During the 1960's when the great heroes of the Blues were playing Chicago dive bars and generally unappreciated, Germans Horst Lippman and Fritz Rau organized a tour of Europe for these American musical legends. In 1962, the American Folk and Blues Festival emerged from their efforts, and it continued annually through 1972, packing European theaters and concert halls with adoring fans and giving giants like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, and others their due. The AFBF introduced Europeans to the blues and helped to spark a blues-rock revolution in young rockers like the Yardbirds, Animals, and the Rolling Stones, changing the history of rock and roll. The Blues Project was honored to join with the Original Chicago Blues All-Stars and the Blues Kids Foundation in celebrating this Chicago-German connection on Saturday, April 27th in Daley Plaza in Chicago!
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