Ottilie Patterson and Muddy Waters
Always ahead of trends, jazzman Chris Barber was not only an enterprising trombonist and bandleader, but an educator too. In October 1958, he arranged for American rhythm & blues pioneer Muddy Waters to come to Britain, to play support spots on a series of Barber concerts and, hopefully, to promote his music and get some publicity for his records – only a handful of which had been released in the UK. Here we see Muddy at Leeds, playing guitar curlicues behind the Barber Band’s vocalist Ottilie Patterson.
Read all about it in ‘The Restless Generation’ by Pete Frame.
(Photograph taken by and copyright Terry Cryer; used here with his express permission)
