Re: [Harp-L] LW on video (was LW in Europe)

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> I'm sure you have seen this before but just in case there is footage of little walter playing with Hound Dog taylor
and then another tune with Coco Taylor on The Americain Folk and Blues Volumes vol.III. All there volumes are great lots
of sonny boy junior wells big walter sonny Terry Doc Ross there's even a bonus clip of the muddy waters band with Paul
Oscher.  Also there is a little footage of Walter in the DVD of the howlin Wolf story very brief however.
I love all these and i'm always on the look out for more if anyone knows of any vhs or dvd's out there plaesae let me
know.
> Only clip I've seen with LW was in Sam Lay's home movies that he brought to SPAH 1999. LW was drunk and staggered into
> a club where the movie camera was rolling, then stumbled out again.
>
> The Iceman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:02:26 -0800
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] LW on video (was LW in Europe)
>
>
> Recently there has been a discussion of the brief Little Walter clips of him accompanying other artists at the AFBF in
> Europe, which brings to mind the following question:
>
> According to Paul Vernon's book "African-American Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel and Zydeco on Film and Video,
> 1926-1997," somewhere there are two other clips of LW as well:
>
> 'My Babe' from the British TV show 'Ready, Steady, Go' (Sept 25, 1964,) and
> 'My Babe' and "Juke' from the British TV show 'Beat Room' (PV gives the date as Oct 26, '64; the LW bio suggests Sep
> 26.)
>
> In both cases it is thought that Walter only lip-synched and/or faked the harp playing on these shows, but
> nevertheless these clips would be very entertaining to see...
>
> As far as I know the clips themselves have never surfaced -- either officially or through booted collector video. Has
> anyone actually seen them? Were they destroyed after the initial airing(s)? (Scott D, do you still occasionally
> monitor this list? <g>)
>
> TIA,
>
> Tom Ball
> Santa Bobo CA
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