Ann Arbor Folk and Blues The Scene in the 1960s and 1970s By Michael Erlewine 1 © Copyright Michael Erlewine 2015
[email protected] ISBN-13: 978-1517124953 ISBN-10: 1517124956 Cover Photo of Michael Erlewine interviewing Muddy Waters by Stanley Livingston. 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents ......................................................... 3 The Folk Music Revival in Ann Arbor ............................ 7 The Folk Scene ........................................................... 11 The Folk Revival – Looking for Roots ......................... 12 The Folk Blues ............................................................ 14 Being Part of the Scene .............................................. 15 Searching for Roots .................................................... 16 Ann Arbor Blues Festival – A Brief History ................. 22 How I Happened to Be There ..................................... 22 A Short History of Blues Festivals ............................... 24 The Chitlin’ Circuit ....................................................... 25 The Folk Festivals ....................................................... 25 The Folk Revival – Looking for Roots ......................... 28 Singers, Not Songwriters ............................................ 30 The Folk Blues ............................................................ 31 Being Part of the Scene .............................................. 31 Searchin’ for Roots ..................................................... 32 1965: A Sea Change .................................................