VINTAGE WATTSAX '72 70S ALBERT KING BLUES CONCERT POSTER Little Milton LA Ca.

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Excellent condition 14" by 22" poster printed on 24 mil heavy cardboard stock ink-screened reproduction. Show Press Hand Carved posters Made in the USA for more than 125 years, Showprints have been produced for Rock & Roll's legends and for regional bands trying to get noticed. Showprints are handcrafted with old fonts and made one at a time using ancient printing techniques. The hand set type and uneven registration and imperfections give these concert posters and authenticity that's hard to replicate with today's modern technology. These Showprints were tacked to poles, placed in the front windows of storefronts and were plastered on the walls of neighborhood bars and restaurants. StarringThe Staple Singers
Richard Pryor
Rufus Thomas
Kim Weston
Johnnie Taylor
The Bar-Kays
Isaac Hayes
Albert King The concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only .00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included Reverend William H. Borders, Sr.'s "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. In the film, interspersed between songs are interviews with Richard Pryor, Ted Lange and others who discuss the black experience in America. This must be shipped flat in a large flat parcel (Combined shipping on this item only allowed with other items that are shipped flat) and this is suitable for framing. Thank you for shopping with us. We appreciate it
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