where you can see the fabulous T-Bone Walker on dvd... is on these sets (he appears on all 3 volumes). And where else are you gonna see Lonnie Johnson, Shakey Horton, Junior Wells, Big Joe Williams, Willie Dixon, Otis Span, Sonny Boy Williamson, ... Read More Rating: - Get this if you have at least one eye or one ear!What Professor Donoghue says is the scientific description of what this is, and I can add little to what he says except yes. This is worth owning. Save your money or steal one if you must, but this is a precious jewel. The only hope is if they have more video and a more extensive version can still be issued since these are excerpts from a series of TV broadcasts that were done over four or five years. I hadn't studied up on Sonny Boy Williamson II (what Alex "Rice" ... Read More |
