VA - Porretta Historic Performances

Size: 156,0 MB
Time: 66:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2007
Styles: Blues Soul, Soul
Art: Front

01 Eddie Hilton - Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa (Sad Song) (3:59)
02 Billy Preston - You Are So Beautiful (4:17)
03 Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog (3:49)
04 Solomon Burke - Medley If You Need Me/Tonight The Night/I Almost Lost My Mind (6:42)
05 Clarence Carter - Too Weak To Fight (4:10)
06 Lavern Baker - I Cried A Tear (2:35)
07 Mavis Staples - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (7:00)
08 James Govan - Chained And Bound (4:33)
09 Carla Thomas - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (6:25)
10 Howard Tate - Sorry Wrong Number (2:32)
11 Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (4:08)
12 William Bell - You Don't Miss Water (4:32)
13 Dan Penn - I've Got Dreams To Remember (4:34)
14 James Carr - Pouring Water On A Drowing Man (3:38)
15 The Memphis All Stars - Rufus Back In Town (3:30)

The Porretta Soul Festival is a soul music festival that usually takes place in the third week of July in Rufus Thomas Park in Porretta Terme, in the province of Bologna, Italy.

The festival was started on December 10, 1987 by Graziano Uliani, a passionate soul music fan, who, after attending the events in Macon, Georgia commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the death of Otis Redding, decided to dedicate a festival in his honour.

Thanks to some fortunate encounters, Uliani has been able to bring to Porretta most of the major soul band in the world. Porretta now has a street dedicated to Otis Redding and the park where the Porretta Soul Festival is held is named Rufus Thomas. After more than 20 years, the Porretta Soul Festival is now part of the geography of soul music and is considered the European showcase of the Memphis Sound. The festival is associated with the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis and the Center For Southern Folklore in Memphis.

Porretta Historic Performances

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James Govan - The 1989 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:09
Size: 98.8 MB
Styles: Soul blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[5:04] 1. Sick And Tired
[7:25] 2. The Thrill Is Gone
[5:45] 3. Trying To Live My Life Without You
[6:05] 4. I'm Gonna Wait Til The Midnight Hour
[1:19] 5. Band Introductions
[9:29] 6. Sweet Little Angel
[7:58] 7. Knock On Wood

Govan performed at Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1989 to 2014, performing vocals and percussion. Starting in 1994, he performed regularly with the Boogies Blues Band at the Rum Boogie Café, Beale Street. In that time, they were named the Best House Band on Beale Street three times by the Beale Street Merchants Association, and they headlined the BSMA awards for the 2002–2004 Awards Ceremonies. Govan and fellow musician Don Chandler both received a key to the City of Memphis for their contribution to the music scene in Beale Street over the previous 15 years. Such an honor has not been received by any other musician on historic Beale Street.

Govan was the hero of the Porretta Soul Festival, Tribute To Otis Redding, Italy, where he performed from 1993 to 1997. Rum Boogie themselves claim that their commitment to Memphis music 7 days a week makes Beale Street "Home of the Blues, Birthplace of Rock n Roll". He died at the age of 64 on July 18, 2014.

The 1989 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival mc
The 1989 Memphis Music & Heritage Festival zippy

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