American Folk Blues Festival Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rev. Gary Davis, Cousin Joe and Otis Spann. For filming, the company transformed the disused Wilbraham Road railway station into "Chorltonville", giving it the supposed appearance of a southern U.S.-style station. About 200 fans were brought by train to the platform opposite the performers. The performance was interrupted by a rainstorm, after which Tharpe performed the gospel song "Didn't It Rain". Blues musicians who performed on the American Folk Blues Festival tours included Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Sippie Wallace, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim,
Jimmy Wilson (blues musician) for Goldband Records; his 1958 song "Please Accept My Love" was later recorded by B. B. King. His last recordings were for Duke Records in Houston, Texas in 1961. Wilson developed alcoholism, and died in Dallas, Texas, either on February 5, 1965 or on February 24, 1966. Jimmy Wilson (blues musician) Jimmy Wilson (possibly January 21, 1918, 1921 or 1923 – February 5, 1965 or February 24, 1966) was an American West Coast blues singer, best known for his 1953 hit “Tin Pan Alley”. Details of Wilson's life are sketchy and uncertain. He may have been born Jimmie Ned Wilson