AFBF Part 3 & Great Texas Blues Guitarists! July 22, 2009

Tonight on “Blues Unlimited,” it’s part 3 of our special tribute to the American Folk Blues Festival tours, this time, the tours from 1980 to 1985. Eddie Taylor, Willie Mabon, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Cephas & Wiggins, James “Son” Thomas, Lonnie Pitchford, Louisiana Red, and many more! Don’t miss it! That’s Wednesday, July 22, 2009, from 2-4am MST, only on www.kxci.org

And next week, don’t miss a show that we’re very proud to present, which will profile the greatest of the greats of Texas Blues Guitar. We stay pretty much strictly uptown for this tribute– T-Bone Walker, Gatemouth Brown, Lowell Fulson, Albert Collins, and, yes, Freddy King, too! (Some of the great Texas Country Blues artists– like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Frankie Lee Sims, Smokey Hogg, Soldier Boy Houston (and many more)– will be featured in an upcoming show).

It all happens on “Blues Unlimited,” every Wednesday, from 2-4am, only on KXCI Community Radio, 91.3FM, right here in Tucson.

Interested in previous shows? Write to us at bluesunlimited@gmail.com

Tribute to the ‘American Folk Blues Festival’ Tours – Pt. 1 of 3 July 8, 2009

Tonight on ‘Blues Unlimited,’ part one of a special three-part series devoted to the music and performers who were part of the legendary American Folk Blues Festival tours. Tonight, in particular, is devoted to the early years, 1962-1966. Organized by two German men, Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau, the Festivals (or just AFBF for short) brought together an amazing array of blues talent that was soaked up by an eager, young, European audience just when they were ready to hear it. In England, particularly, future members of the Rolling Stones (among others) rented a truck to drive to the 1962 show to catch a glimpse of some of their blues-hero legends in person. In the spring of 1963, Blues Unlimited magazine was born, and the blues revival of the 1960s was well underway.

Perhaps you’ve seen the DVDs of the AFBF performances, or heard of them. Relive some of the heady magic of yesteryear, tonight, July 8, 2009, from 2-4am, MST, only on www.kxci.org

Oh, and future programs will be devoted to the AFBF 1967-1972 years, and a third installment on the early 1980s tours. Enjoy!