American Blues, Segovia and the Fairfield Halls

The Fairfield Halls in Croydon was, in the early 60s, one of the venues that the American Negro Blues tour visited. I was lucky to see fables like Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Memphis Slim and Howling Wolf;  there were others whose names I (temporarily, I hope) forget. It was an exciting time to be around and the raw energy of that music hit us like a hurricane.  It was at the same place, though obviously a different concert,  that I saw Segovia, a master Spanish classical guitarist and went to meet him backstage where I shared him with an extremely enthusiastic John Williams (guitarist, not the composer) who had been sitting behind me during the concert. Great days.