1971 Walter Vinson, Sam Chatman - Chicago Blues / Folk - 1-Page Vintage Article

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1971 Walter Vinson, Sam Chatman - Chicago Blues / Folk - 1-Page Vintage Article
Original, Vintage Magazine article
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm)
Condition: Good
CARL MARTIN, WALTER VINSON,
SAM CHATMAN, TED BOGAN
Two members of the old Mississippi Sheiks
were reunited at the 12th annual University of
Chicago Folk Festival on Feb. 5. Guitarists
Walter Vinson of Chicago and Sam Chatman of
Hollandale, Miss., were joined by Chicagoans
Carl Martin (fiddle) and Ted Bogan (string bass)
for a fine set which included recreations of sev-
eral Sheiks tunes from the ’30s (Winter Time
Blues, Sitting on Top of the World, Sales Tax,
Stop and'Listen Blues, Cracking Them Things).
The group recorded an LP for Rounder Records
a few days later. Roosevelt Sykes, Little Broth-
er Montgomery, Johnie Lewis, Juke Boy Bonner
and Richard ’’Hacksaw” Harney also appeared
at the U of C. Steve LaVere, who brought Hack-
saw from Jackson, Miss., to the festival, had
planned to bring Harmonica Frank Floyd, the
long-lost legendary white bluesman, along as
well, but family problems prevented Frank from
making his rediscovery debut. Frank, now in his
’60s, has signed with Adelphi Records.
Another country blues concert, featuring
Memphis area artists, is tentatively slated at the
U of C this spring. The University of Chicago,
along with the U. of Michigan and the U. of Wis-
consin, has presented numerous blues programs
during the past few years, and other midwestern
universities have begun to follow suit — Notre
Dame, Kent State and Western Michigan all have
sponsored blues festivals within recent months.
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