Various Artists - Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969: Volume 1

First blues festival on double LP, from Third Man Records!

Previously unheard performances from B.B. King, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf and more!

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of America's first festival dedicated to the blues with this vinyl LP. The album features previously unheard performances by B.B. King, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Son House, Big Mama Thornton and more!

The 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival was the Midwest's Woodstock. A great crowd of young people converged for an incredible three-day celebration of peace and music. They grooved to the tunes of a dizzying array of legendary performers, smoked pot, drank wine, and generally had a blast. It was a landmark event that is still spoken of in hushed tones of awe and reverence among music historians. Performing was an an absolutely astounding lineup of living legends of the blues — B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Big Mama Thornton, Son House, T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, and on and on — at the first major blues festival in the United States.