(-)(10#)(10##)(10###) Compilation from previously unreleased recordings for L+R, released before the Festival, including the featured artists
(1)(2)(3) Recorded live at the Volksbildungsheim, Frankfurt, Germany, October 30, 1983
(1#)(2#)(3#)(7#)(9#) Recorded live at the Music Hall, W¸rzburg, Germany, November 11, 1983
(4) Recorded live at the Zeche, Bochum, Germany, November 3, 1983
(5) Recorded at Sinus Musik Ulli Weigel's Tonstudio, West-Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1983
(6)(10#) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studios, Chicago, IL, March 31, 1983
(7)(10##) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studios, Chicago, IL, April 1, 1983
(8)(9)(10###) Recorded at Odyssey Sound Studios, Chicago, IL, April 4, 1983
Vinyl releases:
Blues '83 - American Folk Blues Festival
(Program and LP-Album with all participating artists)
(-)(10) L+R - 1983 Germany
Blues Live '83 - American Folk Blues Festival
(1) L+R - 1984 Germany
James Sparky Rucker: Drive Back the Night
(5) L+R - 1984 Germany
Louisiana Red and his Chicago Blues Friends:
Boy from Black Bayou - Tribute to Muddy Waters
(6) L+R - 1983 Germany
Louisiana Red: My Life with Carey Bell
(7) L+R - 1984 Germany
Blues Queen Sylvia: Midnight Baby
(8) L+R - 1983 Germany
CD releases:
Blues Live '83 - American Folk Blues Festival
(2) L+R/Ptimism - 1984 US
Blues Live '83 - American Folk Blues Festival
(3) L+R/Bellaphon - 1992 Germany
American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985
(3) L+R/Bellaphon - 2002
Blues Queen Sylvia: Midnight Baby
(9) Evidence - 1994
Bootleg:
(4) German Television Broadcast; not released officially
James Sparky Rucker:
- Rock Me Baby (1#)(2#)(3#)
- Here Rattler Here (1)(2)
- Crossroads (1)(2)(3)
- Come on in My Kitchen (1)
- Kind Hearted Woman (4)
- Babylon Blues* (5)
- Lay My Burden Down* (5)
- M & O Blues (5)
- Blues in a Bordertown Jail** (5)
- Drive Back the Night* (5)
- A Song for Babe (5)
- Satisfied and Tickled Too*** (5)
- Kind Hearted Woman (5)
- Break of Day Blues** (5)
- A Beautiful Life* (5)
James Sparky Rucker - acoustic guitar, vocals
Louisiana Red - guitars*,**
Carey Bell - harmonica*,***
Larry Johnson:
- Midnight Hour (1)(2)(3)
- That's the Wrong Woman (1)(2)(3)
- Midnight Hour (4)
Larry Johnson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Lonnie Pitchford:
- One String Boogie (1#)(2#)(3#)
- My Baby Walked Away (1#)(2#)(3#)
- C. C. Rider (1)(2)(3)
- Why I Sing the Blues (1)
- Why I Sing the Blues (4)
- One String Boogie (4)
Lonnie Pitchford - guitars, vocals
Louisiana Red:
- Red's Tribute to Muddy Waters* (1#)(2#)(3#)
- Boy from Black Bayou* (1)(2)(3)
- Who's Louisiana Red (1)(2)(3)
- Reagan Is for the Rich Man (1)(2)(3)
- No Future (Future Blues)* (4)
- Reagan Is for the Rich Man (4)
- Future Blues** (6)
- Boy from Black Bayou** (6)
- The Good Book** (6)
- I'm Too Good** (6)
- Texas Hop** (6)
- Gal from Elgin Illinois** (6)
- Louisiana Hot Sauce** (10#)
- Future Blues** (10#)
- Arizona Blues (7)
- Prison Blues (7)
- Honorable Discharge (7)
- Keep on Slidin' the Blues (7#)
- Standing Out Cryin' (7#)
- Lonesome Blues (7)
- Bo-Weavil Blues*** (7)
- My Life with Carey Bell (7)
- Delta Fish Market Blues (10##)
Louisiana Red - guitars, vocals
Carey Bell - harmonica
Jimmy Rogers - guitars*,**
Lovie Lee - piano*,**
Queen Sylvia Embry - bass*
Charles Honey Boy Otis - drums*
Larry Exum - bass**
Earl Howell - drums**
Valerie Wellington - vocals***
Carey Bell:
- Gold Tail Bird* (1)
- She Is Worse* (1)(2)(3)
- When I Lay Down to Rest (1)(2)(3)
- She Is Worse* (4)
Carey Bell - harmonica, vocals
Louisiana Red - guitars
Jimmy Rogers - guitars*
Lovie Lee - piano*
Queen Sylvia Embry - bass*
Charles Honey Boy Otis - drums*
Lovie Lee:
- Flip Flop & Fly* (1#)(2#)(3#)
- Mind to Ramble* (1#)(2#)(3#)
- Flip Flop & Fly* (4)
- Caldonia* (4)
- Mine to Ramble (10#)
- Lovie Lee's Boogie (10#)
Lovie Lee - piano, vocals
Lonnie Pitchford - bass*
Charles Honey Boy Otis - drums*
Charles Honey Boy Otis:
- Iko-Iko (1#)(2#)(3#)
- Iko-Iko (4)
Louisiana Red - guitars
Jimmy Rogers - guitars
Lovie Lee - piano
Lonnie Pitchford - bass
Charles Honey Boy Otis - drums, vocals
Queen Sylvia Embry:
- I Love You (1#)(2#)(3#)(9#)
- Baby What Do I Do (1#)(2#)(3#)(9#)
- New York Bound (1#)
- New York Bound* (4)
- Jam All Together** (4)
- I'm Hurtin'*** (8)(9)
- Life and Troubles*** (8)(9)
- New York Bound*** (8)(9)
- Baby What Do I Do*** (8)(9)
- Midnight Baby**** (8)(9)
- Party*** (8)(9)
- Can't Get Along*** (8)(9)
- Why Wonder*** (8)(9)
- You Treat Me So Mean*** (9)(10###)
Queen Sylvia Embry - bass, vocals
Carey Bell - harmonica
Louisiana Red - guitars
Jimmy Rogers - guitars
Lovie Lee - piano
Charles Honey Boy Otis - drums
Lonnie Pitchford - bass**, background vocals*
Larry Johnson - background vocals*,**
James Sparky Rucker - background vocals*,**
Jimmy Dawkins - guitars***,**** vocals****
Richie Kirch - guitars***,****
Philip Meesks - guitars***,****
Tyrone Centuray - drums***,****
American Folk Blues Festival 1982/1983/1985
