Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival (Various Artists) (2019) on DVD

Actor: Joe LaMattina
Director: The Bar-KaysNathan BeauregardJohn Estes
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2019
Studio: Fat Possum Records
Length: 75
Released: 9/17/2021
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
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Language: English
Subtitles : N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Fat Possum Records will release the Memphis ’69 documentary film, capturing three days and two nights of the sweltering, interracial 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival, held within weeks of a KKK rally at the same location. Full song performances include a number of iconic Blues Hall of Famers such as Rufus Thomas & The Bar-Kays; slide guitar great Booker “Bukka” White; Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachel; Texas’ Johnny Winter; Memphis’ own Furry Lewis, Beale Street sweeper who opened for the Rolling Stones; and North Mississippi bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell. There are no talking heads, just the unfiltered shots of the concert and its surroundings from the time.