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,
Tornado outbreak of June 18, 2001 shouting warnings to local residents. The siren system had been scheduled to be repaired the following week. Following the Siren tornado, Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum declared a state of emergency. Milwaukee's American Signal Corporation donated a T-121 siren to the village. The village of Siren received a state grant of $500,000 USD; Burnett and Washburn counties received $250,000 USD from the United States Department of Labor to help rebuild. Tornado outbreak of June 18, 2001 The tornado outbreak of June 18, 2001, was a small, but fatal outbreak that occurred across the upper Midwest on June 18, 2001. The outbreak