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Blues and Gospel Train

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The "Blues and Gospel Train" was staged in Manchester on May 7, 1964 by Granada TV. The taping was interrupted by a heavy downpour.

Fans who were lucky enough to get tickets (around 200 of them) were instructed to meet at Manchester's Central Station at 7:30 that evening for a short train ride to the abandoned Wilbraham Road Station in Whalley Range. When the train pulled in at Wilbraham Road, the audience poured out and found seats on the platform, making their way past Muddy Waters, who was singing "Blow Wind Blow." The opposite platform, decorated to look like an old railway station in the American South, served as a stage for a lineup of now-legendary blues artists including Waters, Sister Rosetta Sharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Cousin Joe, Otis Spann and Reverend Gary Davis.

Performances, in order of appearance:

Muddy Waters: "Blow Wind Blow" Cousin Joe: "Chicken a la Blues" Cousin Joe: "Railroad Porter Blues" Sister Rosetta Tharpe: "Didn't It Rain" Sister Rosetta Tharpe: "Trouble in Mind" Muddy Waters: "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: "Talking Harmonica Blues" Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: "Rambler's Blues" medley Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: "Walk On" Sister Rosetta Tharpe: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

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