The 14th Annual San Francisco Blues Festival
Great Meadow, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, September 13, 1986

Stereo audience masters recorded by Bill Reutelhuber, Bob Lorence & Friends

Many thanks to Bill Reutelhuber, Bob Lorence and all involved in recording, transferring and sharing
these outstanding San Francisco Blues Festival recordings.

Lineage: Meyer sound to 2 Nakamichi 300 shotgun mics, fob center, home made mic preamp into a DBX224x-DS DBX encoder to Sony TC-D5M / Maxell MX metal tape (master)
Transfer info: Master played on Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth adjusted) to Korg MR-1000 (1 bit mode) rendered down to 24/48 wave files with Audiogate software

24/48 wav files > channels balanced with Magix > normalized to peak at -0.26 db (each set as a single file) > fades applied at set starts and ends > tracked with CD Wave editor (24 bit mode) > TLH Flac8
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Recording for this day started late and begins with the last song from Jimmy Johnson's set. Other performers on this day were The Dynatones featuring Sir Mac Rice, Katie Webster and The Kinsey Report.

Tracks are numbered In order of appearance:


Jimmy Johnson

01. You Don't Love Me > Tom Mazzolini speaks 11:47

TRT 11:47



Paris Slim and the Continental Rockers with Sarah Levingston

02. Introduction by Tom Mazzolini > California Bound 4:32
03. 4:33
04. 5:33
05. I Feel So Good 4:38
06. Breaking Up Somebody's Home * 4:38
07. Your Husband's Cheatin' On Us * 4:53
08. The Blues Is Alright * > Tom Mazzolini speaks 4:14

* Sarah Levingston - Vocals

TRT 36:49



Jessie Mae Hemphill

09. Introduction by Tom Mazzolini > Shake It, Baby 5:23
10. Go Back To Your Used To Be 3:46
11. My Daddy's Blues 6:28
12. Standing In The Doorway Crying 5:29
13. Train, Train 4:54
14. Eagle Bird 4:58
15. Oh Baby > Tom Mazzolini speaks 5:21

TRT: 36:26



Johnny Adams with Joe Louis Walker and the Bosstalkers

16. Brother, Go Ahead And Take Her * 5:26
17. Johnny Adams intro > Stand By Me 4:40
18. Love Me Now 7:17
19. Turning Point 6:01
20. Release Me 4:37
21. Garbage Man > Tom Mazzolini speaks 6:56

TRT 34:59

* Joe Louis Walker - Guitar & Vocals



Roy Buchanan with Delbert McClinton and Donald Kinsey

22. Introduction by Tom Mazzolini - tuning 1:11
23. Short Fuse 2:51
24. Peter Gunn 4:18
25. When A Guitar Plays The Blues 10:04
26. Green Onions 5:06
27. You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover * 4:28
28. Kansas City * 3:39
29. Baby, Baby, Baby * 4:45
30. Before You Accuse Me * 5:25
31. Rebecca, Rebecca * 7:17
32. Beer Drinking Woman 4:21
33. Drowning On Dry Land > Tom Mazzolini speaks 7:31

TRT: 61:00

* Delbert McClinton - Vocals

TRT (all sets) 3:01:03

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