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Live! At the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival

Clifton Chenier, Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins
Live! At the 1966 Berkeley Blues Festival In 1966, Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz staged the 2nd annual Berkeley Blues Festival. Among the featured acts were bluesmen Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, and zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. The performances of the three musicians were broadcast live on a local Berkeley radio station—and did not disappoint listeners. Chenier was making his first appearance before a West Coast audience, and according to a review, he had the crowd of several hundred dancing. The liner notes provide the back story about Strachwitz’s involvement in the creation of the Berkeley Blues Festival and its subsequent evolution into the San Francisco Blues Festival. Notes also include two music reviews about the 1966 blues festival.

Track Listing

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Mance Lipscomb
01:58
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Mance Lipscomb
01:32
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103
Mance Lipscomb
03:23
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104
Mance Lipscomb
02:56
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105
Mance Lipscomb
03:28
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106
Mance Lipscomb
03:30
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107
Mance Lipscomb
01:41
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108
Clifton Chenier
02:36
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109
Clifton Chenier
03:01
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Clifton Chenier
03:45
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111
Clifton Chenier
03:53
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112
Clifton Chenier
03:17
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Clifton Chenier
03:07
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Clifton Chenier
02:05
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Clifton Chenier
02:51
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Clifton Chenier
02:15
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117
Lightning Hopkins
03:49
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118
Lightning Hopkins
03:13
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119
Lightning Hopkins
04:08
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120
Lightning Hopkins
03:48
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121
Lightning Hopkins
05:50
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Lightning Hopkins
05:45
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Lightning Hopkins
02:39