Best blues album of 2000--historical recording (readers' poll)
Best blues album of 2000--historical recording (critics' poll)
Best liner notes for a blues album released in 2000 (critics'
poll)
Nominated for a W.C. Handy Award (Best blues album of 2000--historical recording)
Formerly available in
North America on
Rooster Blues Records
(currently out of print)
Formerly available
in Europe on
Catfish Records
(currently out of print)
Formerly available in Japan on
P-Vine Records
(currently out of print)
Available at fine record stores everywhere or online at Amazon.com
In 1964, documentary film maker Mike Shea made And
This Is Free,
a now-legendary film about Chicago's Maxwell Street
All the music from the film was discovered in 1999
Johnny Young on Maxwell St. in 1964
Explore this site to learn about the original audio
tapes from the 1964 film "And This Is Free"...including
all the out-takes
Never-before-heard recordings of legendary Chicago
blues stars Carey Bell, Michael Bloomfield, Robert
Nighthawk, Big John Wrencher, Johnny Young, John
Lee Granderson, ...and rarely recorded singers James Brewer and Arvella Gray
