Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. in partnership with Reelin' In The Years Productions and Hip-O Records, is proud to announce the third installment of the GRAMMY-nominated American Folk Blues 1962 - 1969 DVD series.

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Volume Three on DVD features 18 previously unseen live in-studio performances by such blues legends as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Hound Dog Taylor, Koko Taylor, Big Joe Turner, Earl Hooker, Son House and Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton and many others.

Last year's American Folk Blues Festival 1962 - 1966 Volumes One and Two DVDs proved for many to be the highlights of "The Year of the Blues." The DVDs garnered almost universal rave reviews and earned a GRAMMY nomination in the category of "Best Long Form Music Video" as well as the Blues Foundation's prestigious Keeping The Blues Alive (KBA) award. Joel Selvin wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the AFBF DVDs "S(tell) you everything you ever needed to know, everything you ever could know, about the blues." Living Blues magazine called the first two volumes "Squite simply, the holy grail of blues videoS" while The London Times gushed that "Sthese are national treasures." The OC Weekly raved that the DVDs featured "Sthe sort of footage that quite literally makes one's hair stand on end and may even create unpleasant dampness in one's shorts"

The American Folk Blues Festival was an annual event that featured the cream of American blues musicians barnstorming their way across Western Europe every fall from 1962 through 1969.

Compiled from the same goldmine of performances, The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Volume Three maintains the lofty standards set by the first two volumes.

Recorded live in small TV studios in Europe, these historic and unseen performances have been lost for nearly 40 years. Filmed with superb camera work and pristine sound (remastered by famed producer/engineer Eddie Kramer - The Beatles/The Rolling Stones/Jimi Hendrix), The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Volume Three is truly one of the most unique and precious visual documents of the blues.

A handful of festivals have had a profound impact on the history of popular music. While not as well known, the American Folk Blues Festival belongs side-by-side with such august company. Young undiscovered musicians such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Jimmy Page were all in attendance, learning at the feet of their idols. In addition, the tours directly helped launch the career of 18-year-old Eric Clapton's group, The Yardbirds. The American Folk Blues Festivals featured a dazzling array of talent - the most significant group of blues artists ever assembled - and miraculously it was captured on tape. The package also features extensive liner notes by Grammy Award winning author Rob Bowman and never before seen photographs from the television tapings.

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