Nine Bellow Zero - Otis Spann & Sonny Boy Williamson HQ

The American Folk Blues Festival - 1962 - 1966
Song: Nine Bellow Zero
Otis Spann - Piano
Sonny Boy Williamson - Harmonica / Voice
Willie Dixon - Bass
Jump Jackson - Drums
Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Guitar
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The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe beginning in 1962. Attendees of the first London festivals are believed to include such influential musicians as Mick Jagger, Eric Burdon, Eric Clapton, and Steve Winwood, who were the primary movers in the blues explosion that would lead to the British Invasion.

Thanks to szjiro & thoxbui for additional info!

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• Sonny Boy Williamson
• Otis Spann
• Otis
• Spann
• Nine Bellow Zero

[sjziro]

They just don't make bands like this any more....

Ain't this a pity? It's a cryin' shame...!

Otis Spann, on piano. Willie Dixon on bass. I'm sure about the guitarist and drummer, but in my opinion, It gets no better...!

[yud]

Thx sjziro and thoxbui for the info. Just added it to the description and gave you guys the credit!

[sjziro]

Hey thanks a lot. I learned something new here too! Music just doesn't get much better than this, does it? By the way, I notice your spelling on Otis Spam's name has an M instead of an N, in the video heading and over on the side details. It's definitely Otis Spann! With 2 n's! ;o)

[yud]

No it doesn't sjziro, this is what I call real music and m8, thx again, just fixed the description. =)

[rippedsos]

It's unbelievable that this video only has ~7200 views. That's "a pity" and "a cryin' shame"

What talented men. Thank God we have their recordings.

[bluesborn]

It's great watching Sonny Boy dig into that groove.His whole demeanor the way he held the harmonica everything- has been copied right to the Nth degree,but there was just one original genius.

[joooo2002]

I saw this on TV in the UK and recorded this very record on my old tape machine from the TV (and still have it all on tape!. I also actually attended a show from this tour in 1965 at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, Yorkshire. I remember Sonny Boy saying he felt ill that night. He died soon after that tour. They don't make them like this anymore.

[markgrogers]

Awesome! (Not the audience I expected to see though),

[D3ltra]

"He's young in the business, he's only been playing and singing the blues for 25 years"

I wish you still had to work like that to get into music, rather than expect to become a star overnight (with talent shows not helping, of course)

[yungsu100]

BILLY STEPENY ON DRUMS

[TheSnidge]

Sorry it is Otis Spann-Memphis Slim was just the MC.

[TheSnidge]

That's Memphis Slim on piano,not Otis Spann.

[trailblaz3r2009]

Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitar.

[arjhendrix]

wow post and thank you for sharing.

the roots here...HQ

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