Hi Hoot - I used to have the blues programmes on VHS but lord knows where they are now! I was very young when I saw Broonzy - 1952 I think, but I can't be sure now. I didn't really know who he was - taken to the concert by an uncle - but was impressed!

The greatest blues experience of my life was seeing Rev. Gary Davis at the old Free Trades Hall in Manchester - '64 or '65, can't remember now - at the top of a bill which included Buffy Ste. Marie, Jack Elliott & Deryll Adams and Julie Felix. RGD was incredible - mesmerising - and I was on Cloud 9 having seen one of the greatest blues performers ever.

That's where I'm coming from...