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,
Ruth Miller (artist) art in Pasadena at the School of Fine Arts. In 1932 she won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for her painting "Struggle". Miller died on May 21, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 74. Ruth Miller (artist) Ruth Blanchard Miller (January 17, 1904 – May 21, 1978) was an American artist. Miller was born to Kempster Blanchard Miller and Antha (Knowlton) Miller in Chicago, Illinois. Her uncle was Azariel Blanchard Miller, founder of the city of Fontana, California. Miller began her studies with a correspondence course from the Kansas City Art